Exient Limited (formerly Exient Entertainment ) 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.

History

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 2022, Exient produced two hours documentary "Lemmings: Can you dig it" on the history of the game featuring he original creators. The documentary was premiered at the Dundee Centre of Contemporary Arts (DCA) and released free to watch on YouTube.

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