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[[File:Frontier-Logo-transparent.png|300px|thumb|Frontier Developments logo]]
[[File:Frontier-Logo-transparent.png|300px|thumb|Frontier Developments logo]]
'''[http://www.frontier.co.uk/ Frontier Developments]''' is a British video game developer and publisher based in Cambridge, England. [[David Braben]] is the founder and CEO. They made several games in the [[Elite series|''Elite'' series]] and other franchises including [https://planetcoaster.com ''Planet Coaster''], ''Planet Zoo'', ''RollerCoaster Tycoon'', ''LostWinds'', and ''Jurassic World Evolution''. Frontier Developments is also called ''Frontier'' or ''Fdev''. Frontier had over 400 full-time employees in 2019.<ref>https://www.frontier.co.uk/investors</ref>
'''[http://www.frontier.co.uk/ Frontier Developments]''' (aka Frontier, Fdev) is a British video game developer and publisher based in Cambridge, England. [[David Braben]] is the founder and CEO. They made several games in the [[Elite series|''Elite'' series]] and other franchises including [https://planetcoaster.com ''Planet Coaster''], ''Planet Zoo'', ''RollerCoaster Tycoon'', ''LostWinds'', and ''Jurassic World Evolution''. Frontier had around 700 full-time employees in 2026.<ref>[https://www.frontier.co.uk/investors Investors] - Frontier Developments</ref><ref>[https://www.reveliolabs.com/companies/frontier-developments/employees How many employees work at Frontier Developments?] - Revelio Labs - August 2026</ref>


== About Frontier Developments ==
== About Frontier Developments ==
[[File:David-Braben-Elite-Frontier.png|thumb|200px|David Braben is the founder and CEO of Frontier Developments and the 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 the 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>
''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/ Frontier Developments] - official website</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" />
''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" />
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=== Growth ===
=== 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>
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>[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/tencent-buys-9-percent-of-frontier-developments Tencent buys 9% of Frontier Developments (worth £17.7 million)] - Matthew Handrahan - 28 Jul 2017 - GamesIndustry.biz</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>''
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/comment/dkvp31z/?context=10000 Tencent buys 9% of Frontier Developments (worth £17.7 million)] - Reddit - 28 July 2017</ref>


