Developer City Administrative division Country Est. Notable games, series or franchises Notes 0verflow Tokyo Japan 1997 School Days Summer Days Cross Days Visual Novel brand (both developer and publisher) 11 bit studios Warsaw Masovian Voivodeship Poland 2010 This War of Mine Frostpunk Indie developer/publisher 1C Company Moscow Russia 1991 King's Bounty: Warriors of the North The company still exists, but Snowball Studios [ ru ] 1C Entertainment , the game publishing, localization, and development subsidiary, was acquired by Tencent and was renamed Fulqrum Games in 2022. 1-Up Studio Tokyo Japan 2000 Mother 3 Subsidiary of Nintendo . Formed by former employees of Square 2K Czech Brno Czech Republic 1997 Mafia Mafia II Former subsidiary of 2K ; previously known as Illusion Softworks; closed in 2017 after merged into Hangar 13 2K Novato California United States 2005 Developer/publisher/distributor/marketer; owned by Take-Two Interactive 343 Industries Redmond Washington United States 2009 Halo seriesSubsidiary of Microsoft Studios , took over development for the Halo franchise from Bungie 38 Studios Providence Rhode Island United States 2006 Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Defunct in 2012; their assets were acquired by THQ Nordic 3D Realms Garland Texas United States 1987 Duke Nukem seriesAcquired by Embracer Group in 2021 42 Entertainment Pasadena California United States 1993 I Love Bees 4A Games Kyiv Sliema Ukraine 2005 Metro seriesThey moved its headquarters from Ukraine to Malta; acquired by Embracer Group in 2020 [1] 5th Cell Bellevue Washington United States 2003 Scribblenauts series 989 Studios Foster City California United States 1995 Twisted Metal III–4 Jet Moto 2124 Division of Sony Computer Entertainment America Acclaim Entertainment Glen Cove New York United States 1987 Developer/Publisher; declared Bankruptcy August 2004 Acclaim Studios Austin Santa Clara California United States 1991 Turok series All-Star Baseball series South Park seriesAcquired by Acclaim Entertainment in 1995 Accolade San Jose California United States 1984 HardBall! series Star Control series Test Drive II–III Former publisher and developer. Acquired by Atari, SA née Infogrames in 1999, name retired. Access Games Osaka Japan 2002 Deadly Premonition Subsidiary of Digital Media Lab [ ja ] Access Software Salt Lake City Utah United States 1982 Under a Killing Moon The Pandora Directive Acquired by Microsoft ACE Team Santiago de Chile Chile 2007 Zeno Clash series Aces Game Studio Redmond Washington United States 1988 Microsoft Flight Simulator Acquired by Microsoft Acquire Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan 1994 Tenchu series Way of the Samurai series Shinobido series Akiba series No Heroes Allowed! series Octopath Traveler Developer/publisher; acquired by GungHo Online Entertainment in 2011 and then acquired by Kadokawa Corporation in 2024 Action Forms Kyiv Ukraine 1995 Carnivores seriesTheir main employees moved to Tatem Games Active Gaming Media Osaka Japan 2006 Game localization, debugging/testing, international indie game distribution, publishing Activision Santa Monica California United States 1979 Call of Duty series MechWarrior 2 Also video game publisher; acquired several other developers; merged with Vivendi Games to form Activision Blizzard in 2008 Adventure Soft Birmingham England United Kingdom 1992 Simon the Sorcerer series The development company is now defunct but the publishing company, Adventure Soft Publishing, is still active. Akella Moscow Russia 1995 Age of Sail II Age of Pirates series Sea Dogs Defunct in 2012 Alfa System Kumamoto City Japan 1988 Tales of the World series Oreshika seriesAcquired by Meteorise in 2021 AlphaDream Tokyo Japan 2000 Mario & Luigi series Defunct in 2019 Amazon Game Studios Seattle Washington United States 2012 New World Subsidiary of Amazon.com Animation Magic Gaithersburg Maryland United States 1991 Link: The Faces of Evil Acquired by Davidson & Associates , a subsidiary of Cendant Software (latterly Vivendi Games ), in 1997; closed in 2001 Amazon Game Studios, Orange County (formerly Double Helix Games) Irvine California United States 2007 Silent Hill: Homecoming Killer Instinct Front Mission Evolved acquired by Amazon and incorporated in Amazon Game Studios Ambrella Tokyo Japan 1996 Hey You, Pikachu! Pokémon Rumble seriesAcquired and merged by Creatures in 2020 Ancient Hino Japan 1990 Anino Manila Philippines 2001 Despicable Me: Minion Mania Ankama Games Roubaix France 2001 Wakfu Dofus Appy Entertainment Carlsbad California United States 2008 AQ Interactive Tokyo Japan 2005 Merged into Marvelous Entertainment in 2011 Aquria Yokohama Kanagawa Japan 2002 Sword Art Online series Arc System Works Yokohama Japan 1988 Guilty Gear series BlazBlue series Dragon Ball FighterZ Granblue Fantasy Versus Developer/publisher Arcane Kids Los Angeles California United States 2010 Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective Sonic Dreams Collection Arcen Games Durham North Carolina United States 2009 AI War series A Valley Without Wind series Bionic Dues The Last Federation Starward Rogue Arkane Studios Lyon France 1999 Arx Fatalis Deathloop Dishonored series Prey Subsidiary of ZeniMax Media Arkedo Studio Paris France 2006 Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit Defunct in 2013 ArenaNet Bellevue Washington United States 2000 Guild Wars Guild Wars 2 Subsidiary of NCSoft Arika Tokyo Japan 1995 Endless Ocean series Street Fighter EX series Tetris: The Grand Master series Tetris 99 Pac-Man 99 Arrowhead Game Studios Skellefteå Sweden 2008 Helldivers series Art Co., Ltd Tokyo Japan 1995 Artech Digital Entertainment Ottawa Ontario Canada 1982 Monopoly Star Wars Monopoly (2000) Defunct in 2011 Artdink Tsukishima Japan 1986 A-Train series Sword Art Online series ArtePiazza Tokyo Japan 1989 Artificial Studios Gainesville Florida United States 2001 Subsumed by Ignition Entertainment which was defunct in 2012 Artoon Yokohama Japan 1999 Yoshi's Island DS Subsidiary of AQ Interactive ; defunct in 2010 Arzest Yokohama Japan 2010 Wii Play: Motion Yoshi's New Island Formed by former employees of Artoon Ascaron Gütersloh Germany 1989 Sacred seriesDeveloper/publisher; closed in 2009 Asobo Studio Bordeaux France 2002 Kinect Rush: A Disney–Pixar Adventure Monopoly Plus A Plague Tale series Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) Aspyr Austin Texas United States 1996 Game porting. Acquired by Embracer Group as a subsidiary of Saber Interactive in 2021. Atelier 801 Lille Hauts-de-France France 2011 Transformice Dead Maze Indie developer/publisher Atari Interactive (formerly Hasbro Interactive ) Pawtucket Rhode Island United States 1995 Acquired by Infogrames in 2001 Atlus Tokyo Japan 1986 Megami Tensei franchise Etrian Odyssey series Trauma Center series Catherine
Developer/publisher; acquired by Sega in 2013 Atomic Planet Entertainment Middlesbrough England United Kingdom 2000 Taito Legends seriesClosed in 2009 Attic Entertainment Software Albstadt Germany 1990 Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny Developer/publisher; defunct in 2001 Audiogenic Essex England United Kingdom 1985 Brian Lara Cricket series Avalanche Studios Group Stockholm Sweden 2003 Just Cause series theHunter seriesAcquired by Nordisk Film in 2018 Aventurine SA Athens Greece 2002 Darkfall Babaroga Chicago Illinois United States 2001 Backflip Studios Boulder Colorado United States 2009 DragonVale Subsidiary of Hasbro ; closed in 2019 [2] Bandai Namco Entertainment Bandai Namco Studios Minato, Tokyo Japan 1955 Pac-Man franchise Tekken franchise Soul Calibur series Tales series Katamari series Klonoa series Ace Combat series The Idolmaster series Taiko no Tatsujin series God Eater series Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Pokkén Tournament Mr. Driller series Mojipittan series Family Stadium series Go Vacation Code Vein New Pokémon Snap
Bandai Namco Entertainment is a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings ; Bandai Namco Studios was split off from Bandai Namco Entertainment in 2012 Bauhaus Entertainment Tokyo Japan 2006 Division of Imagica DigitalScape [ ja ] B.B. Studio Tokyo Japan 1994 Digimon World series Super Robot Wars seriesFormerly known as Banpre Kikaku and Banpresoft; Subsidiary of Bandai Namco Entertainment Beamdog Edmonton Alberta Canada 2009 Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear Acquired by Aspyr in 2022 Beenox Quebec City Quebec Canada 2000 Spider-Man game series Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Guitar Hero Smash Hits Skylanders: SuperChargers Acquired by Activision on May 25, 2005 Behaviour Interactive Montreal Quebec Canada 1992 Dead by Daylight Behaviour Santiago Santiago de Chile Chile 2002 Assault Heroes seriesAcquired by Vivendi Games in 2007 and then acquired by Behaviour Interactive in 2008; closed in 2017 Bethesda Game Studios Rockville Maryland United States 2001 The Elder Scrolls series Fallout seriesIn-house development team of Bethesda Softworks LLC which is a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media . Big Blue Bubble London Ontario Canada 2004 My Singing Monsters franchiseAcquired by Enad Global 7 in 2020. [3] Big Finish Games Salt Lake City Utah United States 2007 Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure Big Huge Games Baltimore Maryland United States 2000 Rise of Nations Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning DomiNations Acquired by Nexon in 2016 BioWare Edmonton Alberta Canada 1995 Baldur's Gate series Mass Effect series Dragon Age series Neverwinter Nights Star Wars: The Old Republic Anthem Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007 The Bitmap Brothers London England United Kingdom 1987 Xenon seriesDissolved. [4] [5] Their portfolio was acquired by Rebellion Developments in 2019. [6] Best Way Luhansk Ukraine 1991 Men of War series Bits Studios London England United Kingdom 1991 Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six Acquired by PlayWize in 2008 Bizarre Creations Liverpool England United Kingdom 1994 Project Gotham Racing series Geometry Wars seriesAcquired by Activision in 2007; defunct in 2011 Black Forest Games Offenburg Germany 2012 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Destroy All Humans! (2020 remake) Acquired by THQ Nordic in 2017 Black Isle Studios Orange County California United States 1996 Fallout 2 Planescape: Torment Icewind Dale Subsidiary of Interplay Entertainment ; closed in 2003 Black Rock Studio Brighton England United Kingdom 1998 MotoGP 2 ATV Offroad Fury 3 Defunct in 2011 Blind Squirrel Games Irvine California United States 2010 BioShock: The Collection Sonic Colors: Ultimate Subsidiary of Blind Squirrel Entertainment Blitz Games Studios Leamington Spa England United Kingdom 1990 Karaoke Revolution Liquidated [7] Blizzard Entertainment Irvine California United States 1991 Diablo series StarCraft series Warcraft series Hearthstone Heroes of the Storm Overwatch Developer/publisher; acquired by Vivendi and became part of Vivendi Games group in 1998; merged into Activision Blizzard in 2008 Bloober Team Kraków Lesser Poland Voivodeship Poland 2008 Layers of Fear series Silent Hill 2 Bluepoint Games Austin Texas United States 2006 Shadow of the Colossus remakeDemon's Souls remake Acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2021 Blueside Seoul South Korea 2003 Kingdom Under Fire seriesFounded by former employees of Phantagram Blue Fang Games Waltham Massachusetts United States 1998 Zoo Tycoon seriesShut down in 2011 Blue Tongue Entertainment Melbourne Victoria Australia 1995 Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis de Blob Marvel Super Hero Squad Shut down in 2011; subsidiary of THQ Bluehole Studio Seongnam South Korea 2007 TERA Subsidiary of Krafton Bohemia Interactive Prague Czech Republic 1999 Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis Arma series Take On Helicopters Carrier Command: Gaea Mission DayZ Boss Fight Entertainment McKinney Texas United States 2013 Acquired by Netflix in 2022 Boss Key Productions Raleigh North Carolina United States 2014 LawBreakers Founded by Cliff Bleszinski and Arjan Brussee BreakAway Games Hunt Valley Maryland United States 1998 Broderbund Eugene Oregon United States 1980 Prince of Persia seriesClosed in 1998 Budcat Creations Iowa City Iowa United States 2000 Madden NFL 2002 handheld versionAcquired by Activision Blizzard in 2008; defunct in 2010 Bugbear Entertainment Helsinki Finland 2000 FlatOut series Wreckfest Acquired by THQ Nordic in 2018 Bullfrog Productions Guildford England United Kingdom 1987 Theme Park Magic Carpet Syndicate Dungeon Keeper seriesAcquired by Electronic Arts in 1995 and closed in 2001 Bungie Bellevue Washington United States 1991 Halo series Marathon Oni Myth Pathways into Darkness Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete Operation: Desert Storm Destiny seriesFormerly a subsidiary of Microsoft Game Studios , acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2022 Camelot Software Planning Tokyo Japan 1990 Shining series Mario Golf series Mario Tennis series Golden Sun series Capcom Osaka Japan 1979 Mega Man franchise Street Fighter franchise Resident Evil franchise Devil May Cry franchise Monster Hunter franchise Ghost 'n Goblins series Strider series Final Fight series Dino Crisis series Darkstalkers series Ace Attorney franchise Onimusha series Sengoku BASARA series Dragon's Dogma series Viewtiful Joe series Ōkami series Dead Rising series Marvel vs. Capcom series Breath of Fire series Bionic Commando
Developer/publisher Capcom Vancouver Burnaby British Columbia Canada 2005 Dead Rising seriesFounded as Blue Castle Games; acquired by Capcom in 2010; closed on September 18, 2018 Carbine Studios Aliso Viejo California United States 2005 WildStar Subsidiary of NCSoft Cattle Call Tokyo Japan 1998 Metal Max series Arc the Lad seriesFormed by former employees of Data East Cauldron Bratislava Slovakia 1996 Chaser Their assets were acquired by Bohemia Interactive [8] Cave Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan 1994 DoDonPachi Cavia Tokyo Japan 2000 Drakengard series Nier CCP Games Reykjavík Iceland 1997 Eve Online Their Newcastle studio was acquired by Sumo Digital . CCP Games itself was acquired by Pearl Abyss. CD Projekt Red Warsaw Masovian Voivodeship Poland 2002 The Witcher series Cyberpunk 2077 Game development studio of CD Projekt Certain Affinity Austin Texas United States 2006 Halo seriesCo-developed the Halo series; acquired by Keywords Studios in 2024 Chair Entertainment Salt Lake City Utah United States 2005 Undertow Shadow Complex Infinity Blade seriesSubsidiary of Epic Games Chunsoft Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan 1984 Mystery Dungeon series Dragon Quest I–VMerged with Spike to become Spike Chunsoft in 2012 Cing Fukuoka Japan 1999 Another Code series Little King's Story Clap Hanz Yokohama Japan 1998 Everybody's Golf series Everybody's Tennis series Climax Entertainment Tokyo Japan 1990 Runabout series Climax Studios Portsmouth England United Kingdom 1988 Silent Hill: Origins Assassin's Creed Chronicles seriesAcquired by Keywords Studios in 2021 Clover Studio Osaka Japan 2004 Viewtiful Joe series Okami God Hand Subsidiary of Capcom ; became defunct in 2007. Coded Illusions Rotterdam Netherlands 2005 Codemasters Southam England United Kingdom 1985 F1 series Colin McRae Rally series Operation Flashpoint series Grid series Brian Lara Cricket seriesFormer subsidiary of Reliance Entertainment ; acquired by Electronic Arts in 2021 Coffee Stain Studios Skövde Sweden 2010 Goat Simulator Satisfactory
Acquired by THQ Nordic AB (latterly Embracer Group ) in 2018 Cohort Studios Cardiff Wales United Kingdom 2006 Buzz! Junior series Coktel Vision Paris France 1985 Inca seriesFormer publisher Colossal Order Tampere Finland 2009 Cities in Motion Cities: Skylines Developer for Paradox Interactive Compile Heart Tokyo Japan 2006 Hyperdimension Neptunia franchise Mary Skelter series Record of Agarest War Developer/publisher; subsidiary of Idea Factory Compulsion Games Montreal Quebec Canada 2009 Contrast We Happy Few Acquired by Microsoft Studios in 2018 Com2uS Seoul South Korea 1998 Summoners War: Sky Arena Skylanders Ring of Heroes Acquired by Gamevil in 2013 Com2uS Holdings (formerly Gamevil) Seoul South Korea 2000 Zenonia series Core Design Derby England United Kingdom 1988 Tomb Raider seriesSubsidiary of Eidos Interactive ; closed down in 2006 Crafts & Meister Osaka Japan 2004 Gundam Breaker series Crawfish Interactive Croydon England United Kingdom 1997 Defunct in 2002 Creat Studios Canton Massachusetts United States 1990 American Chopper 2: Full Throttle Tony Hawk's Motion Creative Assembly Horsham England United Kingdom 1987 Total War series Alien: Isolation Acquired by Sega in 2005 Creatures Tokyo Japan 1995 Pokémon Ranger series Detective Pikachu Criterion Games Guildford England United Kingdom 1993 Burnout seriesSubsidiary of Electronic Arts Croteam Zagreb Croatia 1993 Serious Sam series The Talos Principle Acquired by Devolver Digital in 2020 Cryo Interactive Paris France 1992 Dune Egypt seriesBankrupt in 2002 Culture Brain Excel Tokyo Japan 1980 Hiryū no Ken series Super Chinese series Crea-Tech Tokyo Japan 1988 Metal Max series Cryptic Studios Los Gatos California United States 2000 City of Heroes Champions Online Star Trek Online Acquired by Atari, SA in 2008 and then acquired by Perfect World in 2011 and managed by Perfect World Entertainment , the North American subsidiary, which was acquired by Embracer Group in 2021 Crystal Dynamics Redwood City California United States 1992 Legacy Of Kain series Tomb Raider series (second era)Acquired by Square Enix in 2009 and then acquired by Embracer Group in 2022 Crytek Frankfurt Germany 1999 Far Cry Crysis series Ryse: Son of Rome Crytek UK Nottingham England United Kingdom 1999 TimeSplitters seriesFounded as Free Radical Design; acquired by Crytek in 2009; defunct in 2014 Cyan Worlds Mead Washington United States 1987 Myst series Cyanide Nanterre France 2000 Pro Cycling Manager seriesAcquired by Bigben Interactive (latterly Nacon ) in 2018 CyberConnect2 Fukuoka Japan 1996 .hack franchise Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Cyberlore Studios (Blueline Simulations [9] ) Northampton Massachusetts United States 1992 Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Developer of computer games CyberStep Tokyo Japan 2000 GetAmped Cosmic Break GetAmped2 Onigiri Developer/publisher of global online games Cygames Tokyo Japan 2011 The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls series Granblue Fantasy series Shadowverse Princess Connect! series Dragalia Lost Subsidiary of CyberAgent Daedalic Entertainment Hamburg Germany 2007 Edna & Harvey series Blackguards series The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Acquired by Bastei Lübbe in 2014 and then acquired by Nacon in 2022 Dambuster Studios Nottingham England United Kingdom 2014 Homefront: The Revolution Dead Island 2 Formed by former employees of Crytek UK; acquired by Koch Media in 2014 and managed by its Deep Silver division Danger Close Games Los Angeles California United States 1995 Medal of Honor seriesSubsidiary of Electronic Arts ; defunct in 2013 Day 1 Studios Chicago Illinois United States 2001 Axis & Allies series MechAssault seriesMerged with WarGaming [10] Daybreak Game Company San Diego California United States 1997 EverQuest series PlanetSide series H1Z1 seriesAcquired by Enad Global 7 in 2020. [11] Deadline Games Copenhagen Denmark 1996 Total Overdose Watchmen: The End Is Nigh Faith and a .45 Deck13 Frankfurt Germany 2001 Ankh series The Surge seriesAcquired by Focus Home Interactive (currently Focus Entertainment) in 2020. [12] Demiurge Studios Cambridge Massachusetts United States 2002 acquired by Sega in 2015; became independent in 2020; acquired by Embracer Group in 2021 DeNA Tokyo Japan 1999 Final Fantasy Record Keeper Pokémon Masters Mario Kart Tour devCAT Studios (Nexon development 3rd division) Seoul South Korea 2001 Mabinogi Vindictus Division of Nexon Korea Dhruva Interactive Bangalore India 1997 Acquired by Starbreeze Studios in 2016 and then they were acquired by Rockstar Games and were merged into Rockstar India in 2019 Die Gute Fabrik Copenhagen Denmark 2006 Where is my Heart? Sportsfriends Digital Extremes London Ontario Canada 1993 Warframe Subsidiary of Leyou , which was acquired by Tencent in 2020; Founded by James Schmalz, co-creator of Unreal Digital Eclipse Emeryville California United States 1992 Spyro handheld series Former division of Other Ocean Group ; [13] acquired by Atari SA in 2023 [14] Digital Happiness Bandung West Java Indonesia 2013 DreadOut Digitalmindsoft Ulm Germany 2006 Men of War series Digital Reality Budapest Hungary 1991 Imperium Galactica seriesDefunct in 2013; their assets were acquired by Nordic Games [15] Dimps Osaka Japan 2000 Street Fighter IV Crash Boom Bang! Dragon Ball Z: Budokai series Dragon Ball Xenoverse series Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Disney Interactive Studios Glendale California United States 1988 Publisher and subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company ; closed in 2016 Don Bluth Entertainment Dublin Ireland 1979 Dragon's Lair II – III Defunct in 1995 Don't Nod Paris France 2008 Life Is Strange series Tell Me Why DotEmu Paris France 2007 Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap Streets of Rage 4 Acquired by Focus Home Interactive in 2021 Double Fine Productions San Francisco California United States 2000 Psychonauts Broken Age Gang Beasts Founded by former employees of LucasArts ; acquired by Microsoft in 2019 Dovetail Games Chatham England United Kingdom 2008 Train Simulator franchiseAcquired by Focus Entertainment in 2023 [16] The Dovetail Group United States c. 1984 Early developer of music video games Dr. Panda Chengdu China 2011 Role-playing apps aimed at children ages 5 and under Dynamix Eugene Oregon United States 1984 Red Baron Front Page Sports series Betrayal at Krondor Tribes series MechWarrior Closed in 2001 EA Black Box British Columbia Canada 1998 Skate series NHL Hitz seriesSubsidiary of Electronic Arts ; closed in 2013 EA Digital Illusions CE (EA DICE) Stockholm Sweden 1992 Battlefield series Mirror's Edge Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2004 EA Gothenburg Gothenburg Sweden 2011 Need for Speed Payback Subsidiary of Electronic Arts EA Phenomic Ingelheim am Rhein Germany 1997 SpellForce series BattleForge Lord of Ultima Command and Conquer: Tiberium Alliances Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006; shut down in 2013 EA Salt Lake Salt Lake City Utah United States 1992 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2001–08 Littlest Pet Shop series Nerf N-Strike series Monopoly Streets Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006; defunct in 2017 EA Tiburon Maitland Florida United States 1994 Madden NFL series NBA Live series (2013–) NFL Head Coach series NCAA Football series EA Sports NASCAR seriesAcquired by Electronic Arts in 1998 EA Vancouver (formerly Distinctive Software ) Burnaby British Columbia Canada 1982 Test Drive SSX series NHL series NBA Live series (1994–2010) Acquired by Electronic Arts in 1991 Eagle Dynamics Moscow Russia 1991 Su-27 Flanker Flanker 2.0 Lock On: Modern Air Combat DCS World Eat Sleep Play Salt Lake City Utah United States 2007 Twisted Metal seriesDefunct in 2017 Eko Software Paris France 1999 Acquired by Bigben Interactive (latterly Nacon ) in 2018 Egosoft Würselen Germany 1988 X series Eden Games Lyon France 1998 Test Drive Unlimited seriesFormer subsidiary of Atari SA ; acquired by Engine Media in 2017 and then acquired by Animoca Brands in 2022 Eidos-Montréal Montreal Quebec Canada 2007 Deus Ex seriesSubsidiary of Square Enix Europe Eighting Tokyo Japan 1993 Kururin series Kamen Rider: Climax series Kamen Rider: Battride War series Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Acquired by COLOPL Electronic Arts Redwood City California United States 1982 FIFA series Need For Speed series Apex Legends Developer/publisher/distributor Elemental Games Vladivostok Russia 1999 Space Rangers Defunct in 2015 Elite Systems Lichfield England United Kingdom 1984 Dragon's Lair: The Legend Engine Software Doetinchem Netherlands 1995 Also middleware developer Ensemble Studios Dallas Texas United States 1995 Age of Empires series Age of Mythology Halo Wars Former subsidiary of Microsoft Studios Epic Games Cary North Carolina United States 1991 Unreal series Gears of War series Shadow Complex Infinity Blade series Fortnite Developer, publisher, and distributor Epics Tokyo Japan 1987 PoPoLoCrois series Epicenter Studios Sherman Oaks California United States 2007 Real Heroes: Firefighter ESA (formerly Softmax) Seoul South Korea 1994 TalesWeaver ESA left from game business. The former employees formed Studio 4Leaf and the studio was acquired by NextFloor [ ko ] [17] Eric Barone Seattle United States 2012 Stardew Valley Developer/publisher Epyx San Francisco California United States 1978 California Games series Impossible Mission series Jumpman series Pitstop series Summer Games seriesDeveloper/publisher, defunct 1993 Étranges Libellules Lyon France 1994 Asterix & Obelix XXL The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon Eugen Systems Paris France 2000 Act of War series Wargame series Steel Division series Eurocom Derby England United Kingdom 1988 GoldenEye 007 Crash Bash Spyro: A Hero's Tail Defunct in 2012 Evolution Studios Runcorn England United Kingdom 1999 World Rally Championship series MotorStorm seriesDivision of SIE Worldwide Studios and subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment ; defunct in 2016 Examu Tokyo Japan 2007 Arcana Heart seriesTheir business operations were suspended in 2020 and their business was taken over by Team Arcana. [18] Eyedentity Games Seoul South Korea 2007 Dragon Nest Acquired by Shanda Games (currently Shengqu Games) in 2010 Facepunch Studios Walsall England United Kingdom 2009 Garry's Mod Rust FarSight Studios Big Bear Lake California United States 1989 The Pinball Arcade FASA Studio Redmond Washington United States 1994 MechCommander series MechWarrior 4 defunct in 2007 Fatshark Stockholm Sweden 2008 War of the Roses Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Warhammer: Vermintide seriesSubsidiary of Tencent feelplus Tokyo Japan 1992 No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise Merged into AQ Interactive Felistella Gifu Japan 2010 Summon Night 5 Firaxis Games Sparks Maryland United States 1996 Civilization series (part 3 and later) XCOM (Reboot) seriesSubsidiary of 2K ; founded by former employees of MicroProse . Firefly Studios London England United Kingdom 1999 Stronghold seriesAcquired by Devolver Digital in 2021 Firesprite Liverpool England United Kingdom 2012 Formed by former employees of Studio Liverpool ; acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2021 First Star Software Chappaqua New York United States 1982 Defunct in 2018. Their name and assets were acquired by BBG Entertainment Flagship Studios San Francisco California United States 2003 Hellgate:London Mythos Closed down in 2008 Flight-Plan Gifu Japan 1989 Black/Matrix series Summon Night seriesDefunct in 2010 Flying Wild Hog Warsaw Poland 2009 Hard Reset Shadow Warrior seriesAcquired by Embracer Group in 2020. [19] Focus Entertainment Paris France 1996 Cities XL series (2011 and later) Foundation 9 Entertainment Emeryville California United States 1992 Dissolved in 2016 Fox Digital Entertainment Los Angeles California United States 2002 Subsidiary of 20th Century Studios . The company still exists, but 20th Century Fox's video game business was rearranged to FoxNext. FoxNext Los Angeles California United States 2017 Marvel Strike Force Division of 20th Century Studios . The company still exists but their game development studios were acquired by Scopely in 2020. [20] Frictional Games Helsingborg Sweden 2001 Penumbra series Amnesia: The Dark Descent SOMA Frogwares Kyiv Ukraine 2000 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series Frog City Software San Francisco California United States 1994 Imperialism series Tropico 2: Pirate Cove Acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 2003 and closed in 2006 FromSoftware Tokyo Japan 1986 Armored Core series Dark Souls series Bloodborne Sekiro Elden Ring Subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation Frontier Developments Cambridge England United Kingdom 1994 Elite series Thrillville LostWinds Kinectimals RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Planet Coaster Frozenbyte Helsinki Finland 2001 Shadowgrounds series Trine series FTL Games San Diego California United States 1982 Dungeon Master seriesClosed in 1982 Fun Labs Bucharest Romania 1999 MIB: Alien Crisis Cabela's seriesAcquired by Maximum Entertainment in 2023 [21] Funcom Oslo Norway 1993 The Longest Journey series Anarchy Online Age of Conan The Secret World Conan Exiles Developer/publisher; acquired by Tencent in 2020 [22] FuRyu Tokyo Japan 2007 Unchained Blades series Beyblade Burst series Cardfight!! Vanguard series Futuremark Espoo Finland 1997 Shattered Horizon Their game development division was acquired by Rovio Entertainment . Futuremark itself was acquired by UL and was merged into them. Gaijin Entertainment Budapest Hungary 2002 War Thunder IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Game Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan 1985 Thexder series Lunar series Grandia seriesAcquired by GungHo Online Entertainment in 2005. Game Freak Setagaya-ku, Tokyo Japan 1989 Pokémon series Pocket Card Jockey series GameHouse Seattle Washington United States 1998 Delicious series Casual game developer, publisher and portal; acquired by RealNetworks Gameloft Paris France 1999 Modern Combat: Domination Order & Chaos Online Assassin's Creed (for mobile) Asphalt Subsidiary of Vivendi ; developer/publisher of mobile games Ganbarion Fukuoka Japan 1999 One Piece series Jump Super Stars series Wii Fit U Dragon Ball Fusions Gearbox Software Plano Texas United States 1999 Brothers In Arms series Borderlands series Half-Life: Opposing Force Risk of Rain seriesAcquired by Embracer Group in 2021 and acquired by 2K in 2024 Geewa Prague Czech Republic 2005 Acquired by AppLovin in 2020 Genius Sonority Tokyo Japan 2002 Pokémon Colosseum series Pokémon Trozei! series The Denpa Men series Genki Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan 1990 Shutokou Battle seriesSubsidiary of Daikoku Denki [ ja ] Glu Mobile San Francisco California United States 2001 Deer Hunter seriesDeveloper and publisher of mobile games; acquired by Electronic Arts in 2021 Gogii Games Moncton New Brunswick Canada 2006 Developer/publisher Good-Feel Kobe Japan 2005 Kirby's Epic Yarn Yoshi's Woolly World Yoshi's Crafted World Founded by former employees of Konami Goodgame Studios Hamburg Hamburg Germany 2009 Developer/publisher Granzella Nonoichi Japan 2011 Disaster Report 4 Plus Founded by former Irem employees Grasshopper Manufacture Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan 1998 The Silver Case Flower, Sun, and Rain killer7 No More Heroes series Shadows of the Damned Lollipop Chainsaw Killer Is Dead Let It Die Founded by Suda51 ; acquired by GungHo Online Entertainment in 2013; later acquired by NetEase Games Gravity Seoul South Korea 2000 Ragnarok Online Acquired by GungHo Online Entertainment Gray Matter Studios Los Angeles California United States 1993 Call of Duty: United Offensive Acquired by Activision in 2002; merged into Treyarch in 2005 Gremlin Interactive Sheffield England United Kingdom 1984 Monopoly (1997) Zool seriesPremier Manager series Taken over by Infogrames in 1999 studio closed in 2003 Grezzo Shibuya, Tokyo Japan 2006 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Ever Oasis The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019 Remake) Second-party developer of Nintendo Grin Stockholm Sweden 1997 Bionic Commando Rearmed Bionic Commando (2009) Defunct in 2009 Grinding Gear Games Auckland New Zealand 2006 Path of Exile Acquired by Tencent Griptonite Games Kirkland Washington United States 1994 Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat Acquired by Glu Mobile GSC Game World Kyiv Ukraine 1995 Cossacks series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R seriesDefunct in 2011, reopened in 2014 Guerrilla Cambridge Cambridge England United Kingdom 1997 (as SCE Cambridge Studio), 2013 MediEvil seriesBranch of Guerrilla Games and division of SIE Worldwide Studios ; closed in 2017 Guerrilla Games Amsterdam Netherlands 2000 Killzone