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'''[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 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> | '''[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> | ||
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[[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.]] | [[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>http://www.frontier.co.uk/</ref> | ''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>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.'' | ''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.'' | ||