Warthog Games Limited was a UK-based video game developer, located in Cheadle, near Stockport, with studios in Sweden and the USA.
The developer later developed titles as Gizmondo Europe, before the company disbanded; and key staff formed Embryonic Studios which later became TT Fusion.
Warthog was founded in April 1997, the core of the development team composed of ex-Electronic Arts personnel responsible for, amongst other titles, the hit Private...
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Warthog Games Limited was a UK-based video game developer, located in Cheadle, near Stockport, with studios in Sweden and the USA.
The developer later developed titles as Gizmondo Europe, before the company disbanded; and key staff formed Embryonic Studios which later became TT Fusion.
Warthog was founded in April 1997, the core of the development team composed of ex-Electronic Arts personnel responsible for, amongst other titles, the hit Privateer 2: The Darkening. With this as the basis, Warthog began to develop something of a speciality in space-flight sims, with follow-up titles Starlancer (which sold over 330,000 units, mainly on PC) and Star Trek: Invasion (achieving over 230,000 units on PlayStation). Since 1999, the company also developed expertise in children's titles, with releases based upon well known franchises such as Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Harry Potter and Asterix.
In later years, Warthog purchased several other companies. First, in 2002, they purchased 42-Bit,...
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