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Sidhe (company)
Prodigy Design Limited, operating as PikPok, is a video game developer and publisher based in Wellington, New Zealand. Established in 1997, the company originally operated under the name Sidhe. In 2012, it introduced the PikPok brand to focus on mobile gaming, which later became the company's primary identity. The company is a developer and publisher of iOS, Android, and computer games. It is known for ''Flick Kick Football'', ''Flick Kick Football Legends'', and ''Into the Dead''. It has also partnered with Adult Swim to produce a number of games, including ''Robot Unicorn Attack 2'', ''Giant Boulder of Death'', ''Monsters Ate My Condo'' and its sequel ''Super Monsters Ate My Condo''. PikPok has also partnered with DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xbox One
The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the Xbox#Consoles, Xbox series. It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia, and South America in November 2013 and in Japan, China, and other European countries in September 2014. It is the first Xbox game console to be released in China, specifically in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone. Microsoft marketed the device as an "all-in-one entertainment system", hence the name "Xbox One". An Eighth generation of video game consoles, eighth-generation console, it mainly competed against Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation 4 and Nintendo's Wii U and later the Nintendo Switch. Moving away from its predecessor's PowerPC-based Computer architecture, architecture, the Xbox One marks a shift back to the x86 architecture used in the Xbox (console), original Xbox; it features an AMD APU, Accelerated Processing U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adidas
Adidas AG (; stylized in all lowercase since 1949) is a German athletic apparel and footwear corporation headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world, after Nike. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group, which also owns an 8.33% stake of the football club Bayern Munich, and Runtastic, an Austrian fitness technology company. Adidas's revenue for 2024 was listed at €23 billion. The company was started by Adolf Dassler in his mother's house. He was joined by his elder brother Rudolf in 1924 under the name ''Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik'' ("Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory"). Dassler assisted in the development of spiked running shoes ( spikes) for multiple athletic events. To enhance the quality of spiked athletic footwear, he transitioned from a previous model of heavy metal spikes to utilising canvas and rubber. Dassler persuaded U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens to use his ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browser Game
A browser game is a video game that is played on the internet using a web browser. They are sometimes referred to more specifically by their format, such as Flash games or HTML5 games. They are generally free-to-play and can be either single-player or multiplayer. It is not necessary to install a browser game; simply visiting the webpage will run the title in a browser. Some browser games were also made available as mobile apps, PC games, or console titles. However, the browser version may have fewer features or inferior graphics compared to the others, which are usually native apps. Browser games have existed in various forms since the origins of the open internet in the 1990s. However, the 2000s were a "golden age" for the medium, and a great many were created with Adobe Flash during the period. The 2000s also saw the rise of social network games such as FarmVille, and the web ecosystem of the time was a "creative vortex" of rapid iteration and development, which had a hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oreo
Oreo (; stylized in all caps) is an American brand of sandwich cookie consisting of two cocoa biscuits with a sweet fondant filling. Oreos were introduced in 1912 by Nabisco, and the brand has been owned by Mondelez International since its mergers and acquisitions, acquisition of Nabisco in 2012. Oreo cookies are available in more than 100 countries. Many varieties of Oreo cookies have been produced, and limited-edition runs have become popular in the 21st century. Oreos are an imitation of the Hydrox chocolate cream-centered cookie introduced in 1908, but it outstripped Hydrox in popularity so largely that many believe Hydrox is an imitation of Oreo. Oreo has been the highest-selling cookie brand in the world since 2014. Etymology The origin of the name "''Oreo''" is obscure, but there are many hypotheses, including derivations from the French word , meaning "gold" (the original tin was gold-colored); the Greek word (oros), meaning "mountain" (the cookie was originally co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreamworks Animation
DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios or simply DreamWorks) is an American animation studio, owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal as part of Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios, Inc, Universal Studios. The studio has produced List of DreamWorks Animation productions#Feature films, 51 feature films. Its first film, ''Antz'', was released on October 2, 1998, and its latest film, How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film), the live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon'', was released on June 13, 2025. Their upcoming slate of films includes ''The Bad Guys 2'' on August 1, 2025, ''Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie'' on September 26, 2025, ''Forgotten Island'' on September 25, 2026, ''Shrek 5'' on December 23, 2026, the How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)#Sequel, live-action remake of ''How to Train Your Dragon 2'' on June 11, 2027, ''Cocomelon: The Movie'' in 2027, and an untitled film on September 22, 2028. Formed as a division of DreamWor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windows Phone
Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Microsoft Mobile for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune. Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design language. Unlike Windows Mobile, it was primarily aimed at the consumer market rather than the enterprise software, enterprise market. It was first launched in October 2010 with Windows Phone 7. Windows Phone 8 succeeded it in 2012, replacing the Windows CE-based kernel of Windows Phone 7 with the Windows NT kernel used by the PC versions of Microsoft Windows, Windows (and, in particular, a large amount of internal components from Windows 8). Due to these changes, the OS was incompatible with all existing Windows Phone 7 devices, although it still supported apps originally developed for Windows Phone 7. In 2014, Microsoft released the Windows Phone 8.1 update, which introduced the Cortana (virtual assistant), Cortana virtual assistant, and Window ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Maze Runner (series)
''The Maze Runner'' is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. The series consists of the trilogy '' The Maze Runner'' (2009), '' The Scorch Trials'' (2010) and '' The Death Cure'' (2011), as well as two prequel novels, '' The Kill Order'' (2012) and '' The Fever Code'' (2016). A novella titled ''Crank Palace'' (2020) and a companion book titled ''The Maze Runner Files'' (2013) have also been released. A sequel trilogy in the series titled ''The Maze Cutter'' takes place 73 years following the events of ''The Death Cure'' and consists of the novels ''The Maze Cutter'' (2022), ''The Godhead Complex'' (2023), and ''The Infinite Glade'' (2025). The series, revealing details in non-chronological order, tells how the world was devastated by a series of massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections. Novels ''The Maze Runner'' ''The Maze Runner'' is the first book in the series and was released on October 6, 2009. A group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Digital Entertainment
Fox Digital Entertainment was an American digital content, mobile applications, and video game developer and publisher owned by 20th Century Fox (later rebranded as 20th Century Studios). History Fox Digital Entertainment was formed in 2010 and took on many of the projects related to 21st Century Fox properties from Fox Interactive, 20th Century Fox Games (now known as 20th Century Games since 2022) and Fox Mobile Entertainment, when that was sold to the Jesta Group and was renamed Jesta Digital. Projects It was primarily involved with 20th Century Studios and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer properties such as ''Family Guy'', ''The Simpsons'', ''Ice Age'', ''James Bond'', ''Predator'', '' Rio'', ''Sons of Anarchy'', and ''X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...''. They hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Swim Games
Adult Swim Games (stylized as adult swim games; formerly Williams Street Games) is the video game publishing division of Adult Swim, a brand of The Cartoon Network, Inc. While Adult Swim had been publishing games since 2005, primarily based on their in-house franchises, it became an official publisher of original indie games in 2011. The publishing division has been praised by critics for the originality and quality of its games. History Early history (2005–2010) Adult Swim partnered with Midway Games in 2005 to begin development on video games based on ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', ''The Brak Show'' and ''Sealab 2021''. The game based on ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', '' Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am,'' was released on November 5, 2007, for PlayStation 2. The game is a golf game with fighting and racing levels. A video game based on '' Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law'' has been released by Capcom for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Porta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple languages. Launched in 2007, nearly a decade after Netflix, Inc. began its pioneering DVD-by-mail movie rental service, Netflix is the most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 301.6 million paid memberships in more than 190 countries as of 2025. By 2022, "Netflix Original" productions accounted for half of its library in the United States and the namesake company had ventured into other categories, such as video game publishing of mobile games through its flagship service. As of 2025, Netflix is the 18th most-visited website in the world, with 21.18% of its traffic coming from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom at 6.01%, Canada at 4.94%, and Brazil at 4.24%. History Launch as a mail-based renta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Into The Dead 2
''Into the Dead 2'' is a 2017 first person shooter video game developed by PikPok. It was initially released on iOS and Android, and it was ported to the Nintendo Switch in 2019. Gameplay Players control a character seeking to return to his family during a zombie apocalypse. Similar to endless runner games, the character automatically runs throughout most of the game and must dodge zombies. If Players are captured by a zombie on a level (video games), level, they can escape by either using a knife, Companions freeing you, an Ally freeing you or using a Weapon with a Bayonet. After that, they are freed, once The Player is freed, they will be given a Second Chance to continue and cannot be saved within Third Time, unless they have a Knife. Players can Glossary of video game terms#unlockable, unlock and upgrade a variety weapons, including pistols, rifles, shotguns, crossbows, and grenades. Indestructible animal companions and power-ups are also available. Development Prior to ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
