# Bongfish

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**Bongfish GmbH** is a video game developer and publisher in [Graz](/source/Graz), [Austria](/source/Austria). Originally founded as a start-up[1] in the science incubator of [Graz University of Technology](/source/Graz_University_of_Technology),[2] the company was established in its current form in 2007.[3][4][5][6][7]

## History

Bongfish published its first video game, *[Stoked](/source/Stoked_(video_game))* for [Xbox 360](/source/Xbox_360), in 2009. A year later, 2010, *[Harms Way](/source/Harms_Way_(video_game))* was the first title by Bongfish developed for [Microsoft Studios](/source/Microsoft_Studios). This was followed up in 2012 with the title *Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect* on the [Xbox 360](/source/Xbox_360) console for Red Bull Media House[8] and [Microsoft Studios](/source/Microsoft_Studios). With *[Motocross Madness](/source/Motocross_Madness_(2013_video_game)),* a third title was published for the Xbox 360 in 2013.

In 2015, Bongfish started a co-development partnership with [Wargaming](/source/Wargaming_(company)) to create game-play features and content for their [MMO](/source/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game) *[World of Tanks](/source/World_of_Tanks)* and their *Frontline* game mode.[9] Together with Flashman Games LLC,[10] Bongfish acquired the rights to produce *Smurfs' Village* a social [mobile game](/source/Mobile_game) based on the [Smurfs](/source/The_Smurfs) franchise in 2016.

In 2019, Bongfish founded Blackshark.ai, a sub-division of the company focusing on geospatial analytics and spatial computing.[11] In 2020, Blackshark.ai was mentioned as the company that generated the world's surface for the [Microsoft Flight Simulator](/source/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_(2020_video_game)) utilizing Bing images.[12][13][14]

## Titles published

- *[Stoked](/source/Stoked_(video_game))*
- *Stoked - Big Air Edition*
- *[Motocross Madness](/source/Motocross_Madness_(2013_video_game))*
- *[Harms Way](/source/Harms_Way_(video_game))*
- *Diving Champions*, official mobile game of the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro)
- *Red Bull Racers*
- *Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect*
- *Ski Slopestyle Challenge*, official mobile game of the [2014 Winter Olympics](/source/2014_Winter_Olympics) in [Sochi](/source/Sochi)
- *Calibre 10 Racing*
- *Smurfs' Village*
- *World of Tanks: Frontline*

## References

1. ["TU Graz - Startupmap"](https://lampz.tugraz.at/~startupmap/frontend/en/). *lampz.tugraz.at*. Retrieved 2019-12-16.

1. ["Bong Fish"](https://www.sciencepark.at/p/bong-fish/). *Science Park Graz*. Retrieved 2019-12-18.

1. Austrian Economic Chambers. ["Game Development Studie 2019. Die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der österreichischen Spieleentwicklungsbranche. (in German)"](https://www.wko.at/branchen/information-consulting/unternehmensberatung-buchhaltung-informationstechnologie/game-development-studie-2019.pdf). Retrieved 2019-12-16.

1. red, steiermark ORF at (2019-12-13). ["Graz als "Hotspot" der Spieleentwickler"](https://steiermark.orf.at/stories/3025914/) (in German). *steiermark.ORF.at*. Retrieved 2019-12-17.

1. Gratzer, Roland (21 June 2012). ["Schnee und Dreck"](https://fm4v3.orf.at/stories/1700507/index.html). *[FM4](/source/FM4)*. Retrieved 2024-02-09.

1. ["Virtuelles Snowboard in realer Welt"](https://www.derstandard.at/story/1253808115773/geistesblitz-virtuelles-snowboard-in-realer-welt) (in de-AT). *[Der Standard](/source/Der_Standard)*. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 2024-02-09.

1. Mayer, Marlene (2010-09-09). ["Bongfish - Spielend erfolgreich"](https://www.diepresse.com/593407/bongfish-spielend-erfolgreich) (in German). *[Die Presse](/source/Die_Presse)*. Retrieved 2024-02-09.

1. ["Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect"](https://www.metacritic.com/game/red-bull-crashed-ice-kinect/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360). *Metacritic*. Retrieved 2019-12-16.

1. ["World of Tanks Team Up with Bongfish to Create New Game Mode | Press Releases | News | Wargaming"](https://wargaming.com/en/news/wot-bongfish/). *wargaming.com*. Retrieved 2019-12-16.

1. ["Games"](http://flashmangames.com/games/). *Flashman Games*. Retrieved 2019-12-16.

1. ["blackshark.ai"](https://blackshark.ai/). Retrieved 2019-12-17.

1. ["Meet the startup that helped Microsoft build the world of Flight Simulator"](https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/17/meet-the-startup-that-helped-microsoft-build-the-world-of-flight-simulator/). *TechCrunch*. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

1. [""Flight Simulator": Was eine Grazer Firma mit einem der wichtigsten Spiele des Jahres zu tun hat - derStandard.de"](https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000119369368/flight-simulator-was-eine-grazer-firma-mit-einem-der-wichtigsten) (in de-AT). *DER STANDARD*. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

1. ["Now boarding: A trip anywhere in Microsoft Flight Simulator's virtual world"](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-games/now-boarding-trip-anywhere-microsoft-flight-simulator-s-virtual-world-n1241893). *NBC News*. 4 October 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-10.

## External links

- [Official website](https://bongfish.com)

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