Frog City Software
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Frog City Software was a computer game developing company which focused on strategy games, opened in 1995. Frog City Software was a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive
until they closed it in 2006.
The company was founded by the brothers Bill Spieth and Ted Spieth and by Rachel Bernstein.
In 2004 Frog City was bought by Gathering, which was itself bought by Take 2 Interactive in 2005.
Frog City was shut down in 2006; it was the fourth game development studio to be shut down by Take-Two Interactive during that year. In April of that year, veterans of Frog City including the founders Ted Spieth, Bill Spieth and Rachel Bernstein started a new game development studio called Sidecar Studios.
In 2007 Bernstein joined Electronic Arts
as a Senior Producer.
Take-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a major American publisher, developer, and distributor of video games and video game peripherals. Take-Two wholly owns 2K Games and Rockstar Games. The company's headquarters are in New York City, with international headquarters in Windsor, United Kingdom...
until they closed it in 2006.
The company was founded by the brothers Bill Spieth and Ted Spieth and by Rachel Bernstein.
In 2004 Frog City was bought by Gathering, which was itself bought by Take 2 Interactive in 2005.
Frog City was shut down in 2006; it was the fourth game development studio to be shut down by Take-Two Interactive during that year. In April of that year, veterans of Frog City including the founders Ted Spieth, Bill Spieth and Rachel Bernstein started a new game development studio called Sidecar Studios.
In 2007 Bernstein joined Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
as a Senior Producer.
Games developed
- ImperialismImperialism (game)Imperialism is a turn-based strategy game for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers, developed by Frog City Software and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1997. In Imperialism, the player is the ruler of a 19th century country, and must build an empire...
, 1997. - Imperialism II: Age of ExplorationImperialism II: Age of ExplorationImperialism II: Age of Exploration is a turn-based strategy computer game developed by Frog City Software and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1999. It is the successor to the 1997 game Imperialism...
, 1999. - Trade EmpiresTrade EmpiresTrade Empires is a PC game developed by Frog City Software in San Francisco and published by Eidos Interactive. During development its working title was The Silk Road; however, this was changed by Eidos Interactive as they were concerned about the title being too highbrow.Trade Empires is a...
, 2001. - Used the AXVI game engine, initially designed for Pantheon. - Tropico 2: Pirate CoveTropico 2: Pirate CoveTropico 2: Pirate Cove is the 2003 sequel to the computer game Tropico. Tropico 2 was developed by Frog City Software and published by Gathering of Developers for Windows and Mac OS X PCs.- Gameplay :...
, 2003. - Snow , 2005. - Strategy game about drug trafficking that was cancelled in 2006.
- Pantheon, 1998 - This game, which would use Frog City's new AXVI engine, was a RTSReal-time strategyReal-time strategy is a sub-genre of strategy video game which does not progress incrementally in turns. Brett Sperry is credited with coining the term to market Dune II....
, RPGRole-playing game (video games)Role-playing video games are a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests...
about the Greek gods, but its development was cancelled in 2000.