Exient Limited is a British video game developer and publisher based in Kings Langley, England. Developing for handheld, mobile, console, VR and PC platforms, Having studios in the United Kingdom and Malta, Exient grew a name for designing and developing popular series' games to portable systems. It is known for its ports and adaptations 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.
History Exient was founded by Charles Chapman and David Hawkins in 2001. Chapman began developing computer games at age 14 and graduated with a mathematics and computation degree from Keble College, Oxford. Hawkins worked with software engineering in automotive and switched to project management in games. They met when Hawkins, working for Atari, was looking for ideas for games and Chapman, impressed by Hawkins works, decided to found a development company.
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. In July 2022, an anonymous source told MCV/Develop that Exient was restructuring resulting in redundancies. In August 2022, Exient produced a two hour long documentary titled "Lemmings: Can you dig it" on the history of the Lemmings series, featuring the original developers, alumni of DMA Design. The documentary was premiered at the Dundee Centre of Contemporary Arts (DCA) and released free to watch on YouTube.
Games developed Release Game Format PublisherRef2024The Grinch: Christmas AdventuresiOS, AndroidOutright GamesAngry Birds Fury RoadArcade Motion PlatformDOF RoboticsParlini Land iOS, Android Magic Games Factory Nina u Ninu iOS, Android Magic Games Factory 2023 Ultimate Sackboy iOS, Android Exient Publishing CoComelon: Play with JJ Netflix, Inc. 2019 Lemmings Exient Publishing 2017 Top Gear: Donut Dash BBC Worldwide 2016 Dancing with the Stars Donut Publishing Furby Connect World Hasbro Strictly come Dancing Donut Publishing F1 2016 Codemasters 2014 Angry Birds Transformers RovioBake Escape iOS Donut Publishing 2013Angry Birds Go! Android, iOS, Blackberry 10 RovioDiggs Nightcrawler PlayStation 3 Angry Birds Trilogy PlayStation Vita RovioAngry Birds Star Wars PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS ActivisionCSR Racing Android NaturalMotion 2012 Angry Birds Trilogy Nintendo 3DSFireworks PlayStation VitaPulzar 2010Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Wii Electronic ArtsThe Sims 3 Nintendo DSFIFA 11 X2 Football 2010 iOS X2 GamesX2 Snowboarding 2009 FIFA 10 Nintendo DS Electronic ArtsDJ Hero Wii, PlayStation 2 Tiger Woods PGA Tour iOSX2 Football 2009 2008 FIFA 09 Nintendo DS Madden NFL 09 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 PS, PSP2 Skate It Nintendo DS Need for Speed: Undercover Wii, PlayStation 2 FIFA Street 3IGN, February 28, 2008 - FIFA Street 3 Review. A vast improvement over last year's mess, but still not a portable hit. by Craig Harris Nintendo DS Electronic Arts 2007 NASCAR 08 PlayStation 2 FIFA 08 Nintendo DSMadden NFL 08 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 Need for Speed: ProStreet 2006 FIFA Street 2 2006 FIFA World Cup Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable Madden NFL 07 Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DSFIFA 07 NASCAR 07 Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine, 01-NOV-2006. Review of NASCAR 07. PlayStation Portable Electronic ArtsNeed for Speed: Carbon – Own the City Nintendo DS 2005 FIFA Football 2005 Gizmondo SSX 3 Gizmondo Madden NFL 06 Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DSFIFA 06 2004 Madden NFL 2005 FIFA Soccer 2005 Game Boy Advance, N-Gage SSX Out Of Bounds N-Gage WWE Aftershock N-Gage THQ Wireless 2003 Total Soccer Mobile devices FIFA Soccer 2004 Game Boy Advance, N-Gage Electronic ArtsNCAA Football 2004 N-Gage 2002 Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2002 Game Boy Advance UbisoftFIFA Soccer 2002 PDA Electronic ArtsNHL Hitz 20-03 Game Boy AdvanceFIFA Football Electronic Arts 2001 Steven Gerrard's Total Soccer 2002 Ubisoft
Awards Game Year Ceremony / Publication Award ResultRef Ultimate Sackboy (mobile) 2023 TIGA Best Arcade Game 2023 Best Casual Game 2023 Best Small Studio Diggs Nightcrawler 2013 Best Casual Game The Sims 3 2010 BAFTA Best Handheld Game The Sims 3 (NDS) 2010 Gamescom Best Mobile Title 2009 Develop 100 The World’s Most Successful Game Studios - 2009 Edition 67th 2007 The World’s Most Successful Game Studios - 2007 Edition Retrieved 8 April 2008. 50th 2005 TIGA Best Handheld Games Development StudioTiga – List of 2006 finalists Further reading
GameSpot, August 15, 2005 – Review of WWE Aftershock
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