14th October 2014
Frontier Developments plc
(the "Company")
Tales from Deep Spacein development with Amazon Game Studios
Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV; "Frontier", the "Company"), a leading independent developer of video games with studios in Cambridge, UK and Halifax, Canada, publishes today an update on the development agreement with a major new global publishing partner, first announced in February 2014.
Frontier is delighted to announce that the major global publishing partner is Amazon Game Studios. Frontier is developing the exclusive original game, Tales from Deep Space, for the Kindle Fire using Frontier's proprietary 'Cobra' technology.
Tales from Deep Space is a comic adventure set on Big Moon, the most eccentric space station in the galaxy. Players help E, a traveling salesman, and his loyal luggage drone CASI escape when Big Moon is thrown into lockdown. E and CASI must work together to fight dangerous battles, solve fiendish puzzles and unravel the nefarious plot behind the mysterious "Meek" uprising. Players can switch between E and CASI or play as each one individually in two-player connected co-op.
Jonny Watts, Chief Creative Officer of Frontier Developments, said:
"Tales from Deep Space is new IP that was created at Frontier as part of our Game of the Week incubation process. We are delighted to be able to work closely on it with a highly successful company like Amazon as publishing partner."
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About Frontier Developments
Frontier Developments plc, listed on the AIM stock market (ticker: FDEV), is a leading independent game developer founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the seminal 'Elite' game. Based in Cambridge, UK and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Frontier uses its proprietary 'Cobra' game development technology to create innovative games across videogame consoles, computers, smartphones and tablets.
Frontier raised initial funding via Kickstarter, the crowd-funding website, and its own site to develop Elite: Dangerous. The studio released Zoo Tycoon as a launch title for Microsoft's Xbox One console in 2013 and is currently working on a number of as yet unannounced titles in addition to Elite: Dangerous.