History
Klei Entertainment was formed in July 2005 by Jamie Cheng. It is based in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to the formation of Klei Cheng worked as an intern at THQ's Relic Entertainment studio, where he was a programmer. As of October 2009 the company houses 11 employees.
Their first title, Eets was first released March 27, 2006 for Microsoft Windows, then for Mac OS X on December 9, 2010. Between those two releases the game was ported to the Xbox 360 via the Xbox Live Arcade platform and released on April 25, 2007. Retitled Eets: Chowdown, this version featured 120 new levels and an action minigame called Marsho Madness. The company also assisted with Slick Entertainment's N+, the Xbox Live Arcade port of the Adobe Flash game N. In 2008 Klei developed Sugar Rush, a casual massively multiplayer online game. They announced in late August 2010, that development had stopped and the game was canceled. The company's fourth original title, Shank, was announced at Penny Arcade Expo 2009. It was released on August 24, 2010 for the PlayStation 3, August 25, 2010 for the Xbox 360 and October 26, 2010 on for Microsoft Windows. The most recent installment in Klei Entertainment's history is the game Don't Starve, currently in Beta.
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