Private company

The Adventure Company

Logo: www .thqnordic .com /company /about, Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Canadian video game developer

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.2 It is headquartered in Canada.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1

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.2

Corporate structure

The Adventure Company is part of a group headed by DreamCatcher Interactive. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The Adventure Company was first launched in January 2002 as a division and brand of DreamCatcher Interactive to distribute its 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. 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.

In 2011, Nordic Games acquired JoWooD, its products and brands and some of the companies' subsidiaries. Following the acquisition JoWood and the Adventure Company became publishing labels for Nordic Games, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Games Holding.

From Wikipedia’s article on The Adventure Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on The Adventure Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2011Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2002Founded Founded1

Sources

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