The Adventure Company
{{Short description|Canadian video game developer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = The Adventure Company
| logo = The Adventure Company logo.png
| type = Division
| industry = Video games
| foundation = 2002
| founder =
| defunct = {{End date and age|2011}}
| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| fate = Parent and the company dissolved, brand still used as distribution label by THQ Nordic
| successor =
| key_people =
| parent = DreamCatcher Interactive
{{small|(JoWooD Entertainment)}}
| products =
| homepage =
}}
The Adventure Company was a Canadian video game developer and a former publishing division of DreamCatcher Interactive. It was sold to THQ Nordic GmbH in 2011 following DreamCatcher's parent (JoWooD Entertainment) assets being sold after entering administration.
History
The Adventure Company was first launched in January 2002 as a division and brand of DreamCatcher Interactive to distribute their adventure games titles under. The first title released under the new brand was The Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness which was released at the end of January 2002.{{cite web | url=http://au.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/cameronfilesthesaln/news.html?sid=2837714 | title=DreamCatcher launches The Adventure Company | publisher=GameSpot | first=Trey | last=Walker | date=2002-01-10 | access-date=2011-08-17 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130123231502/http://au.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/cameronfilesthesaln/news.html?sid=2837714 | archive-date=2013-01-23 | url-status=dead}} The Adventure Company has worked with many developers including: Kheops Studio, THQ, Microïds, and Cryo Interactive. In 2006, DreamCatcher Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Austrian video game publisher JoWooD Entertainment.{{cite web | url=http://ots.euroadhoc.com/irmeldung.php?schluessel=OTA_20061103_OTA0003&ag=OTA | title=JoWooD to acquire Video Game Publisher DreamCatcher Inc. | publisher=euro adhoc | date=2006-11-03 | access-date=2011-08-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721084306/http://ots.euroadhoc.com/irmeldung.php?schluessel=OTA_20061103_OTA0003&ag=OTA | archive-date=2011-07-21 | url-status=live}}
In 2011, Nordic Games acquired JoWooD, its products and brands and some of the companies' subsidiaries.{{cite web |url=http://www.nordicgames.at/ |title=JoWooD & The Adventure Company, wholly owned labels of Nordic Games. |publisher=Nordic Games |access-date=2011-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816232321/http://www.nordicgames.at/ |archive-date=2011-08-16 |url-status=live}} Following the acquisition JoWood and the Adventure Company became publishing labels for Nordic Games, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Games Holding.{{cite web |url=http://www.nordicgames.se/index.php?/article/nordic_games_holding_ab_group_acquires_jowood_the_adventure_company |title=Nordic Games Holding AB Group Acquires JoWood & The Adventure Company |publisher=Nordic Games |date=2011-08-16 |access-date=2011-08-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118023226/http://www.nordicgames.se/index.php?%2Farticle%2Fnordic_games_holding_ab_group_acquires_jowood_the_adventure_company |archive-date=2012-01-18 |url-status=live}}
Published games
Note: This list is for titles which The Adventure Company published. Re-releases of DreamCatcher Interactive games nor Nordic Games titles under The Adventure Company are not included.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Title !Platform(s) !Release date !Developer(s) |
| The Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness
|{{Date table sorting|2001|11}} |Galiléa |
| Arthur's Knights II: The Secret of Merlin
|{{Date table sorting|2002|5|6}} |
| The Mystery of the Nautilus
|{{Date table sorting|2002|5|9}} |T-bot Interactive |
| Auryn Quest
|{{Date table sorting|2002|6|12}} |Discreet Monsters |
| Syberia
|{{Date table sorting|2002|9|10}} |Microïds Canada |
| The Cameron Files: Pharaoh's Curse
|{{Date table sorting|2002|11|1}} |Galiléa |
| The Mystery of the Mummy
|{{Date table sorting|2003|1|22}} |
| The Omega Stone: Riddle of the Sphinx II
|{{Date table sorting|2003|3|18}} |Omni Creative |
| Curse of Atlantis: Thorgal's Quest
|{{Date table sorting|2003|5|21}} |
| Dark Fall: The Journal
|{{Date table sorting|2003|7|23}} |XXV Productions |
| The Black Mirror
|{{Date table sorting|2003|10|10}} |Future Games / Unknown Identity |
| Traitors Gate 2: Cypher
|{{Date table sorting|2003|10|28}} |258 Productions / Data Ductus Games |
| Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
