Mario Wynands

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Mario Wynands (born in Wellington, New Zealand) is the co-founder and managing director of Sidhe Interactive and managing director of PikPok. [1]

Wynands has developed popular games and series such as Shatter and the Rugby league series and Rugby Union series . [2]

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References

  1. "NZ game developer eyes US crowd-funding service". 11 April 2012.
  2. Shatter Interview with Mario Wynands3news.co.nz Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine