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Best video game developers (all time)
A ranking of video game development companies.
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Tarsier Studios
(2004)Tarsier Studios is an independent development studio working with SCE Worldwide Studios on first party projects. They are based in Malmö, Sweden. Founded in 2004 as Team Tarsier, the team eventually changed their name to Tarsier S...
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Clap Hanz
(1998)Clap Hanz, Ltd. (株式会社クラップハンズ Kabushiki-Gaisha Kurappu Hanzu) is a video game developer located in Japan.
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High Voltage Software
(1993)High Voltage Software is an American independent game development company located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Established in 1993, High Voltage Software is known for Hunter: The Reckoning video games and the creation of the majo...
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CyberConnect2
(1996)CyberConnect2 Co., Ltd. (サイバーコネクトツー Saibā Konekuto Tsū) is a video game development studio mostly known for its work on the .hack series, along with a series of fighting games based on the Naruto franchise. They're also known for...
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Ubisoft Milan
(2001)Ubisoft Milan is an Italian videogame development studio, operated by publisher company Ubisoft, which is located in Buccinasco, Milan, Italy.
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GSC Game World
(1995)GSC Game World (GSCGW) is a Ukrainian video game developer. Founded in 1995 in Kyiv, Ukraine, it released titles such as Cossacks: European Wars, American Conquest, Alexander, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: C...
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4J Studios
(2005)4J Studios is a Scottish video game development studio based in Dundee and East Linton. The company has worked with a wide range of publishers including ZeniMax Media, Mojang, and Microsoft Studios. The staff include many former k...
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Behaviour Interactive
(1992)Behaviour Interactive (stylized as bE HAVIOUR and b'heivjǝ(r)) is an independent game development studio in Canada, specializing in the production of 2D and 3D action/adventure games for home video game consoles, handheld game con...
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Choice Provisions
(2007)Choice Provisions, formerly known as Gaijin Games prior to June 2014, is an independent video game development studio, best known for their Bit.Trip series of video games. The studio was founded in 2007 by Alex Neuse, Mike Roush,...
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Deck13
(2001)Deck13 Interactive is a German video game company based in Frankfurt, Germany. They are best known for adventure games like Ankh, Ankh: Heart of Osiris and Jack Keane.
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Dontnod Entertainment
(2008)Dontnod Entertainment is a French video game development studio based in Paris. Its first game, Remember Me, was published by Capcom released on 7 June 2013.
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Double Eleven
(2009)Double Eleven is a British video game developer and video game publisher based in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. It was founded by former Rockstar Games developers, Lee Hutchinson and Matt Shepcar, in 2009...
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FarSight Studios
(1988)FarSight Studios (formerly Farsight Technologies) is an American video game developer established in 1988 by Jay Obernolte. They are an official licensed developer for all current home and handheld consoles...
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Game Freak
(1989)Game Freak Inc. (株式会社ゲームフリーク Kabushiki gaisha Gēmu Furīku), officially stylized as GAME FREAK inc. and GAMEFREAK inc., is a Japanese video game developer. It is best known as a developer of the Pokémon series of role-playing video...
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Ghost Games
(2011)Ghost Games (formerly EA Gothenburg) is a video game developer owned by Electronic Arts (EA) located in Sweden and the UK (Ghost Games UK). The studio is currently focused on Need for Speed games using the Frostbite 3 game engine...
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Guerilla Games
(2000)Guerrilla Games is a first party video game developer and wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment. The company is based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Cambridge, UK...
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Ice-Pick Lodge
(2002)Ice-Pick Lodge is a video game developer based in Moscow, Russia, established in 2002.
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Insomniac Games
(1994)Insomniac Games, Inc. is an American video game developer whose corporate headquarters is located in Burbank, California. It was founded in 1994 by Ted Price as "Xtreme Software", and was later renamed "Insomniac Games" in 1995...
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Level-5
(1998)Level-5 Inc. (株式会社レベルファイブ Kabushiki-gaisha Reberu Faibu) is a video game developer and publisher based in Fukuoka, Japan.
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Tradewest
(1986)Tradewest was an American video game company based in Corsicana, Texas that produced numerous games in the 1980s and early 1990s. The company was best known as the publisher of the Battletoads and Double Dragon series in North Ame...
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Monolith Productions
(1994)Monolith Productions (or simply Monolith) is a Kirkland, Washington-based computer game developer known for their games Blood, the No One Lives Forever series, F.E.A.R and more recently, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Monolith is...
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NetherRealm Studios
(2010)NetherRealm Studios is an American video game developer based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 2010 replacing WB Games Chicago and Midway Games, which purchased assets in 2009 that were formerly owned by Midway Gam...
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Nihon Falcom
(1981)Nihon Falcom Corporation (日本ファルコム株式会社 Nihon Farukomu Kabushiki-kaisha) is a Japanese video game company. The company was founded in March 1981 by Masayuki Kato...
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Mistwalker
(2004)Mistwalker Corporation (ミストウォーカー Misutowōkā) is a Japanese video game development studio founded by Hironobu Sakaguchi (the creator of the popular Final Fantasy series) in 2004, with the financial backing of Microsoft. The logo an...
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Silicon Studio
(2000)Silicon Studio is a Japanese computer graphics technology company and video game developer based in Tokyo. As a technology company, Silicon Studio has produced several products in the 3D computer graphics field, including middlewa...
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Kemco
(1984)Kemco Corporation (株式会社ケムコ Kabushikigaisha Kemuko), sometimes referred to as Kotobuki Systems Co., Ltd., is a Japanese video game developer and publisher established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Kotobuki Engineering & Manufacturing...
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2K Australia
(2000)2K Australia was an Australian video game developer based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The studio was founded in 2000 as Irrational Canberra with Jonathan Chey taking the helm, and in 2007 they changed their name to...
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Heavy Iron Studios
(1999)Heavy Iron Studios is an American video game developer, based in Los Angeles, California. They were a wholly owned subsidiary of THQ until being spun off as an independent company in May 2009 as part of a cost-cutting move. They a...
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Edge of Reality
(1998)Edge of Reality is an independent American video game developer founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas that has developed video games for various consoles The company has two development teams, one of which works on licenses a...
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Monolith Soft
(1999)Monolith Soft, Inc. (株式会社モノリスソフト Kabushiki-Gaisha Monorisu Sofuto) is a Japanese video game development studio. The company was formed in 1999 by Tetsuya Takahashi shortly after the completion of the first game he was in charge of...
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