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KILOO is a Danish games development company. It was founded in 2000 by Jacob Moller, with a focus on developing entertainment content for game console and handheld devices. In 2008, he was joined by his brother, Simon Moller. Together, they both run Kiloo.

KILOO's best known game, Subway Surfers, was released in the spring of 2012 and was developed in cooperation with SYBO Games. A few weeks after its release, the free running game for iOS was named Game of the Week for 31 May 2012 by AppAdvice. In September, the game made its way to Android and gathered even more enthusiastic players. One month after the Android release, Subway Surfers made it into the top 20 growing Facebook apps by monthly active users. In July 2014, Subway Surfers exceeded five hundred million downloads across all platforms. In September 2015 the download numbers reached 1 billion.


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History

KILOO was founded in 2000, in a small apartment in Aarhus, Denmark, as a two-person company. In 2002, the partnership dissolved and KILOO changed into a private company. In the same year, KILOO won the Nokia Mobile Challenge in the games category ahead of 500 competing companies, with their game Popstar build on a Tamagotchi like concept of managing the career and basic needs of an upcoming pop music star.

Later on, KILOO entered an agreement with THQ Wireless to develop the game Worms for mobile. KILOO also cooperated with ITE on development and distribution of mobile content based on the TV and game character Hugo. By 2004, the Hugo games were bought by 1 million people.

Between 2006 and 2009, KILOO had the exclusive mobile rights for LEGO worldwide. In 2007, KILOO broke into Børsen's "Fast Track 100" which placed KILOO in the league of Denmark's fastest growing private companies. In the same year, KILOO acquired the exclusive rights for Whac-a-Mole worldwide with reference to developing and selling Whac-a-Mole mobile content.

In 2008 KILOO raised capital from Danish VC FirmaInvest for further growth.

In 2009 KILOO licensed the full suite of Wham-O rights for mobile (HackySack, SuperBall, Frisbee and Hula Hoop), which so far has resulted in Frisbee Forever and Frisbee Forever 2.

2011 saw KILOO launch two games (Frisbee Forever and Bullet Time HD) and numerous apps.

In 2012, KILOO released two successful games, Subway Surfers and Frisbee Forever 2, a sequel to Frisbee Forever, which launched one year before.

In October 2014, KILOO released Smash Champs.It turned out to be another succes for KILOO.

In March 2015, KILOO released Stormblades, which was coproduced with the Canadian developer Emerald City Games.

In March 2016, KILOO released Tesla Tubes.


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KILOO GROUP

In 2013, KILOO Group was founded by integrating three subsidiary companies in the KILOO family: Manatee, Katoni and GivingTales.

Manatee

The company was established in 2012 and focuses on apps development. Customers include McDonald's Denmark The McDonald's Coinoffers app has been developed in cooperation with DDB Copenhagen. The campaign including the app won gold and silver in the categories "Integrated Campaigns", "Events & Digital Events", "Digital Campaigns" og "Brand Driven Apps & Utilities" at the CCA 2012. The campaign won also a Bronze Lion in the category "Best Integrated Campaign Led by Mobile" at Cannes Lions 2012 and another Bronze Lion in the category "Best Use of Integrated Media"

Katoni

Katoni ApS was established in 2014 and specializes in the development of online shopping portals. In June 2014, Katoni launched Katoni.dk, a shopping portal for fashion. In 2016 Katoni expanded to Norway (Katoni.no) and in 2017 to Finland (Katoni.fi).

GivingTales

GivingTales is a cooperation between KILOO and evershift. The project was established in 2012 to develop an app withversions of popular Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales for children. The tales are narrated by actors and celebrities. The app is developed in Budapest (Hungary), and it was released in June 2015, on App Store, Google Play Store and Windows Phone 8 Store with the following stories:

  • The Princess and the Pea by Roger Moore
  • The Ugly Duckling by Stephen Fry
  • The Little Match Girl by Ewan McGregor
  • The Emperor's New Clothes by Joan Collins
  • The Snow Queen by Joanna Lumley
  • Little Claus and Big Claus by Michael Caine
  • The Little Mermaid by David Walliams
  • Thumbelina by Charlotte Rampling
  • It's Quite True! by Paul McKenna.

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Games

KILOO has created games licensed from brands and companies such as:

  • Maya the Bee and Friends for (mobile - 2006)
  • Hugo: Black Diamond Fever for (mobile - 2004)
  • Happy Tree Friends
  • Whac-a-mole for the iPhone
  • Commodore 64 for the iPhone
  • Subway Surfers for the iPhone, and Android (operating system), along with Windows Phone
  • Smash Champs for the iPhone, and Android (operating system)
  • Stormblades for the iPhone, and Android (operating system) - March 19, 2015
  • Tesla Tubes for the iPhone, and Android (operating system) - March 17, 2016
  • Dawnbringer for the iPhone, and Android (operating system)

In 2010, KILOO Games announced a new original IP called Zoonies. The game is for Nintendo DSi and 3DS. Zoonies was sponsored by the New Danish Screen.

In 2011 KILOO releases Frisbee Forever and BulletTime HD.

In 2012 an endless running game Subway Surfers is released in co-production with Sybo Games and KILOO continues series with Frisbee Forever 2.


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Media

In 2008, KILOO started developing mobile applications alongside the game development. These include:

  • Issuu Mobile - a magazine reader for iPhone
  • JokeToons - animated videocontent for iPhone
  • Games licensed from Wham-O

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References

Source of the article : Wikipedia

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