Elephant Games
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| Industry | Video games Computer software |
|---|---|
| Founded | Russia (2003) |
| Headquarters | Yoshkar-Ola, Cheboksary, Penza, Samara, Kazan, Russian Federation |
| Website | elephant-games.com |
Elephant Games is a casual game developing company founded in 2003 in Yoshkar-Ola, Russia.[1] There are also divisions in Cheboksary, Penza, Samara, and Kazan.[2] Elephant Games currently produces games for PC, MAC, iPad, iPhone, and Android. Most of the company's projects are published on Big Fish Games.[3]
History
The company started as indie developer White Elephant in 2003.[4] Later the name was changed to Elephant Games. The first released projects were for PC. Through year 2006, the company produced three parts of the arcade top-down shooter RIP. The game was first published by Meridian4 [5] and then distributed as a trilogy bundle on Steam.[6]
In 2007 Elephant Games went on the European market with their fashion simulation game Real Stories: Fashion Shop for Nintendo DS.[7]
Expanding its DS and Wii portfolio the company developed the 2009 action mini-game Love Is... In Bloom based on the Love Is... comic strip by New Zealand born artist Kim Grove.[8]
Elephant Games has also produced hidden-object games. Lost in the City was released in 2009.[9] Others include the Mystery Trackers series that begins with Mystery Trackers: The Void in 2010,[10] Mystery Trackers: Raincliff, and Hallowed Legends: Templar in 2011,[11] and many others.
In 2013 Elephant Games took over two major series previously developed by Big Fish Studios: Mystery Case Files[12] and Haunted Hotel.[3]
In October 2012 the company released its first free-to-play game Found: A Hidden Object Adventure which is available on both PC and iPad.[13] The company's second free-to-play game, Midnight Castle, was released in December 2013.[14]
In 2016, the studio released its first experimental game[clarification needed] called Just Bones on Steam.
Game Series
- Lost in the City
- Lost In The City (2009)
- Lost In The City: Post Scriptum (2010)
- Mystery Trackers
- Mystery Trackers: The Void (2010)
- Mystery Trackers: Raincliff (2011)
- Mystery Trackers: Black Isle (2012)
- Mystery Trackers: The Four Aces (2012)
- Mystery Trackers: Silent Hollow (2013)
- Mystery Trackers: Raincliff’s Phantoms (2014)
- Mystery Trackers: Blackrow’s Secret (2014)
- Mystery Trackers: Nightsville Horror (2015)
- Mystery Trackers: Winterpoint Tragedy (2015)
- Mystery Trackers: Paxton Creek Avenger (2016)
- Mystery Trackers: Train to Hellswich (2016)
- Mystery Trackers: Queen of Hearts (2016)
- Mystery Trackers: Memories of Shadowfield (2017)
- Mystery Trackers: Mist Over Blackhill (2018)
- Mystery Trackers: Darkwater Bay (2018)
- Mystery Trackers: The Fall Of Iron Rock (2019)
- Mystery Trackers: The Secret of Watch Hill (2019)
- Grim Tales
- Grim Tales: The Bride (2011)
- Grim Tales: The Legacy (2012)
- Grim Tales: The Wishes (2012)
- Grim Tales: The Stone Queen (2013)
- Grim Tales: Bloody Mary (2013)
- Grim Tales: The Vengeance (2014)
- Grim Tales: Color of Fright (2014)
- Grim Tales: The Final Suspect (2015)
- Grim Tales: Threads of Destiny (2015)
- Grim Tales: The Heir (2016)
- Grim Tales: Crimson Hollow (2016)
- Grim Tales: Graywitch (2017)
- Grim Tales: The White Lady (2017)
- Grim Tales: The Time Traveler (2018)
- Grim Tales 15: The Hunger (2018)
- Grim Tales: The Nomad (2019)
- Grim Tales: Guest From The Future (2019)
- Grim Tales: The Generous Gift (2020)
- Hallowed Legends
- Hallowed Legends: Samhain (2011)
- Hallowed Legends: Templar (2011)
- Hallowed Legends: Ship of Bones (2013)
- Chimeras
- Chimeras: Tune of Revenge (2012)
- Chimeras: The Signs of Prophecy (2015)
- Chimeras: Cursed And Forgotten (2016)
- Chimeras: Mortal Medicine (2016)
- Chimeras: Mark of Death (2017)
- Chimeras: Blinding Love (2017)
- Chimeras: New Rebellion (2018)
- Chimeras: Heavenfall Secrets (2018)
- Chimeras: Wailing Woods (2019)
- Chimeras: Price Of Greed (2019)
- Chimeras: Cherished Serpent (2020)
- Christmas Stories
- Christmas Stories: Nutcracker (2012)
- Christmas Stories: A Christmas Carol (2013)
- Christmas Stories: Hans Christian Andersen’s Tin Soldier (2014)
- Christmas Stories: Puss in Boots (2015)
- Christmas Stories: The Gift of the Magi (2016)
- Christmas Stories: A Little Prince (2017)
