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Ihobo.Game Tableau.May2021International Hobo Ltd is one of the world’s most successful game design, narrative design and scriptwriting consultancies. Games that the company has worked upon have collectively sold more than 10 million units while franchises its staff have contributed to have sold in excess of 80 million units. The company has worked on more than seventy published game projects including The Persistence, Tropico 6, MotorStorm Apocalypse and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. (2 million units), and is skilled at finding design and narrative solutions for unusual audiences, such as the hit tween game Bratz: Rock Angelz (1.4 million units).

International Hobo's consultants have worked on major game projects for the world’s largest publishers, including Electronic Arts, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Ubisoft, THQ, Take 2, Namco, Atari, Eidos, Codemasters, Vivendi Universal, Focus Home Interactive, SCi, 3DO, and Turner Interactive.

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