Frictional Games
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| Type | Privately held |
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| Industry | Gaming industry |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Helsingborg, Sweden |
| Key people | Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson |
| Products | Penumbra series Amnesia: The Dark Descent |
| Employees | 5 |
| Website | http://www.frictionalgames.com |
Frictional Games, Inc is an independent video game company located in Helsingborg, Sweden. The developer comprises a small core team and is led by Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson.[1] Certain key roles such as Music and Narrative Design are performed by external staff like Mikko Tarmia and Tom Jubert, respectively. Linux and Mac OS X ports are handled by Edward Rudd.[2]
Until now, Frictional Games specialized in adventures in the survival horror genre, but the team has stated that it is open for new ideas and game concepts.[3]
All of Frictional's titles employ the in-house game engine HPL. Penumbra itself was originally a tech demo created in 2006 to show off the technology.[4]
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[edit] Games
[edit] Penumbra
- Penumbra (tech demo) (non-commercial and downloadable for free) – Windows (2006)
- Penumbra: Overture – Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (2007)
- Penumbra: Black Plague – Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (2008)
- Penumbra: Requiem – Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (2008)
The studio's first commercially released video game was the survival horror game Penumbra: Overture in 2007, followed by its sequel Penumbra: Black Plague in 2008[5] and finally the expansion Penumbra: Requiem later in 2008.[6]
[edit] Amnesia
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent – Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (2010)
- Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs – (2012)
In 2010, Frictional Games released their fourth game Amnesia: The Dark Descent which introduces version 2 of the HPL Engine.[7]
With the completion of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Frictional Games is currently developing an untitled game, along with version 3 of the HPL Engine.[8]
Said untitled game could very well be a Sequel to Amnesia, as this official site from Frictional Games implies.
[edit] References
- ^ Thomas Grip of Frictional Games Interview
- ^ Frictional Games, Penumbra: Overture for Linux out now!
- ^ Game Central, Interview with Frictional Games
- ^ Frictional Games, Penumbra Tech Demo 2006
- ^ LinuxGames, Penumbra: Black Plague Final
- ^ LinuxGames, Penumbra: Requiem Released for Linux
- ^ Linux Gaming News, Interview With Frictional Games - Amnesia
- ^ http://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2010/10/tech-feature-sunlight-with-shadows.html
[edit] External links
- Frictional Games official site
- Blog of Frictional Games
- Frictional Games on Twitter
- Frictional Games on Facebook
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