Frontier Developments

Frontier Developments plc.
FormerlyFrontier Developments Limited (1994–2013)
Company typePublic limited company
AIM: FDEV
ISINGB00BBT32N39
IndustryVideo games
Founded28 January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-28)
FounderDavid Braben
HeadquartersCambridge Science Park,
Cambridge
,
England
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease £114 million[1] (2022)
Increase £41.1 million[1] (2022)
Decrease £1.5 million[1] (2022)
Number of employees
790 [2] (31 May 2022)
Subsidiaries
  • Complex Games
Websitefrontier.co.uk

Frontier Developments plc. is a British video game developer[3] founded by David Braben in January 1994 and based at the Cambridge Science Park in Cambridge, England.[4] Frontier develops management simulators Planet Coaster and Planet Zoo, and has produced several games in David Braben's Elite series, including Elite Dangerous. The company takes its name from the earliest titles in the Elite series with which it was involved, a port of Frontier: Elite II and development of Frontier: First Encounters. In 2013, the company was listed on the AIM segment of the London Stock Exchange. It published third-party games under the Frontier Foundry label between 2019 and 2022.

  1. ^ a b c "Annual Results". London Stock Exchange. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ "FY22 Interim Results". London Stock Exchange. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Big tech presents next chapter for UK gaming companies". Financial Times. 26 April 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  4. ^ Barton, Seth (July 2018). "Life on the Frontier". MCV. No. 937. Future Publishing. pp. 14–18.