Frictional Games
| Frictional Games logo | |
| Privately held | |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Helsingborg, Sweden |
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Key people
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Thomas Grip and Jens Nilsson |
| Products | Penumbra series Amnesia series Soma |
| Website | www |
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. Certain key roles such as Music are performed by external staff like Mikko Tarmia. Linux and Mac OS X ports are handled by Edward Rudd.[1]
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.[2]
Games
All of Frictional's titles employ the in-house game engine HPL. The company's first commercially released video game was the survival horror game Penumbra: Overture in 2007. It is based on Frictional Games' earlier game Penumbra, a short tech demo meant to demonstrate the capabilities of the company's engine.[3] Overture was followed by its sequel Penumbra: Black Plague in 2008[4] which in turn was followed by the expansion Penumbra: Requiem later in 2008.[5] In 2010, Frictional Games released their fourth game Amnesia: The Dark Descent which introduced version 2 of the HPL Engine.[6] They have acted as executive producers and publishers on an indirect sequel to The Dark Descent titled Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, developed by The Chinese Room and released in 2013.
Frictional Games has recently released Soma, which is powered by the HPL Engine 3.[7][8]
List of video games
| Year | Title | Developed | Published | Platform(s) | HPL Engine | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lin | Mac | Win | PS4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 2007 | Penumbra: Overture | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| 2008 | Penumbra: Black Plague | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Penumbra: Requiem | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2010 | Amnesia: The Dark Descent | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| 2013 | Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| 2015 | Soma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
References
- ↑ 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
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External links
- Official website
- Frictional Games on Blogger
- Frictional Games on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Frictional Games on Facebook
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