Frontier Developments

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[[File:Frontier-Logo-transparent.png|300px|thumb|Frontier Developments logo]]

'''[http://www.frontier.co.uk/ Frontier Developments]''' is a British video game developer based in Cambridge, England. [[David Braben]] is the founder and CEO. They made several games in the [[:Category:Elite series|Elite series]] such as the space epic [[Elite Dangerous]] and many other games like [https://planetcoaster.com Planet Coaster], RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 & 3 and LostWinds. Frontier Developments is also called Frontier or Fdev. Frontier had around 300 full-time employees in 2016.<ref>https://www.frontier.co.uk/investor_relations/</ref>

== About Frontier Developments ==

[[File:David-Braben-Elite-Frontier.png|thumb|200px|David Braben is the founder and CEO of Frontier Developments and co-creator of the Elite series.]]

''Frontier was founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the seminal "[[Elite]]", to carry forward his groundbreaking work and development ethos into projects with a scale and ambition that only teams of skilled professionals can tackle.''<ref name=":0">http://www.frontier.co.uk/</ref>

''David plays a very active role in the company. With a talented team of developers and experienced managers he has helped Frontier successfully to navigate three exciting decades of the ever-changing technology landscape of mass-market gaming platforms and overseen Frontier's emergence as one of the worldwide games industry's leading independent developers.''<ref name=":0" />

''Frontier’s development strengths are immersive, fun gameplay design and unparalleled artistic quality underpinned and enabled by cutting-edge technology development and a talent for getting the best out of hardware and UI.''<ref name=":0" />

== Growth ==
On July 28th 2017, the Chinese investment holding company [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tencent Tencent] acquired a 9% stake in Frontier Developments, in a deal worth £17.7 million. Tencent has purchased 3.37 million newly issued ordinary shares, which will be admitted for trading on the AIM Stock Exchange. The market cap (valuation) of Frontier Developments stood at £209 million.<ref>http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-07-28-tencent-buys-9-percent-of-frontier-developments</ref>

Community manager Edward Lewis clarified ''"David still owns the majority of the company. The direction and operation of the business remains exactly the same. I'm not a finance/shares expert by any means, but I just wanted to step in and say that I know the above for certain, because I asked."<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/6q2ssj/tencent_buys_9_of_frontier_developments_worth_177/dkvp31z/?context=10000</ref>''

==Elite Series==
* [[Elite]]
* [[Frontier: Elite II]]
* [[Frontier: First Encounters]]
* [[Elite Dangerous]]
* [[Elite: Dangerous Horizons|Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]
* [[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]]
* JURASSIC WORLD EVOULTION

== Games Developed by Frontier ==

[[File:Planet-Coaster.jpg|thumb|200px|Planet Coaster]]

This is a list of games developed by Frontier.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Developments </ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
! Year
! Title
! Publisher
! Platform
|-
|1995
|''Frontier: First Encounters''
|GameTek
|MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, Linux
|-
|1995
|''Darxide''
|Sega Enterprises
|Sega 32X
|-
|1998
|''V2000''
|Grolier Interactive
|Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
|-
|2000
|''Infestation''
|Ubi Soft
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|2003
|''Darxide EMP''
|Frontier Developments
|Pocket PC
|-
|2003
|''Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo''
|BAM! Entertainment
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
|-
|2003
|''Dog's Life''
|Sony Computer Entertainment
|PlayStation 2
|-
|2003
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds''
|Infogrames
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|2003
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister''
|Atari, Inc.
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|2004
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3''
|Atari, Inc.
|Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS
|-
|2005
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!''
|Atari, Inc.
|Microsoft Windows, OS X
|-
|2005
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!''
|Atari, Inc.
|Microsoft Windows, OS X
|-
|2005
|''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''
|Konami
|PlayStation 2, Xbox
|-
|2006
|''Thrillville''
|LucasArts
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable
|-
|2007
|''Thrillville: Off the Rails''
|LucasArts
|PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
|-
|2008
|''LostWinds''
|Frontier Developments
|iOS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
|-
|2009
|''LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias''
|Frontier Developments
|iOS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
|-
|2010
|''Kinectimals''
|Microsoft Game Studios
|Xbox 360, Windows Phone, iOS, Android
|-
|2011
|''Kinectimals: Now with Bears!''
|Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360, Windows Phone, iOS, Android
|-
|2011
|''Kinect: Disneyland Adventures''
|Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360
|-
|2012
|''Coaster Crazy''
|Frontier Developments
|iOS
|-
|2013
|''Zoo Tycoon''
|Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360, Xbox One
|-
|2013
|''Coaster Crazy Deluxe''
|Frontier Developments
|Wii U, iOS
|-
|2014
|''Tales from Deep Space''
|Amazon Game Studios
|Fire OS, iOS
|-
|2014
|''[https://elitedangerous.com Elite Dangerous]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|-
|2015
|''Screamride''
|Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360, Xbox One
|-
|2015
|''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
|-
|2016
|''Elite Dangerous: Arena''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
|-
|2016
|''[https://planetcoaster.com Planet Coaster]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|2018
|''[http://www.jurassicworldevolutiongame.com/ Jurassic World Evolution]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|-
|2018
|[[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]]
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Playstation 4
|}

== Recommended Links ==
* [http://www.frontier.co.uk/ Frontier Developments]
* [https://planetcoaster.com Planet Coaster official website]
* [http://planetcoaster.wikia.com Planet Coaster Wiki]
* [http://www.elitedangerous.com Elite Dangerous official website]
* [http://www.jurassicworldevolutiongame.com/ Jurassic World Evolution website]

== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Elite: Dangerous]]
[[Category:Frontier Staff]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Planet-Coaster.jpg|Planet Coaster
David-Braben-Elite-Frontier.png|David Braben is the founder and CEO of Frontier Developments and co-creator of the Elite series.
Frontier-Logo-transparent.png|Frontier Logo transparent
Frontier-developments.jpg|Frontier Developments logo
Frontier_Logo_Black.png|Frontier Logo black
</gallery>
[[Category:Frontier Developments]]

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