WBig Viking Games is a Canadian independent video game development company co-founded by Greg Thomson and Albert Lai in 2011. The company focuses on the development of web-based, Facebook, and mobile video games. Their games follow a freemium software model.
WChucklefish Limited is a British video game developer and publisher based in London. Founded in 2011 by Finn Brice, the company specialises in retro-styled games. Chucklefish is best known for developing Starbound and Wargroove, as well as publishing Risk of Rain and Stardew Valley.
WCreativeForge Games S.A. is a Polish video game developer based in Warsaw. Founded in 2011 by Jakub Rozenek and Łukasz Żarnowiecki, the company developed the games Ancient Space, Hard West, and Phantom Doctrine, with Hard West 2 and Aircraft Carrier Survival in development. CreativeForge is listed on the NewConnect stock exchange with 47.81% owned by the publisher PlayWay.
WCygames, Inc. is a Japanese video game development studio established in 2011 by CyberAgent. Mobile and E-commerce company DeNA acquired a 24% stake in the studio in 2012, and Nintendo acquired another 5% stake in 2018, leaving CyberAgent with 69% of the shares and as such, they are the parent company of Cygames. From its formation, the company produced mobile games, initially on the Mobage platform, and from 2013 on Android and iOS. The company headquarters is located in Tokyo while other divisions are located in Osaka and Saga in Japan and Seoul, South Korea.
WD3T Ltd is a British video game developer based in Runcorn. The studio primarily works on remastering and porting old video game titles to modern consoles. The company has faced criticism for some of its projects, from both fanatics, industry experts and gaming critics alike.
WDigital Capital Corporation is a Swiss company that manages private equity investments in the digital entertainment industry. Formed in Switzerland in 2011 by Todd Tribell and Stewart Kosoy, the company offers funding, management, and advice to partners. The company's stated goal is to connect financial partners with software development talent.
WDr. Panda is a Chinese video game developer that creates educational applications for kids on smartphones and tablets. The company is based in Chengdu, China. The company's series of Dr. Panda games includes role-playing apps aimed at children under five. The games are available on platforms including iOS, Android and Windows Phone. Dr. Panda is also an animated TV series available on the Roku Channel.
WDreadlocks Ltd is a Czech video game developer based in Prague. The company's first game, Rune Legend, was the winner of 5th AppParade. The company was officially formed in 2011. The company's most recent release is Dex, an action role-playing game.
WEA Gothenburg is a Swedish video game developer owned by Electronic Arts (EA) and located in Gothenburg. The studio used to have two other locations; one based in Guildford in the United Kingdom and another in Bucharest, Romania. From 2013 to 2020, they oversaw the development of the Need for Speed racing game franchise. Employees of Ghost include former staff members of EA DICE, Black Box, Criterion Games and Playground Games.
WGuerilla Tea was an independent video game developer based in Dundee, Scotland. The company is focused on the mobile and casual market, and is interested in utilising video games design and technology within other areas of study.
WGun Media Holdings, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Lexington, Kentucky founded on November 9, 2011, by Wesley Adam "Wes" Keltner.
WHarebrained Schemes, LLC is an American video game developer based in Seattle, Washington. It was co-founded in 2011 by Jordan Weisman and Mitch Gitelman. Prior to founding Harebrained Schemes, Weisman and Gitelman worked together on the MechCommander and Crimson Skies franchises at FASA, another company founded by Weisman. As of mid-2015, the studio had under 60 employees. The studio was acquired by Paradox Interactive in June 2018.
WIguanaBee is an independent Chilean video game developer, established in 2011 and located in Santiago, Chile.
WInkle is a game company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom that specialises in interactive narrative, i.e. text-focused computer video games. They are notable for games such as 80 Days, which was Time Magazine's Game of the Year in 2014, and Sorcery!, a recreation of Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! gamebook series.
WRayark Inc. is an independent video game company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, and was founded in September 2011. The company also has a branch located in Tokyo, Japan. The company specializes in game development on mobile platforms and in genres such as rhythm games, casual games, sci-fi action and strategy RPGs. Rayark is best known for developing Cytus, Deemo, and VOEZ, as well as publishing MO: Astray by Archpray.
WMarvelous Inc. is a Japanese video game developer and publisher, and anime producer. The company was formed in October 2011 by the merger of the original Marvelous Entertainment, AQ Interactive, and Liveware.
WMimimi Games GmbH is a German video game developer based in Munich. It was founded in January 2011 by Dominik Abé and Johannes Roth, who had previously developed Grounded (2009) while studying video game design. Notable games developed by the studio include The Last Tinker: City of Colors (2014), Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016), and Desperados III (2020). As of January 2020, Mimimi Games employs 30 people.