series Horizon seriesDivision of SIE Worldwide Studios since 2004 Gunfire Games Austin Texas United States 2014 Darksiders series Remnant: From the Ashes Formed by former employees of Vigil Games ; acquired by THQ Nordic in 2019 GungHo Online Entertainment Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan 1998 Puzzle & Dragons seriesDeveloper/publisher Gust Nagano Japan 1993 Atelier series Blue Reflection series Fairy Tail Became a division of Koei Tecmo Games in 2014 Haemimont Games Sofia Bulgaria 1997 Tropico 3 –5 HAL Laboratory Chiyoda, Tokyo Japan 1980 Kirby series Earthbound/Mother series Pokémon Snap Developer closely associated with Nintendo Halfbrick Brisbane Queensland Australia 2001 Fruit Ninja series Jetpack Joyride Mobile game developer/publisher Hanaho Cerritos California United States 1992 h.a.n.d. Sapporo Japan 1993 Aikatsu! series Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Disney Magical World series Hangar 13 Novato California United States 2014 Mafia III Subsidiary of 2K Harebrained Schemes Seattle Washington United States 2011 Shadowrun Returns Shadowrun: Dragonfall Shadowrun: Hong Kong Acquired by Paradox Interactive in 2018; became independent in 2024 [23] Harmonix Music Systems Cambridge Massachusetts United States 1995 Guitar Hero I–II Rock Band series Dance Central seriesFormer subsidiary of Viacom ; acquired by Epic Games in 2021 Hazelight Studios Stockholm Sweden 2014 It Takes Two Headstrong Games London England United Kingdom 2000 Battalion Wars series Art Academy seriesSubsidiary of Kuju Entertainment ; defunct in 2017 Heartbeat Tokyo Japan 1992 Dragon Quest VI–VII Heavy Iron Studios Manhattan Beach California United States 1999 SpongeBob's Truth or Square UFC Personal Trainer Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse Acquired by Keywords Studios in 2020. HB Studios Lunenburg Nova Scotia Canada 2000 PGA Tour 2K seriesAcquired by 2K in 2021 Hello Games Guildford Surrey United Kingdom 2008 Joe Danger No Man's Sky The Last Campfire
HexaDrive Osaka Japan 2007 Rez HD Ōkami HD Super Bomberman R High Impact Games Burbank California United States 2003 Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters Secret Agent Clank Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Founded by former employees of Insomniac Games & Naughty Dog High Moon Studios San Diego California United States 2005 Transformers: War for Cybertron series Deadpool Subsidiary of Activision High Voltage Software Hoffman Estates Illinois United States 1993 The Conduit seriesAcquired by Keywords Studios in 2020. Hothead Games Vancouver British Columbia Canada 2006 DeathSpank Swarm Founded by former employees of Radical Entertainment Housemarque Helsinki Finland 1995 Super Stardust Returnal Acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment as a subsidiary of PlayStation Studios in 2021 Hudson Soft Tokyo Japan 1973 Bomberman series Adventure Island series Far East of Eden series Momotaro Dentetsu series Mario Party seriesDeveloper/publisher; acquired and dissolved by Konami Human Entertainment Tokyo Japan 1983 Fire Pro Wrestling series Formation Soccer series Twilight Syndrome series Human Head Studios Madison Wisconsin United States 1997 Rune Prey Humongous Entertainment Bothell Washington United States 1992 Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise Putt-Putt series Freddi Fish series Pajama Sam series Spy Fox series Backyard Sports seriesFormer subsidiary of Infogrames ; closed in 2006; their assets and brand were acquired by Tommo and relaunched in 2013 Hyperion Entertainment Brussels Belgium 1999 Ice-Pick Lodge Moscow Russia 2002 Pathologic series id Software Mesquite Texas United States 1991 Wolfenstein series Doom series Quake seriesAcquired by ZeniMax Media on June 24, 2009 Idea Factory Shibuya, Tokyo Japan 1994 Amnesia seriesDeveloper/publisher ILCA Tokyo Japan 2010 Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Idol Minds Westminster Colorado United States 1997 Cool Boarders 3–4 Pain Neopets : Darkest FaerieRally Cross Imageepoch Tokyo Japan 2005 Luminous Arc series Fate/Extra seriesDefunct in 2016 Image & Form Gothenburg Sweden 1997 SteamWorld seriesSubsidiary of Thunderful ; merged into Thunderful Development in 2020. Imagineer Tokyo Japan 1986 Shape Boxing series Infinity Ward Woodland Hills California United States 2002 Call of Duty seriesAcquired by Activision in 2003. Infocom Cambridge ] Massachusetts United States 1979 Zork series Planetfall series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Leather Goddesses of Phobos Acquired by Activision in 1986; closed in 1989. Incognito Entertainment Salt Lake City Utah United States 1999 Twisted Metal series Warhawk (2007) Formed by former employees of SingleTrac ; subsidiary of SCE Worldwide Studios ; defunct in 2009 Incredible Technologies Arlington Heights Illinois United States 1985 Golden Tee Golf Defunct in 2016; arcade game designer, arcade game manufacturer indieszero Musashino Japan 1997 Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat? Theatrhythm series Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory Innerloop Studios Oslo Norway 1996 Project I.G.I. seriesDefunct in 2003 Insomniac Games Burbank California United States 1994 Spyro the Dragon series Ratchet & Clank series Resistance series Sunset Overdrive Spider-Man (2018) Acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2019 as a division of SIE Worldwide Studios . Intelligent Systems Tokyo Japan 1986 Fire Emblem franchise Advance Wars series Paper Mario series Puzzle League seriesDeveloper closely associated with Nintendo Interplay Entertainment Beverly Hills California United States 1983 Earthworm Jim series ClayFighter series Wasteland Fallout series The Bard's Tale seriesDeveloper/publisher Inti Creates Ichikawa, Chiba Japan 1996 Mega Man Zero series Mega Man ZX seriesGunvolt franchise:
Gal Gun series Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon seriesBlaster Master Zero trilogyDragon Marked for Death Gal Guardians: Demon Purge Mighty Gunvolt series Mega Man 9 Mega Man 10
