Frog City Software
| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founders |
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| Defunct | 2006 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Successor | Sidecar Studios |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Rachel Bernstein (President) |
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Frog City Software, Inc. was an American video game developer based in San Francisco, California. The company was founded by Rachel Bernstein, Bill Spieth and Ted Spiethin in October 1994.[1] In 2003, following the release of Tropico 2: Pirate Cove, Frog City Software was acquired by Take-Two Interactive.[2] On January 25, 2005, Take-Two Interactive announced the opening of publishing label 2K Games, which would henceforth manage their development studios, including Frog City Software.[3]
On June 6, 2006, Frog City Software's in-development game on drug trafficking, Snow, was cancelled.[4] It was presumed that the moved occurred because Take-Two Interactive wanted to "clear up its image" following the 2005 Hot Coffee controversy.[5] Frog City Software shut down later that year.[2] Most of the company's staff, including the three founders, established Sidecar Studios as a successor, which shut down again the following year with no games released.[2]
Games developed
- Imperialism (1997; Classic Mac OS, Microsoft Windows)
- Imperialism II: Age of Exploration (1999; Classic Mac OS, Microsoft Windows)
- Pantheon (cancelled in 2000; Microsoft Windows)[6]
- Trade Empires (2001; Microsoft Windows)
- Tropico 2: Pirate Cove (2003; Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows)
- Snow (cancelled in 2006; Microsoft Windows, Xbox)
References
- ^ Bernstein, Rachel (January 25, 2002). "Postmortem: Frog City's Trade Empires". Gamasutra. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ a b c Bernstein, Rachel (2007). "History". Sidecar Studios. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Jenkins, David (January 25, 2005). "Take-Two Acquires Visual Concepts, Announces 2K Games Brand". Gamasutra. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Surette, Tim (June 6, 2006). "Snow falls off release list". GameSpot. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Orry, James (June 7, 2006). "Take-Two's Snow has been cancelled". VideoGamer.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Adams, David (April 16, 2004). "Missing in Action: The Lost Games of the PC, Part 3". IGN. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
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