Frog City Software

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. In 2003, following the release of Tropico 2: Pirate Cove, Frog City Software was acquired by Take-Two Interactive. 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.

On June 6, 2006, Frog City Software's in-development game on drug trafficking, Snow, was cancelled. It was presumed that the moved occurred because Take-Two Interactive wanted to "clear up its image" following the 2005 Hot Coffee controversy. Frog City Software shut down later that year. 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.

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)
 * Trade Empires (2001; Microsoft Windows)
 * Tropico 2: Pirate Cove (2003; Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows)
 * Snow (cancelled in 2006; Microsoft Windows, Xbox)