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Company Profile
Exient
Website
www.exient.com
About
Exient is an award-winning UK development studio and is one of the world's leading handheld video games developers. It is best known for its work on the award-winning Madden, FIFA, Need for Speed, and Tiger series for Electronic Arts, and the multi-award-winning DJ Hero for Activision.
Related People
Dave Hawkins
CEO and founder
Julian Jones
Chief Publishing Officer
Steve Cassar Laudi
senior data analyst
Tommy Prentice
Product lead
Jamie Wotton
Creative Marketing Manager
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Articles featuring Exient
Job News
Exient appoints NaturalMotion veteran Paul Topping as new chief commercial officer
Topping brings two decades’ experience from NaturalMotion, Criterion, Codemasters and more
Live Ops Tips
A decade of live ops: Keeping creativity, player communities and gameplay alive
Exient’s Tommy Prentice and Steve Cassar Laudi offer insight on long term live ops
Updates
British classic Lemmings to receive new mobile update
The update to the mobile version features new additions that breath new life into the classic action-puzzler
Job News
Exient appoints Christa Agius to role of COO
Agius takes the role following her stint as product director for the company
Littlebigplatform
LittleBigPlanet spinoff Ultimate Sackboy races onto Android
Preregistration is open for the LittleBigPlanet hero’s newest foray into mobile gaming
Hr Hero
Exient brings on former United Nations specialist Hunida Busefi
Bringing experience from outside of the games industry to aid diversity programme
Tentacle Zone
Payload Studios and Exient open applications for 2022 Tentacle Zone Incubator
Developer incubator returns for second year
Dig This
Lemmings documentary will celebrate 30 years of gaming classic
‘Lemmings 30th: Can You Dig It?’ explores icon's legacy
China Syndrome
Mobile Mavens: Reaction to China's new restrictions on children gaming
Only three hours a week
New Identity
Exient rebrands Sad Puppy and Donut under Exient Publishing
"The success we've experienced with Lemmings Puzzle Adventure has given us the confidence to double down on our publishing activity"
2019 In Review
Exient CEO Dave Hawkins on what follows peak hypercasual
UK company moved into publishing
Expansion
UK dev Exient expands headcount as it focuses on new license deals
“The success of Lemmings has borne this out”
Job News
Former Exient, Chimera and ZenGuard staff join Idle Miner Tycoon dev Kolibri Games
Former Chimera Entertainment lead game designer Boris Conrad Heisserer takes the role
Exient Exeunt
Angry Birds Go! developer Exient cuts 60% of its staff at Leamington Spa studio
Can only afford to develop one new game and maintain its Angry Birds titles
Angry Birds Go's IAPs not out to tempt kids, but the "inner child" in all of us says dev
Exient on finding its feet with F2P
Making Of
From kart to finish: The making of Angry Birds Go
The race is never over
The Charticle: The launch of Angry Birds Go!
The early reaction to Rovio first F2P release