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Frogwares Games
Company typeIndependent video game developer
IndustryVideo game industry
Founded2000
HeadquartersKiev, Ukraine
Dublin, Ireland
Key people
Waël Amr, CEO and President
Productssee below
Number of employees
60+[1]
Websitewww.frogwares.com

Frogwares is an independent video game development studio, with branches in Ukraine, and Ireland.[1] Together with its subsidiaries, Frogwares is widely recognized for their adventure games created for major gaming platforms, including PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PC and mobile. The studio is best known for developing the adventure video game series Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Games developed

Major adventure games

Casual adventure games

Casual games are developed under the name Waterlily Games. This sub-studio is focused on casual, hidden object, and light adventure games for PC and iOS.

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Persian Carpet (2008)
  • Mata Hari and the Kaiser's Submarines (2008)
  • Department 42: The Mystery of the Nine (2009)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House (2011)
  • Secret Mission: The Forgotten Island (2011)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles (2011)
  • Dracula: Love Kills (2011)
  • Journey: The Heart of Gaia (2012)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Frozen City (2013) for Nintendo 3DS

Awards

GameSpot awarded Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened for Best Use of a Creative License in 2007.[2] BigFishGames awarded Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles for Best Story in 2010.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "About Frogwares Games". Frogwares. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  2. ^ Best of 2007
  3. ^ 2010 Customer Favorites Awards