- Christmas Stories: Alice’s Adventures (2018)
- Christmas Stories: Enchanted Express (2019)
- Royal Detective
- Royal Detective: The Lord of Statues (2012)
- Royal Detective: Queen of Shadows (2014)
- Royal Detective: Legend of the Golem (2016)
- Royal Detective 4: Borrowed Life (2017)
- Royal Detective: The Princess Returns (2018)
- Royal Detective: The Last Charm (2019)
- Surface
- Surface: Mystery of Another World (2012)
- Surface: The Noise She Couldn’t Make (2012)
- Surface: The Soaring City (2013)
- Surface: The Pantheon (2013)
- Surface: Reel Life (2014)
- Surface: Game of Gods (2014)
- Surface: Alone in the Mist (2015)
- Surface: Return to Another World (2015)
- Surface: Lost Tales (2016)
- Surface: Virtual Detective (2016)
- Surface: Strings of Fate (2017)
- Surface: Project Dawn (2017)
- Death Pages
- Death Pages: Ghost Library (2013)
- Haunted Hotel
- Haunted Hotel: Eclipse (2013)
- Haunted Hotel: Ancient Bane (2014)
- Haunted Hotel: Death Sentence (2014)
- Haunted Hotel: Eternity (2015)
- Haunted Hotel: Phoenix (2015)
- Haunted Hotel: The X (2015)
- Haunted Hotel: The Axiom Butcher (2016)
- Haunted Hotel: Silent Waters (2016)
- Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth (2016)
- Haunted Hotel: Personal Nightmare (2017)
- Haunted Hotel: The Evil Inside (2017)
- Haunted Hotel: Lost Dreams (2018)
- Haunted Hotel: Beyond the Page (2018)
- Haunted Hotel: Room 18 (2019)
- Haunted Hotel: Lost Time (2020)
- Mystery Case Files
- Mystery Case Files: Fate’s Carnival (2013)
- Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove, Sacred Grove (2014)
- Riddles of Fate
- Riddles of Fate: Memento Mori (2014)
- Midnight Calling
- Midnight Calling: Anabel (2015)
- Midnight Calling: Jeronimo (2016)
- Midnight Calling: Wise Dragon (2017)
- Midnight Calling: Arabella (2018)
- Halloween Stories
- Halloween Stories: Invitation (2017)
- Halloween Stories: Black Book (2018)
- Halloween Stories: Horror Movie (2019)
- Detectives United
- Detectives United: Origins (2018)
- Detectives United: The Darkest Shrine (2019)
- Detectives United: Timeless Voyage (2020)
- Paranormal Files
- Paranormal Files: Fellow Traveler (2018)
- Paranormal Files 2: The Tall Man (2018)
- Paranormal Files: Enjoy The Shopping (2019)
- Paranormal Files: The Hook Man Legend (2019)
- Paranormal Files: Trials of Worth (2020)
- Ms Holmes
- Ms Holmes: Monster of Baskervilles (2019)
- Stand Alone Games
- Avalon (2006)
- Jungle Heart (2006)
- Road Rush (2006)
- RIP Trilogy (2007)
- Bloom (2008)
- Real Stories: Fashion Shop (2008)
- Love Is... In Bloom (2009)
- Wisegal (2009)
- Ball Craft (2010)
- Masquerade Mysteries (2010)
- Urban Legends: the Maze (2011)
- Found: A Hidden Object Adventure (2012)
- Detective Quest: The Crystal Slipper (2013)
- Unfinished Tales: Illicit Love (2013)
- Riddles of Fate: Wild Hunt (2013)
- Sir Match-a-Lot (2016)
References
- ^ "Elephant Games | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "elephant-games.com | Company". elephant-games.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ a b "Elephant Games Games | Big Fish Games". bigfishgames.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Uziana.com Game Reviews - White Elephant Games Interview". uziana.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Meridian4 - RIP Trilogy". meridian4.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Save 90% on RIP - Trilogy on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Real Stories Fashionshop". gamekult.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Love is...in Bloom: The Flower Shop Garden - GameSpot". gamespot.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "2009 Customer Favorites Awards | Big Fish Blog". bigfishgames.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "2010 Customer Favorites Awards | Big Fish Blog". bigfishgames.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Best PC Games of 2011 | Big Fish". promotions.bigfishgames.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Mystery Case Files: Fate's Carnival Review | Gamezebo". gamezebo.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "elephant-games.com | Found: A Hidden Object Adventure". elephant-games.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
- ^ "Behind the Curtain: The Making of Midnight Castle | Big Fish Blog". bigfishgames.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.