HeR Interactive

HeR Interactive is a video game company based in Bellevue, Washington. The company was founded as a division of American Laser Games, and spun off as an independent entity. It later bought out its former parent company. The company designs, develops and publishes adventure-mystery games, most of which are based on the Nancy Drew franchise.

HeR Interactive
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
Founded1995
Headquarters
Bellevue, Washington
,
United States
WebsiteHerInteractive.com

History

The company was launched as a division of American Laser Games called "Games for Her Interactive" in May 1995.[1] Its first title was McKenzie & Co.[2] After finding some initial success, the company became independent of American Laser Games and eventually bought out its former parent company. Her Interactive relocated to Bellevue, Washington in the late 1990s. Since 1998, the company developed 33 entries in its Nancy Drew adventure-mystery game series.[3] Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues has been praised for encouraging girls to learn coding.[4]

Stuart Moulder joined as CEO in May 2011 with a goal of diversifying the company's funding sources.[5] He left the company in 2014. Penny Milliken replaced him that same year.[6] The latest installment of the Nancy Drew game series, Nancy Drew: Midnight in Salem, suffered many delays from its planned release at the end of 2015, due in part to the firing of a good majority of their staff. [7] An official announcement made by HER indicated the game was set to be released November 19, 2019. [3] However, it was pushed back, finally releasing on December 3, 2019, to mixed reviews. [8]

In April 2023, the company announced that a new Nancy Drew game is currently in development, with several teasers released on their social media.[9]

List of games

Nancy Drew Adventure

Nancy Drew Dossier

Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries
  • Shadow Ranch (iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch 2011)
  • Castle Finster (cancelled)

Other releases from Her Interactive
  • McKenzie & Co (PC 1995)
  • The Vampire Diaries (PC 1996)[10]
  • The Cody Capers: Cody Pops the Case (PC 2007)
  • The Hardy Boys: Treasure on the Tracks (Nintendo DS 2009)
  • Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues (iPad/Android/Kindle Fire 2016)
  • Odyssey: The Young Socratics (Release only) (PC/Mac 2017)

References
  1. "Blood Lust". Daily News of Los Angeles. May 18, 1995.
  2. "CD-ROM games for girls." Guardian. New Straits Times. June 1, 1995.
  3. "The Case of the Disappearing Nancy Drew Video Games".
  4. Chonacas, Kyriaki (2007-12-06). "New Nancy Drew Mobile App Teaches Skills to Young Girls". HuffPost. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  5. "Gaming exec Stuart Moulder joins Her Interactive as CEO". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  6. "HER INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP". Her Interactive. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  7. "maker of 'Nancy Drew' games cuts staff, cites changes in game industry". Her Interactive. 2 May 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  8. "Midnight in Salem Steam Release Page". Steam. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  9. "HeR Interactive Announces New Nancy Drew Game". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  10. "More Layoffs for Video Game Companies". GamePro. No. 100. IDG. January 1997. p. 33.
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