WNyu Media Ltd. is a video game publisher known for localizing Japanese independent dōjin soft games into English. They were established in 2011 and released two batches of dōjin games that spanned genres including shoot 'em ups, beat 'em ups, platformers, adventure games, and action-RPGs.
WPlayism is a digital distribution platform for PC games operated by Active Gaming Media, which was launched in May 2011. It focuses on attracting independent "indie" developers to its platform by offering services like localization, debugging, marketing and publishing for indie developers interested in releasing their games to foreign markets.
WRogue Rocket Games is an American video game developer formed in early 2011 by Nick Bruty and Rich Sun, both of whom previously worked at Planet Moon Studios. The company is located in San Francisco, California.
WRoom 8 Studio is a Game Development and Art Production studio having its office in Limassol and representation in Los Angeles.
WRyu Ga Gotoku Studio is a video game developer housed within the Japanese video game company Sega as part of its Sega CS Research and Development No. 1 division. It is known for developing the Yakuza games since Yakuza 5.
WSerellan is an American video game developer founded in 2011 by Christian Allen. The company has released one video game currently, Takedown: Red Sabre for Microsoft Windows and Xbox Live Arcade. Their second title, EPSILON, is currently on Steam Early Access.
WSquare Enix Montreal is a Montreal-based studio under video game developer Square Enix best known for creating the Go series of turn-based puzzle games for smartphones and tablets based on former Eidos Interactive intellectual properties. Founded in November 2011 as a traditional studio with plans to create a new Hitman series game for consoles and employ several hundred people, its mandate changed in 2013 when it became its parent company's choice studio to produce mobile games, beginning with the Hitman franchise. The company developed prototypes for two mobile Hitman games, which became the board game-inspired puzzle game Hitman Go (2014) and the shooter Hitman: Sniper (2015). The commercial success of the latter and the critical success of the former led to two additional titles in the Go series: Lara Croft Go (2015), based on the Tomb Raider series, and Deus Ex Go (2016), based on the Deus Ex series.
WStoic is a video game development company located in Austin, Texas. Founded by three ex-BioWare staff in December 2011, Stoic is most known for developing the tactical role-playing video game The Banner Saga (2014) and its sequels, The Banner Saga 2 (2016) and The Banner Saga 3 (2018).
WStraight Right is an Australian independent video game developer located in Melbourne, Australia. They are specializing in porting games made by other developers to various platforms.
WtinyBuild LLC is an American video game publisher and developer. Based in Bellevue, Washington, with development offices in Utrecht, Netherlands, Boise, Idaho, and Riga, Latvia, the company was founded by Alex Nichiporchik, Luke Burtis and Tom Brien. Having found success with digital games No Time to Explain and SpeedRunners, the latter of which was developed by DoubleDutch Games, the company has moved into video game publishing, and has helped third-party studios release titles across PC, mobile and video game consoles.
WTribute Games is a Canadian independent video game development studio located in Montreal, Quebec. It focuses on retro games for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita. It was founded in 2011 by former Ubisoft employees Jonathan Lavigne, Jean-Francois Major and Justin Cyr who, amongst other games, have worked on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game and TMNT.
WWales Interactive Limited is a Welsh independent video game developer and publisher established in 2011 and based in Pencoed, Wales. The studio, best known for Late Shift, The Bunker, Don't Knock Twice and The Shapeshifting Detective, have published over 20 video game titles across 10 platforms. They are a multi award winning studio, accolades achieved include BAFTA Cymru Games Award 2012 & 2018, Appster's Award for Best Indie Game Developer 2014, GREAT Face of British Business Winner 2015, South Wales Business of the Year 2014 & 2016, and Wales Technology Award Winner 2017 & 2018. The studio supports PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Wii U and Microsoft Windows as well as all the latest virtual reality devices including HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. Wales Interactive develop and publish their own original IP as well as third-party titles. Wales Interactive is noted for being part of the mid-2010s revival of the genre of FMV games, i.e. their titles The Bunker, Late Shift and others all substitute traditional game mechanics with live action footage.
WYacht Club Games, LLC is an American independent video game development studio and publisher founded in 2011 by former WayForward Technologies director Sean Velasco. The company announced their first title, Shovel Knight, on March 14, 2013, and released it on June 26, 2014, after a successful Kickstarter campaign. In 2016, the company announced that it would start publishing games from other companies, and that their first published game would be Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack, a compilation containing Azure Striker Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. The second will be Cyber Shadow, a game developed by Mechanical Head Studios.
WYodo1, Ltd. is a Chinese mobile game publisher based in Beijing. Founded in November 2011, it is headed by co-founders Henry Fong and James LaLonde as chief executive officer and chief growth officer, respectively, and publishes games with a focus on the Chinese market. As of October 2019, games published by Yodo1 have been played by one billion users.