XENDEX
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XENDEX is a leading independent mobile and online game development studio in Europe. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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XENDEX develops games based on its own IPs as well as in cooperation with leading national and international brands, including Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...

, I-play, Hands-On mobile, Bandai Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...

, THQ
THQ
THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...

, Disney and many more.

Games Production

XENDEX's core business is to develop games for handheld devices, including mobile phones (Java ME/BREW, Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...

, Android) as well as for the PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

, the Apple iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 and the Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DSi
The is a handheld game system created by Nintendo and launched in 2008 and 2009 in Japan, North America, PAL territories, and other regions. It is the third iteration of the Nintendo DS, and its primary market rival is Sony's PlayStation Portable...

. The company's latest game releases include Space Invaders
Space Invaders
is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to...

 Evolution (Java ME) , Freestyle MotoX (Java ME) , Red Bull X-Fighters
Red Bull X-Fighters
Red Bull X-Fighters are freestyle motocross motorbike stunt competitions contested in bullrings and similar venues. Alongside the X Games, they are the most prestigious and most challenging freestyle motocross competitions....

 (Apple iPhone, PlayStation Portable/PSN) and Yetisports
Yetisports
Yetisports is a web-based Flash game that originally appeared on the Internet in January 2004. The goal of the original game is to have a yeti smack a penguin with a club and try to get it fly as far as possible...

 for Java ME, BREW, iPhone and PSN.

Distribution

In addition to videogames production, XENDEX offers various services via its “Content Services and Distribution” business unit. This includes technological platform solutions and content aggregation services for mobile operators and businesses operating in the content delivery industry.

Casino Games

Other than games for handheld devices, XENDEX is also a developer of real-money online games and gambling applications for companies such as the Austrian Lotteries and the Austrian website www.win2day.at.

Financials

In 2009 the company has seen significant growth, based on innovations in its established market segments as well as in new business areas such as in-game advertisement and digital distribution (XBLA, PlayStation Portable / PSN). XENDEX has recently raised USD 7.5MM and is expecting its business to continue to grow strongly in the years ahead.
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