Étranges Libellules

Étranges Libellules S.A. (French for "strange dragonflies") was a French video game developer based in the Villeurbanne commune of Lyon.

Company typePrivate

IndustryVideo games

FoundedJanuary 14, 1994; 32 years ago (1994-01-14)

FounderFrédérique Blanc
Jean-Christophe Blanc
Sylvie Silvy
Pascal Silvy
Jean-Marie Nazaret
Frédérique Nazaret^[1]

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Étranges Libellules S.A.

Company type	Private
Industry	Video games
Founded	January 14, 1994; 32 years ago (1994-01-14)
Founder	Frédérique Blanc Jean-Christophe Blanc Sylvie Silvy Pascal Silvy Jean-Marie Nazaret Frédérique Nazaret[1]
Defunct	June 29, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-06-29)
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Villeurbanne, Lyon , France
Products	See complete products listing
Number of employees	120 (2010)[1]

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Founded in 1994 by former Infogrames developers, Étranges Libellules started out as a support studio, working on Little Big Adventure (1994) and Alone in the Dark 3 (1995) among other titles. The studio began developing games in 1997.^[2] In 2001, the studio's first game, Kirikou (based on the 1998 animated film Kirikou and the Sorceress), was released. Throughout its life, the studio mainly developed licensed video games, but it did develop one title in an existing video game series; The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (2008).

After a period of financial struggles, the studio went bankrupt in 2012, and went into receivership that April. It was officially liquidated on June 29, 2012.^[3]

At the time of its closure, the studio was developing a prototype project for the Kinect. This project was ultimately cancelled with the studio's demise.^[4]