Introversion Software London England United Kingdom 2002 Darwinia DEFCON inXile Entertainment Newport Beach California United States 2002 Wasteland 2 The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep Founded by one of Interplay Entertainment founders; acquired by Microsoft Studios in 2018 IO Interactive Copenhagen Denmark 1998 Hitman seriesSubsidiary of Square Enix until 2017 when they dropped IO, they then became independent Ion Storm Dallas Texas United States 1996 Daikatana Anachronox Shut down in 2001; subsidiary of Eidos Interactive Ion Storm Austin Austin Texas United States 1997 Deus Ex Thief: Deadly Shadows Shut down in 2005; subsidiary of Eidos Interactive Irem Hakusan Japan 1974 R-Type series Disaster Report 1–3Subsidiary of Eizo Iron Galaxy Studios Chicago Illinois United States 2008 Divekick Borderlands 2 (PSVita) Iron Lore Entertainment Maynard Massachusetts United States 2000 Titan Quest series Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Soulstorm Defunct in 2008 Irrational Games Quincy Massachusetts United States 1996 System Shock 2 Freedom Force series BioShock seriesSubsidiary of 2K ; defunct in 2017. Their main employees moved to Ghost Story Games . Ivory Tower Lyon France 2007 The Crew seriesSubsidiary of Ubisoft ; [24] founded by former employees of Eden Games Jackbox Games Chicago Illinois United States 1989 The Jackbox Party Pack series Jadestone Group Stockholm Sweden 2000 Acquired by WMS Industries in 2012 and merged into Williams Interactive ; Online game developer, mobile game developer Jagex Cambridge England United Kingdom 2001 RuneScape Subsidiary of CVC Capital Partners ; online game developer Jaleco Tokyo Japan 1974 Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai seriesAcquired by Game Yarou in 2009 and defunct in 2014 Jam City Los Angeles California United States 2007 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery Former subsidiary of Netmarble ; [25] mobile game developer Javaground Irvine Massachusetts United States 2001 God of War: Betrayal Mobile game developer Jupiter Kyoto Japan 1996 Picross series Pokémon Pinball series JV Games Las Vegas Nevada United States 1999 Kairosoft Tokyo Japan 1996 Game Dev Story Kalypso Media Worms Germany 2006 Tropico seriesDeveloper/publisher Kaos Studios New York City New York United States 2006 Frontlines: Fuel of War Homefront Subsidiary of THQ Keen Software House Prague Czech Republic 2010 Space Engineers Kesmai Charlottesville Virginia United States 1981 Island of Kesmai Subsidiary of Electronic Arts ; closed in 2001 Kiloo Games Aarhus Denmark 2000 Subway Surfers Frisbee Forever Mobile game developer; closed in 2023 [26] King Stockholm Sweden 2003 Candy Crush seriesSubsidiary of Activision Blizzard ; Mobile game developer Klei Entertainment Vancouver British Columbia Canada 2005 Shank series Don't Starve Acquired by Tencent in 2021. [27] Koei Tecmo Games (formerly Koei) Ashikaga Japan 1978 Warriors franchise Trilogy of Histories franchise
Ninja Gaiden series Dead or Alive franchise Nioh series Haruka series Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Developer/publisher; subsidiary of Koei Tecmo Holdings KOG Studios Seoul South Korea 2000 Elsword Kojima Productions Tokyo Japan 2005 Death Stranding Konami Tokyo Midtown Minato Japan 1969 Gradius series Contra series Metal Gear series Castlevania series Pro Evolution Soccer series Silent Hill series TwinBee series Bemani series Power Pros series Professional Baseball Spirits series Ganbare Goemon series Tokimeki Memorial series LovePlus series Suikoden series Bombergirl series Momotaro Dentetsu : Showa, Heisei, Reiwa Mo Teiban! Developer/publisher Kongzhong Beijing China 2002 Krome Studios Brisbane Queensland Australia 1999 The Legend of Spyro series Krome Studios Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia 1988 Horace seriesDefunct Kuju Entertainment Shalford England United Kingdom 1998 Microsoft Train Simulator Subsidiary of Catalis SE Kunos Simulazioni Rome Italy 2005 Assetto Corsa seriesSubsidiary of Digital Bros Kush Games Camarillo California United States 1998 Kuma Reality Games New York City New York United States 2003 Kylotonn Paris France 2002 WRC 5– V-Rally 4 Acquired by Bigben Interactive (latterly Nacon ) in 2018 [28] Larian Studios Oudenaarde Belgium 1996 Divinity series Baldur's Gate III Left Field Productions Ventura California United States 1994 Excitebike 64 closed in 2011 Legacy Interactive Los Angeles California United States 1998 Emergency Room series Legend Entertainment Chantilly Virginia United States 1989 Spellcasting series Superhero League of Hoboken The Wheel of Time Unreal II Closed in 2004. Legendo Entertainment Gothenburg Sweden 2004 Developer/publisher Level-5 Fukuoka Japan 1998 Dark Cloud series Rogue Galaxy Professor Layton series Inazuma Eleven series Ni no Kuni series Yo-Kai Watch franchise Fantasy Life series The Snack World Dragon Quest VIII–IX Developer/publisher and founded by Akihiro Hino Lift London London England United Kingdom 2012 videogame developer for Microsoft Hololens Subsidiary by Microsoft Studios in 2018 Limbic Entertainment Langen Germany 2002 Might & Magic X: Legacy Might & Magic Heroes VII Tropico 6 The majority stake was acquired by Bandai Namco Lionhead Studios Guildford England United Kingdom 1997 Black & White series Fable seriesClosed by Microsoft Studios in 2016 Liquid Entertainment Pasadena California United States 1999 Battle Realms Dissolved in 2018 [29] Little Green Men Games Zagreb Croatia 2006 Starpoint Gemini LK Avalon Świlcza , Rzeszów Poland 1989 Hans Kloss Schizm: Mysterious Journey Llamasoft Reading England United Kingdom 1982 Linden Lab San Francisco California United States 1999 Second Life Locomotive Games Santa Clara California United States 1997 Jet Moto 3 Defunct in 2008 Looking Glass Studios Cambridge Massachusetts United States 1990 Ultima Underworld series System Shock seriesThief series Love-de-Lic Tokyo Japan 1995 Moon: Remix RPG Adventure Formed by former employees of Square LucasArts San Francisco California United States 1982 Maniac Mansion Sam & Max Hit the Road Day of the Tentacle Monkey Island series The Dig Full Throttle Grim Fandango Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series Star Wars: Battlefront seriesPublisher and former developer; closed as developer of April 3, 2013 by Disney Luma Arcade Johannesburg South Africa 2006 Division of Luma Animation Luxoflux Santa Monica California United States 1998 True Crime seriesAcquired by Activision in 2002; defunct in 2010 MachineGames Uppsala Sweden 2009 Wolfenstein seriesFounded by former employees of Starbreeze Studios ; acquired by ZeniMax Media in 2010. Magenta Software Liverpool England United Kingdom 1994 Buzz! Junior series MAGES. Shibuya, Tokyo Japan 2005 Science Adventure franchise Acquired by COLOPL in 2020. [30] Former subsidiary of Dwango . Majesco Entertainment Edison New Jersey United States 1986 Defunct December 8, 2016 Marvelous Shibuya, Tokyo Japan 1997 Senran Kagura series Soul Sacrifice series Story of Seasons series
