Bongfish GmbH is a video game developer and publisher in

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. Originally founded as a start-up in the science incubator of

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, the company was established in its current form in 2007.

History

Bongfish published its first video game, '' Stoked'' for

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, in 2009. A year later, 2010, '' Harms Way'' was the first title by Bongfish developed for

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. This was followed up in 2012 with the title ''Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect'' on the

console for Red Bull Media House and

. With '' Motocross Madness,'' a third title was published for the Xbox 360 in 2013. In 2015, Bongfish started a co-development partnership with

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to create game-play features and content for their MMO ''

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'' and their ''Frontline'' game mode. Together with Flashman Games LLC, Bongfish acquired the rights to produce ''Smurfs' Village'' a social

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based on the

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franchise in 2016. In 2019, Bongfish founded Blackshark.ai, a sub-division of the company focusing on geospatial analytics and spatial computing. In 2020, Blackshark.ai was mentioned as the company that generated the world's surface for the

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utilizing Bing images.

Titles published

* '' Stoked'' *''Stoked - Big Air Edition'' * '' Motocross Madness'' * '' Harms Way'' *''Diving Champions'', official mobile game of the

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*''Red Bull Racers'' *''Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect'' *''Ski Slopestyle Challenge'', official mobile game of the

2014 Winter Olympics The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially called the XXII Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Sochi 2014 (), were an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Opening ro ...

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*''Calibre 10 Racing'' *''Smurfs' Village'' *''World of Tanks: Frontline''

References

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External links

Official website
Video game companies established in 2007 Video game development companies Companies based in Graz Video game publishers