Kylotonn Explained

Kylotonn
Type:	Subsidiary
Industry:	Video games
Hq Location City:	Paris
Hq Location Country:	France
Parent:	Nacon
Divisions:	KT Racing
Num Employees:	148 (as of May 2021)

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.

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

!Year!Title!Platform(s)!Publisher

2002

Iron Storm

Windows

Wanadoo Edition

As Kylotonn

!Year!Title!Platform(s)!Publisher

2005		Windows	Brigades
2006	Bet On Soldier: Black-out Saigon		Eclypse
	Bet On Soldier: Blood of Sahara		Brigades
2007	Speedball 2: Tournament		FIP Publishing
2009	Little Folk of Faery		Orange France
	My Body Coach	Wii	Neko Entertainment
2011	Hunter'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
2012	Hunter's Trophy 2: Europa	Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360	Bigben Interactive
2013	Hidden 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
2014	Motorcycle 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
	WRC 7
2018	Isle of Man TT: Ride on the Edge	Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
	V-Rally 4
2019	WRC 8
2020	Isle 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: KYLOTONN (PARIS) Chiffre d'affaires, résultat, bilans sur SOCIETE.COM - 490585577 . 2024-07-26 . www.societe.com.
2. Web site: 2012-03-15 . Kylotonn annonce "Play All for Games" pour le jeu vidéo . 2024-07-25 . AFJV . fr.
3. Web site: 2015-04-20 . Kylotonn Racing Games : nouveau studio de jeux vidéo à Lyon . 2022-06-27 . AFJV . fr . 27 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627105353/https://www.afjv.com/news/5051_kylotonn-racing-games-nouveau-studio-de-jeux-video-a-lyon.htm . live .
4. Web site: Les lauréats des Ping Awards 2017. Ping Awards. French. 21 November 2017. 11 December 2018. 4 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181204060240/http://ping-awards.com/2017-laureats.php. live.
5. Web site: Bigben spending spree continues with Kylotonn acquisition. gamesindustry.biz. 3 October 2018. 3 October 2018. 22 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190422081328/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-03-bigben-spending-spree-continues-with-kylotonn-acquisition. live.
6. Web site: 2018-10-02 . Bigben monte à 100% du capital du studio Kylotonn . 2024-07-26 . Boursier.com . fr.
7. Web site: Scullion . Chris . 2022-03-19 . Review: WRC 10 The Official Game - Lots Of Rallying If You Can Handle The Visuals . 2022-05-22 . Nintendo Life . en-GB . 18 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518002950/https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/wrc-10-the-official-game . live .
8. Web site: WRC Generations releases on Switch 1st December . Harrison-Lord . Thomas . Traxion . November 1, 2022 . November 21, 2022 . 22 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221122022122/https://traxion.gg/wrc-generations-releases-on-switch-1st-december/ . live .
9. Web site: Closed Beta for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown starts 24th July . Justin Melillo . Traxion . 12 July 2023.