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was a
UK Computer Game Developer that was founded in 1987 by
Les Edgar and
Peter Molyneux , and was one of the entrepreneurs of video gaming. The company became famous for their third release, the innovative
God Game ''
Populous '' released in 1989.
At the time of the creation of ,
Les Edgar and
Peter Molyneux were already involved in an enterprise called '''Taurus Impex Ltd'''. It produced a Relational Database product called '''Acquisition''', for the
Amiga platform, that mainly sold in the North America. The bullfrog part of name came from bull as in Taurus (Impex) and frog because Les Edgar's daughter loved frogs.
Electronic Arts , Bullfrog's
Publisher , acquired the studio in January 1995. Molyneux had become an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog. Molyneux left Bullfrog in August 1997 to found
Lionhead Studios whilst other members of the original team founded
Mucky Foot Productions . The last titles to bear the Bullfrog logo were published in 2001. 2004 met the final end of Bullfrog when
Electronic Arts combined their side studios into
EA UK .
