Editing Bullfrog Productions (section)

{{Short description|British video game developer}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Bullfrog Productions Limited
| logo = Bullfrog-logo.svg
| logo_caption = Logo used by Bullfrog throughout most of its lifetime, designed by Evie McLaughlin<ref>{{cite web |author1=Steve Jackson |title=Diary 4 |url=http://www.lionhead.com:80/shocked/diary/diary4.html |website=Lionhead Studios |access-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010616095526/http://www.lionhead.com/shocked/diary/diary4.html |archive-date=16 June 2001 |location=Guildford |date=1998 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pelit.fi/artikkelit/viruksen-kourissa/ |title=Viruksen kourissa |date=21 March 2006 |website=[[Pelit]] |language=fi |access-date=13 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020231200/https://www.pelit.fi/artikkelit/viruksen-kourissa/ |archive-date=20 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| fate = Merged into [[EA UK]]
| predecessor = Taurus Impact Systems
| successors = See {{section link||Legacy}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1987}}
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Peter Molyneux]]|[[Les Edgar]]}}
| defunct = {{End date|df=yes|2001}}
| hq_location_city = [[Guildford]]
| hq_location_country = England
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Peter Molyneux|([[managing director]], 1987–1997)|Les Edgar|([[chairman]], managing director, 1987–1999)|Bruce McMillan|(managing director, 1999–2001)}}
| products = {{Unbulleted list|[[Populous (series)|''Populous'' series]]|[[Syndicate (series)|''Syndicate'' series]]|[[Magic Carpet (video game)|''Magic Carpet'' series]]|[[Theme Park (video game)|''Theme'' series]]|[[Dungeon Keeper|''Dungeon Keeper'' series]]}}
| parent = [[Electronic Arts]] (1995–2001)
}}

'''Bullfrog Productions Limited''' was a British [[video game developer]] based in [[Guildford]], England. Founded in 1987 by [[Peter Molyneux]] and [[Les Edgar]], the company gained recognition in 1989 for their third release, ''[[Populous (video game)|Populous]]'', and is also well known for titles such as ''[[Theme Park (video game)|Theme Park]]'', ''[[Theme Hospital]]'', ''[[Magic Carpet (video game)|Magic Carpet]]'', ''[[Syndicate (1993 video game)|Syndicate]]'' and ''[[Dungeon Keeper]]''. Bullfrog's name was derived from an ornament in the offices of Edgar's and Molyneux's other enterprise, Taurus Impact Systems, Bullfrog's precursor where Molyneux and Edgar were developing business software. Bullfrog Productions was founded as a separate entity after [[Commodore International|Commodore]] mistook Taurus for a similarly named company.

[[Electronic Arts]], Bullfrog's [[video game publisher|publisher]], [[List of acquisitions by Electronic Arts|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's last project with Bullfrog was ''Dungeon Keeper'', and as a result of his dissatisfaction of the corporate aspects of his position, he left the company in July 1997 to found [[Lionhead Studios]]. Others would follow him to Lionhead, and some founded their own companies, such as [[Mucky Foot Productions]]. After Molyneux's departure, Electronic Arts' control over Bullfrog caused several projects to be cancelled. Bullfrog was merged into [[EA UK]] in 2001 and ceased to exist as a separate entity. Bullfrog titles have been looked upon as a standard for comparison and have spawned numerous [[spiritual sequel]]s.