Fatshark

For the drone headset company, see Fat Shark.

Fatshark AB is a Swedish video game development studio based in Stockholm. It develops its own games and has also acted as a subcontractor for several AAA titles for PC and consoles.

Fatshark AB

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	2008
Founder	Martin Wahlund Rikard Blomberg Joakim Wahlström Johan Jonker[1]
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Products	War of the Roses Warhammer: Vermintide series Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Number of employees	180[2]
Parent	Tencent (2021–present)
Website	www.fatshark.se

History

Fatshark originated from a company called Northplay,^[3] which subcontracted for various Swedish companies between 2003 and 2008.^[4] The company is best known for its involvement with the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, developing Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 and versions of their PC game Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West for both.^[5]

In January 2019, Tencent acquired about a 36% stake in Fatshark in a deal worth approximately 500 million kr (around US$56 million).^[6] Later, in January 2021, it was reported that Tencent had acquired a majority stake in the company valued at around 2.2 billion sek (around US$260 million).^[7]

Games

Title	Year	Platform(s)	Refs.
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West	2010	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3	[8]
Bionic Commando Rearmed 2	2011	PlayStation 3, Xbox Live Arcade
Hamilton's Great Adventure		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Android	[9]
Krater	2012	Microsoft Windows	[10]
War of the Roses			[11]
War of the Vikings	2014
Escape Dead Island		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Bloodsports.TV	2015	Microsoft Windows
Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide		Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One	[12]
Warhammer: Vermintide 2	2018	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide	2022	Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S	[13]