Hyper Hippo Entertainment
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founders | Lance Priebe & Pascale Audette |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Lance Priebe (CEO & CCO) |
| Products | AdVenture Capitalist, Wild Warfare, Leviathans Online, etc. |
Number of employees | 20+ |
| Website | Official Website |
Hyper Hippo Productions is a Canadian online video game and software development company. It was co-founded by Club Penguin founder Lance Priebe[1] and Pascale Audette, a former employee of Disney Online Studios Canada. Their current most popular games include AdVenture Capitalist and Wild Warfare, among many others.
History
Hyper Hippo was founded by Lance Priebe and Pascale Audette in late 2012. Its original purpose was to expand the size of Priebe's old studio, RocketSnail Games, which is today used as a personal studio for independent projects by Priebe. Hyper Hippo formally inherited all of RocketSnail's projects, including Mech Mice and Leviathans Online.
In November 2012, Catalyst Game Labs announced a partnership with Hyper Hippo to create Leviathans Online.[2] Later, in December 2012, Wired's GeekDad also reported about Catalyst Games and Hyper Hippo Games possibly partnering.[3] In 2015, they published a revamped version of browser game AdVenture Capitalist for mobile.
In February 2016, Jagex Limited announced a partnership with Hyper Hippo to create RuneScape: Idle Adventures[4] a spin-off of RuneScape described as a quick to play RPG boiled down to the basics where your character will progress in real time. On September 1, 2016 an early access beta was released through Steam on PC. It was planned to also be available on tablet and mobile. It was removed from Steam, however, on May 15, 2017.
References
- ^ "Lance Priebe - Hyper Hippo". Retrieved 8 January 2013.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthor=(help) - ^ "Catalyst, Hyper Hippo Productions to develop Leviathans Online". Retrieved 21 November 2012.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthor=(help) - ^ "Leviathans Online GeekDad Wired.com". Archived from the original on December 4, 2012. Retrieved September 15, 2016.
- ^ http://services.runescape.com/m=news/runescape-idle-adventures--coming-spring-2016