Frozenbyte Software, known for publishing the Shadowgrounds games, has announced a shift in strategy that will see the company focusing on creating games based on original intellectual property.

"Frozenbyte has expanded its development team and has three projects in development, all based on new original IP.

"Our decision to focus on games based on original IP gives the company a clear direction into the future. Whether it's a project of our own or a partnership project, our expertise in envisioning, developing and launching new IPs helps enormously. We feel that we've got that special creative spark that's needed for great, original games," said Frozenbyte CEO, Lauri Hyvarinen and continued: "We're letting our creativity run wild and the results are amazing. Two new projects will be unveiled shortly and that's just the beginning - you can expect big things from us in the future!"

Frozenbyte has also redesigned its company website. Among new features are the Frozenbyte Blog that gives gamers a glimpse behind the scenes, and the upgraded Community forums where fans can interact with the developers directly. Frozenbyte aims to continue to support all its current and future games.

Frozenbyte's latest game, highly praised Shadowgrounds Survivor for the PC, is currently available at retail outlets in North America and in some European territories, and worldwide in online distribution channels such as Steam, Direct2Drive, GamersGate and TotalGaming.net for $19.99. The game is rated M for Mature in North America and PEGI 16+ in current European territories. "