Wahoo Studios is a computer and video game development company based in

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. Founded in 2001, the company largely serves as consultants or on a contract basis working with larger gaming companies such as

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and

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. Historically, the development house has mostly been responsible for console games. When developing original titles using internal capital, Wahoo Studios is recognized as NinjaBee. Since the release of the

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, the developer has supported

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with multiple releases, including '' A Kingdom for Keflings'' and '' A World of Keflings''.

Events / History

Wahoo Studios owes its roots to another Utah-based video game developer, Saffire. As Saffire encountered difficulties in 2001, Steve Taylor, the founder and president of Wahoo Studios, as well as a number of other employees, left to find more stable employment elsewhere. In 2004, Wahoo Studios introduced the brand name NinjaBee for use in developing self-funded games, reserving the title of Wahoo Studios for projects done on a contractual basis. In January 2007, Wahoo Studios announced that they were joining the

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genre with ''

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'', an MMORTS, based in a persistent world for the PC. However, in August 2007, they split - Saga Games and Silverlode Interactive finished the development of the game.Gamasutra - Saga Splits From Wahoo To Focus On Saga MMO
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Titles

Unreleased

Wahoo Studios had been working on Space Station Tycoon.

References

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