== Games developed by Frontier ==
== Games developed by Frontier ==
[[File:Planet-Coaster.jpg|thumb|200px|Planet Coaster]]
[[File:Planet-Coaster.jpg|thumb|200px|Planet Coaster]]
This is a list of all games developed by Frontier.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Developments </ref>
This is a list of all games developed by Frontier.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Developments Frontier Developments] - Wikipedia - 25 Sep 2026 </ref>
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{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1"
! Year
! Year
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! Platform
! Platform
|-
|-
|1995
| rowspan="2" |1995
|''[[Frontier: First Encounters]]''
|''[[Frontier: First Encounters]]''
|GameTek
|GameTek
|MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, Linux
|MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, Linux
|-
|-
|1995
|''Darxide''
|''Darxide''
|Sega Enterprises
|Sega Enterprises
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|Microsoft Windows
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2003
| rowspan="5" |2003
|''Darxide EMP''
|''Darxide EMP''
|Frontier Developments
|Frontier Developments
|Pocket PC
|Pocket PC
|-
|-
|2003
|''Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo''
|''Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo''
|BAM! Entertainment
|BAM! Entertainment
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
|-
|-
|2003
|''Dog's Life''
|''Dog's Life''
|Sony Computer Entertainment
|Sony Computer Entertainment
|PlayStation 2
|PlayStation 2
|-
|-
|2003
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds''
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Wacky Worlds''
|Infogrames
|Infogrames
|Microsoft Windows
| rowspan="2" |Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2003
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister''
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 2: Time Twister''
|Atari, Inc.
| rowspan="4" |Atari, Inc.
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2004
|2004
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3''
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3''
|Atari, Inc.
|Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS
|Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS
|-
|-
|2005
| rowspan="3" |2005
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!''
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Soaked!''
|Atari, Inc.
| rowspan="2" |Microsoft Windows, OS X
|Microsoft Windows, OS X
|-
|-
|2005
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!''
|''RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Wild!''
|Atari, Inc.
|Microsoft Windows, OS X
|-
|-
|2005
|''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''
|''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''
|Konami
|Konami
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|2006
|2006
|''Thrillville''
|''Thrillville''
|LucasArts
| rowspan="2" |LucasArts
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable
|PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable
|-
|-
|2007
|2007
|''Thrillville: Off the Rails''
|''Thrillville: Off the Rails''
|LucasArts
|PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
|PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2008
|2008
|''LostWinds''
|''LostWinds''
|Frontier Developments
| rowspan="2" |Frontier Developments
|iOS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
| rowspan="2" |iOS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2009
|2009
|''LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias''
|''LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias''
|Frontier Developments
|iOS, Wii, Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2010
|2010
|''Kinectimals''
|''Kinectimals''
|Microsoft Game Studios
|Microsoft Game Studios
|Xbox 360, Windows Phone, iOS, Android
| rowspan="2" |Xbox 360, Windows Phone, iOS, Android
|-
|-
|2011
| rowspan="2" |2011
|''Kinectimals: Now with Bears!''
|''Kinectimals: Now with Bears!''
|Microsoft Studios
| rowspan="2" |Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360, Windows Phone, iOS, Android
|-
|-
|2011
|''Kinect: Disneyland Adventures''
|''Kinect: Disneyland Adventures''
|Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360
|Xbox 360
|-
|-
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|iOS
|iOS
|-
|-
|2013
| rowspan="2" |2013
|''Zoo Tycoon''
|''Zoo Tycoon''
|Microsoft Studios
|Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360, Xbox One
|Xbox 360, Xbox One
|-
|-
|2013
|''Coaster Crazy Deluxe''
|''Coaster Crazy Deluxe''
|Frontier Developments
|Frontier Developments
|Wii U, iOS
|Wii U, iOS
|-
|-
|2014
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''Tales from Deep Space''
|''Tales from Deep Space''
|Amazon Game Studios
|Amazon Game Studios
|Fire OS, iOS
|Fire OS, iOS
|-
|-
|2014
|''[[Elite Dangerous]]''
|''[[Elite Dangerous]]''
|Frontier Developments
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|-
|-
|2015
| rowspan="2" |2015
|''Screamride''
|''Screamride''
|Microsoft Studios
|Microsoft Studios
|Xbox 360, Xbox One
|Xbox 360, Xbox One
|-
|-
|2015
|''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]''
|''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]''
|Frontier Developments
| rowspan="14" |Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4
|-
|-
|2016
| rowspan="2" |2016
|''Elite Dangerous: Arena''
|''Elite Dangerous: Arena''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
|Microsoft Windows, Xbox One
|-
|-
|2016
|''[https://planetcoaster.com Planet Coaster]''
|''[https://planetcoaster.com Planet Coaster]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2018
|2018
|''[http://www.jurassicworldevolutiongame.com/ Jurassic World Evolution]''
|''[http://www.jurassicworldevolutiongame.com/ Jurassic World Evolution]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|-
|-
|2019
|2019
|''[https://www.planetzoogame.com/en-GB Planet Zoo]''
|''[https://www.planetzoogame.com/en-GB Planet Zoo]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows
|Microsoft Windows
|-
|-
|2021
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]''
|''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]''
|Frontier Developments
|Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
|-
|-
|2021
|''[https://www.frontier.co.uk/our-games/jurassic-world-evolution-2 Jurassic World Evolution 2]''
|''[https://www.frontier.co.uk/our-games/jurassic-world-evolution-2 Jurassic World Evolution 2]''
|Frontier Developments
| rowspan="3" |Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
|Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
|-
|2022
|F1 Manager 2022
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|F1 Manager 2023
|-
|Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
|Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
|-
| rowspan="2" |2024
|F1 Manager 2024
|Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
|-
|Planet Coaster 2
| rowspan="3" |Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
|-
|2025
|Jurassic World Evolution 3
|-
|2026
|Planet Zoo 2
|}
|}


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== See also ==
== See also ==
[[Frontier Unlocked]]
 
* [[Frontier Unlocked]]


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
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