Kylotonn

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Kylotonn
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry Video games
Founded2006;18 years ago (2006)
Founders
  • Roman Vincent
  • Yann Tambellini
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Key people
  • Roman Vincent
  • Yann Tambellini
Number of employees
148 (as of May 2021)
Parent Nacon
Divisions KT Racing
Website www.kylotonn.com

Kylotonn SARL is a French video game development studio founded in 2006 in Paris. They are best known for their racing games, and were the official developer of the World Rally Championship video game series from 2015 to 2023.

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History

4X Studio was founded in 2002 as a subsidiary of 4X Technologies. After releasing only one game under that name, Iron Storm , they closed and later reformed by Roman Vincent and Yann Tambellini as Kylotonn in 2006. [1]

In 2012, Kylotonn developed the Play All technology with Wizarbox and Darkworks. [2]

In 2014, the studio launched the KT Racing label.

In 2015, the company opened a facility in Lyon, Kylotonn Racing Games. [3]

In 2017, the company won the 2017 Ping Award for "Best Sports Game" for WRC 7 . [4]

On 2 October 2018, French publisher Nacon (formerly Bigben Interactive) announced that they had acquired Kylotonn. [5] [6] Kylotonn and Bigben had previously collaborated with each other since 2008.

Games

As 4X Studio

YearTitlePlatform(s)Publisher
2002 Iron Storm Windows Wanadoo Edition

As Kylotonn

YearTitlePlatform(s)Publisher
2005 Bet On Soldier: Blood Sport Windows Brigades
2006Bet On Soldier: Black-out SaigonEclypse
Bet On Soldier: Blood of SaharaBrigades
2007 Speedball 2: Tournament FIP Publishing
2009Little Folk of FaeryOrange France
My Body Coach Wii Neko Entertainment
2011Hunter's Trophy Windows, PlayStation 3 Bigben Interactive
The Cursed Crusade Windows, Xbox 360 DTP Entertainment
My Body Coach 2: Fitness & Dance PlayStation 3, Wii Neko Entertainment
2012Hunter's Trophy 2: Europa Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 Bigben Interactive
2013Hidden Path of Faery Windows Rondomedia
Hunter's Trophy 2: America Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Bigben Interactive
Hunter's Trophy 2: Australia
Truck Racer Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
2014Motorcycle Club Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
2015 WRC 5 Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
2016 WRC 6 Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
2017 FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
WRC 7
2018Isle of Man TT: Ride on the Edge Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
V-Rally 4
2019 WRC 8
2020Isle of Man TT: Ride on the Edge 2 Nacon
WRC 9 Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2021 WRC 10 Windows, Nintendo Switch (March 2022), [7] PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2022 WRC Generations Windows, Nintendo Switch (December 2022), [8] PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
2024 [9] Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S

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