Exient

Video game developer

Exient Limited (formerly Exient Entertainment^[1]) is a video game developer and publisher based in the United Kingdom and Malta. Developing for handheld, mobile, console, VR and PC platforms, Exient grew a name for designing and developing popular series' games to portable systems. It is known for its ports of various games in the Madden NFL, FIFA, Need for Speed, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour series for Electronic Arts and for developing numerous titles in the Angry Birds series. The company was incorporated in 2000 and began operations in January 2001.

Up to 2013, the bulk of their development was for gaming platforms such as PSP, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance but since 2014 their games have been developed for platforms including Android, iOS, PC and Console. Exient currently develops its games on a proprietary, in-house developed, engine named XGS, the Unity and Unreal Engine platforms.

In 2020, the company rebranded its publishing labels, Sad Puppy and Donut, to Exient Publishing.^[2][3]

Games developed

2024

• Unannounced Title (PC).

2023

• Ultimate Sackboy (iOS, Android) - developed and published by Exient Publishing Limited
• CoComelon: Play with JJ (iOS, Android) published by Netflix, Inc.

2019

• Lemmings (iOS, Android) - developed and published by Exient Publishing Limited

2017

• Top Gear: Donut Dash (iOS, Android) - published by BBC Worldwide ^[4]

2016

• Dancing with the Stars (iOS, Android) - published by Donut Publishing
• Furby Connect World (iOS, Android) - published by Hasbro
• Strictly come Dancing (iOS, Android) - published by Donut Publishing
• F1 2016 (iOS, Android) - published by Codemasters

2014

• Angry Birds Transformers (iOS and Android) - published by Rovio
• Bake Escape (iOS) - published by Donut Publishing

2013

• Angry Birds Go!" (Android/iOS/Blackberry 10)
• Diggs Nightcrawler (PS3)
• Angry Birds Trilogy (PS Vita)
• Angry Birds Star Wars(PS3/PS4/PS Vita/X360/Xbox One/Wii/Wii U/3DS)
• CSR Racing (Android)

2012

• Angry Birds Trilogy (3DS)
• Fireworks (PS Vita)
• Pulzar (PS Vita)

2010

• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Wii)
• The Sims 3 (NDS)
• FIFA 11 (NDS)
• X2 Football 2010 (iOS) - published by X2 Games
• X2 Snowboarding (iOS) - published by X2 Games

2009

• FIFA 10 (NDS)
• DJ Hero (Wii/PS2)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour (iOS)
• X2 Football 2009 (iOS)

2008

• FIFA 09 (NDS)
• Madden NFL 09 (NDS)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (PS2/PSP)
• Skate It (NDS)
• Need for Speed: Undercover (Wii/PS2)
• FIFA Street 3 (NDS) ^[5]

2007

• NASCAR 08 (PS2)
• FIFA 08 (NDS)
• Madden NFL 08 (NDS)
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (NDS)
• Need for Speed: ProStreet (NDS)

2006

• FIFA Street 2 (NDS)
• 2006 FIFA World Cup (GBA/NDS/PSP)
• Madden NFL 07 (GBA/NDS)
• FIFA 07 (GBA/NDS)
• NASCAR 07 (PSP) ^[6]
• Need for Speed: Carbon (NDS)

2005

• FIFA Football 2005 (Gizmondo)
• SSX 3 (Gizmondo)
• Madden NFL 06 (GBA/NDS)
• FIFA 06 (GBA/NDS)

2004

• Madden NFL 2005 (GBA/NDS)
• FIFA Soccer 2005 (GBA/N-Gage)
• SSX Out Of Bounds (N-Gage)
• WWE Aftershock (N-Gage)

2003

• Total Soccer (Mobile)
• FIFA Soccer 2004 (GBA/N-Gage)
• NCAA Football 2004 (N-Gage)

2002

• Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2002 (GBA) - published by Ubisoft
• FIFA Soccer 2002 (PDA)
• NHL Hitz 20-03 (GBA)
• FIFA Football (GBA)

2001

• Steven Gerrard's Total Soccer 2002 (GBA) - published by Ubisoft

Awards

• TIGA Best Arcade Game 2023 (Nominated) Ultimate Sackboy (mobile)
• TIGA Best Casual Game 2023 (Nominated) Ultimate Sackboy (mobile)
• TIGA Best Small Studio 2023 (Nominated) Ultimate Sackboy (mobile)
• TIGA Best Casual Game 2013 Diggs Nightcrawler
• BAFTA Best Handheld Game (Nominated), The Sims 3 (NDS)
• Gamescom 2010 Best Mobile Title (Nominated), The Sims 3 (NDS)^[7]
• IGN 2007 Best Sports Game^[8]
• IGN 2007 Best Developer^[9]
• Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Award 2003 Total Soccer
• IGN Best Handheld Sports Game 2003 FIFA 04 GBA
• IGN Best Handheld Sports Game 2005 FIFA Soccer 06 NDS
• TIGA Best Handheld Games Development Studio 2005^[10]
• Develop 100 - The World’s Most Successful Game Studios - 2007 Edition - (position 50)^[11][12]
• Develop 100 - The World’s Most Successful Game Studios - 2009 Edition - (position 67)^[13]

Further reading

• Pavey, Vince (7 July 2022). "Exient restructuring to result in "unavoidable" redundancies — worse to come, says anonymous source". MCV. ISSN 1469-4832. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
• GameSpot, August 15, 2005 – Review of WWE Aftershock Archived August 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

References

1. Valentine, Rebekah (25 August 2020). "Exient Entertainment rebrands publishing labels as Exient Publishing". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
2. Wallace, Chris (26 August 2020). "Exient rebrands its publishing labels as Exient Publishing". MCV/Develop. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. Partleton, Kayleigh (25 August 2020). "Exient rebrands Sad Puppy and Donut under Exient Publishing". PocketGamer.biz. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
4. "Ian Bickley at Exient Talks Bake Escape and Playtesting Mobile Games". Gamasutra. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
5. IGN, February 28, 2008 - FIFA Street 3 Review. A vast improvement over last year's mess, but still not a portable hit. by Craig Harris
6. Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, 01-NOV-2006. Review of NASCAR 07.
7. "EA nominated for several gamescon awards". Gaming Nexus.
8. "IGN Best of 2007". Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
9. "IGN Best of 2007". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
10. Tiga – List of 2006 finalists
11. Develop 100 Retrieved 8 April 2008.
12. "MCV, Mar 12 2008, 4:17pm – Develop 100: UK studios triumphant in 2007. Michael French". Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
13. "Home". develop100.com.

External links

• Exient official website
• Exient Entertainment entry at MobyGames