|{{Date table sorting|2003|11|17}} |Revolution Software / Six by Nine / Sumo Digital (Sheffield) |
| Mysterious Journey II: Chameleon
|{{Date table sorting|2003|11|24}} |
| Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
|Xbox |{{Date table sorting|2003|12|2}} |Revolution Software / Six by Nine / Sumo Digital (Sheffield) |
| Law & Order II: Double or Nothing
|{{Date table sorting|2003|12|31}} |
| Jack the Ripper
|{{Date table sorting|2004|1|29}} |Galiléa |
| The Omega Stone: Riddle of the Sphinx II
|{{Date table sorting|2004|3|9}} |
| Crystal Key 2: The Far Realm
|{{Date table sorting|2004|3|17}} |Earthlight Productions / Kheops |
| The Egyptian Prophecy
|{{Date table sorting|2004|3|29}} |
| Forever Worlds: Enter the Unknown
|{{Date table sorting|2004|4|5}} |Hexagon Entertainment |
| Aura: Fate of the Ages
|{{Date table sorting|2004|6|24}} |Streko-Graphics |
| Missing: Since January
|{{Date table sorting|2004|6|29}} |Lexis Numérique |
| Lights Out
|{{Date table sorting|2004|8|26}} |XXV Productions |
| Wanted: A Wild Western Adventure
|{{Date table sorting|2004|10|3}} |Revistronic |
| Atlantis: Evolution
|{{Date table sorting|2004|10|15}} |Atlantis Interactive |
| Return to Mysterious Island
|{{Date table sorting|2004|11|4}} |
| Sentinel: Descendants in Time
|{{Date table sorting|2004|12|14}} |
| The Moment of Silence
|{{Date table sorting|2005|2|25}} |
| Still Life
|{{Date table sorting|2005|4|16}} |Microïds Canada |
| Still Life
|Xbox |{{Date table sorting|2005|6|6}} |Microïds Canada |
| ECHO: Secrets of the Lost Cavern
|{{Date table sorting|2005|7|5}} |
| Voyage
|{{Date table sorting|2005|8|16}} |
| NiBiRu: Age of Secrets
|{{Date table sorting|2005|8|31}} |
| Missing: The 13th Victim
|{{Date table sorting|2005|10|14}} |Lexis Numérique |
| Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
|{{Date table sorting|2005|10|30}} |AWE Productions |
| Crime Stories: From the Files of Martin Mystère
|{{Date table sorting|2006|3|23}} |Artematica Entertainment |
| Keepsake
|{{Date table sorting|2006|3|29}} |Wicked Studios |
| Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
|{{Date table sorting|2006|8|2}} |
| Evidence: The Last Ritual
|{{Date table sorting|2006|10|17}} |Lexis Numérique |
| Secret Files: Tunguska
|{{Date table sorting|2006|10|31}} |Fusionsphere Systems / Animation Arts |
| Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express
|{{Date table sorting|2006|11|14}} |AWE Productions |
| Secrets of the Ark: A Broken Sword Game
|{{Date table sorting|2007|2|13}} |
| The Ugly Prince Duckling
|{{Date table sorting|2007|3|13}} |Guppyworks |
| Aura II: The Sacred Rings
|{{Date table sorting|2007|5|4}} |Streko-Graphics |
| The Secrets of Atlantis
|{{Date table sorting|2007|5|29}} |Atlantis Interactive |
| Dead Reefs
|{{Date table sorting|2007|7|3}} |Streko-Graphics |
| Sam & Max: Season One
|{{Date table sorting|2007|8|7}} |
| Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
|{{Date table sorting|2007|10|15}} |AWE Productions |
| Next Life
|{{Date table sorting|2007|11|16}} |
| The Experiment
|{{Date table sorting|2008|2|5}} |Lexis Numérique |
| Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
|Wii |{{Date table sorting|2008|2|26}} |AWE Productions |
| Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb
|{{Date table sorting|2008|3|31}} |
| Sherlock Holmes: Nemesis
|{{Date table sorting|2008|4|8}} |
| Dracula: Origin
|{{Date table sorting|2008|6|2}} |
| Murder in the Abbey
|{{Date table sorting|2008|8|25}} |
| Outcry
|{{Date table sorting|2008|8|28}} |Phantomery Interactive |
| Everlight: Of Magic & Power
|{{Date table sorting|2008|9|30}} |
| The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft
|{{Date table sorting|2008|9|30}} |
| Sam & Max: Season One
|Wii |{{Date table sorting|2008|10|14}} |
| Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun
|Wii |{{Date table sorting|2008|12|2}} |AWE Productions |
| Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
|{{Date table sorting|2009|5|12}} |
| The Mystery of the Mummy
|{{Date table sorting|2009|7|14}} |Mistic Software |
| The Hardy Boys: The Perfect Crime
|{{Date table sorting|2009|7}} |Trine Games |
| The Hardy Boys: The Hidden Theft
|Wii |{{Date table sorting|2009|9|29}} |
| Agatha Christie: The ABC Murders
|{{Date table sorting|2009|11}} |Black Lantern Studios |
| Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure
|{{Date table sorting|2009|12}} |Firehazard Studio |
| Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
|{{Date table sorting|2010|4|23}} |
References
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{{THQ Nordic}}
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