Warthog was founded in April 1997, the core of the development team composed of ex-Electronic Arts personnel responsible for, amongst other titles, the hit Privateer 2: The Darkening.

Since 1999, the company also developed expertise in children's titles, with releases based upon well known franchises such as Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, Harry Potter and Asterix.

After Gizmondo went bankrupt, key staff from the original team established a new development company, Embryonic Studios.

It was planned as an action game in a third-person environment, following a punk hero in a futuristic city who used his guitar as his weapon against villains.

Upon liquidation of Tiger Telematics and their UK subsidiary Gizmondo Europe in February 2006, the ownership of Johnny Whatever was sold back to the CEO of Warthog Games.