Fate/Extella series Kandagawa Jet Girls Daemon X Machina Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz
Developer/publisher Massive Entertainment Malmö Sweden 1997 Ground Control World In Conflict Tom Clancy's The Division seriesFounded in 1997; acquired by Vivendi Universal Games in 2002 and then acquired by Ubisoft in 2008 Masthead Studios Sofia Bulgaria 2005 Earthrise Matrix Software Tokyo Japan 1994 Omega Labyrinth series Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia Maxis Emeryville California United States 1987 The Sims series SimCity seriesBecame a subsidiary of Electronic Arts in 1997 Mean Hamster Software Deer Park Washington United States 1985 Media Molecule Guildford England United Kingdom 2006 LittleBigPlanet series Tereaway Founded by former employees of Lionhead Studios ; division of SIE Worldwide Studios since 2010 Media.Vision Tokyo Japan 1993 Wild Arms series Chaos Rings series Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth Summon Night 6 Mediatonic London England United Kingdom 2005 Robot Unicorn Attack Fable Fortune Subsidiary of Tonic Games Group, which was acquired by Epic Games in 2021 MegaZebra Munich Germany 2009 Mercury Steam Madrid Spain 2002 Castlevania: Lords of Shadow series Metroid: Samus Returns
Metroid Dread
Metropolis Software Warsaw Poland 1992 Teenagent Gorky 17 Infernal Studio was bought by CD Projekt in 2008 and closed in 2009. MicroProse Software Hunt Valley Maryland United States 1982 Silent Service Gunship Pirates! Railroad Tycoon Civilization series Microsoft Casual Games Redmond Washington United States 2013 Solitaire Mahjong Minesweeper Wordament Subsidiary by Microsoft Studios Midway Games Chicago Illinois United States 1988 Mortal Kombat series NFL Blitz seriesAs of 2012 [ update] liquidation plan Midway Studios – Newcastle Gateshead England United Kingdom 1996 Test Drive 4–6 Defunct in 2009 Might and Delight Stockholm Sweden 2010 Shelter seriesFormed by former employees of Grin miHoYo Shanghai China 2012 Honkai series Tears of Themis Genshin Impact Zenless Zone Zero Developer and publisher; founded by Cai Haoyu , Liu Wei , and Luo Yuhao, three former students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University Milestone Suginami, Tokyo Japan 2003 Chaos Field series Milestone srl Milan Italy 1996 Superbike series MotoGP series WRC 1–4 MXGP series Ride seriesAcquired by Koch Media in 2019 Millennium Kitchen Tokyo Japan 1997 Boku no Natsuyasumi series Mimimi Games Munich Germany 2011 Desperados III the studio was closed in 2023 [31] Minakuchi Engineering Kōka Japan 1984 Solar Striker Mega Man seriesExact fate unknown. Defunct in 2002 (estimated) Mistwalker Tokyo Japan 2004 Blue Dragon Mitchell Corporation Tokyo Japan 1960 Polarium Puzz Loop series MLB Advanced Media New York City New York United States 2000 R.B.I. Baseball 18 Mode 7 Games Brighton East Sussex United Kingdom 2005 Frozen Synapse series Tokyo 42 The company still exists, but they exited the game development business in 2019. Mojang AB Stockholm Sweden 2009 Minecraft Scrolls Cobalt Former Indie developer and publisher; acquired by Microsoft on September 15, 2014 Monolith Productions Kirkland Washington United States 1994 F.E.A.R. series Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2004 Monolith Soft Tokyo Japan 1999 Xenosaga series Baten Kaitos series Xenoblade Chronicles series Project X Zone seriesFounded by Tetsuya Takahashi and former subsidiary of Namco ; acquired by Nintendo as a first-party developer and subsidiary in 2007 Monster Games Northfield Minnesota United States 1996 NASCAR Heat series Excite Truck Pilotwings Resort Acquired by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations in 2022 Monte Cristo Paris France 1995 City Life series Cities XL Defunct in 2010 Moonton Shanghai China 2015 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Acquired by Bytedance in 2021 Moon Studios Vienna Austria 2010 Ori series Motion Twin Bordeaux France 2001 Dead Cells MTO Yokohama Japan 1996 GT Advance series Mythic Entertainment Fairfax Virginia United States 1995 Dark Age of Camelot Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006 and closed in 2014 Nadeo Paris France 2000 TrackMania Acquired by Ubisoft in 2009 Namco Tales Studio Tokyo Japan 1986 Tales seriesOriginally it was division or subsidiary of Telenet Japan but it became a jointly-owned company of Namco and Telenet Japan Nanobit Zagreb Croatia 2008 Acquired by Stillfront Group in 2020 NAPS team Messina Italy 1993 Gekido seriesNAPS team is the oldest Italian development studio Natsume Atari Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan 1987 Metabots series Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (GBC version) Pocky and Rocky series Natsume Inc. Burlingame, California United States 1988 Harvest Moon series Reel Fishing River King NaturalMotion London England United Kingdom 2001 Backbreaker seriesAcquired by Zynga Naughty Dog Santa Monica California United States 1986 Crash Bandicoot 1–3 Crash Team Racing Jak and Daxter series Uncharted series The Last of Us seriesDivision of SIE Worldwide Studios since 2001 NCSoft Seoul South Korea 1997 Aion Lineage series Blade & Soul Online game developer/publisher NDcube Tokyo Japan 2000 Wii Party series Mario Party series Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Subsidiary of Nintendo NDOORS Corporation Seoul South Korea 1999 Atlantica Online Developer/publisher; subsidiary of Nexon ; merged into Nexon Red in 2017 [32] Neko Entertainment Montreuil-sous-Bois France 1998 Cocoto The Mysterious Cities of Gold: Secret Paths Kung Fu Rabbit Puddle Developer/publisher; defunct in 2017 Nerve Software Richardson Texas United States 1999 NetDevil Louisville Colorado United States 1997 LEGO Universe NetDragon Websoft Fuzhou China 1999 Disney Fantasy Online NetEase Guangzhou China 1997 Fantasy Westward Journey Cyber Hunter Identity V Rules of Survival Marvel Duel Marvel Super War Revelation Online Developer, publisher, and online services company NetherRealm Studios Chicago Illinois United States 2010 Mortal Kombat series Injustice: Gods Among Us Injustice 2
Successor to Midway Games ; Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Neverland Tokyo Japan 1993 Rune Factory series Neversoft Woodland Hills California United States 1994 Guitar Hero III–Metallica Tony Hawk series Gun
Acquired by Activision in 1999; merged into Infinity Ward in 2014 Nevosoft St. Petersburg Russia 2002 New World Computing Agoura Hills California United States 1984 Might and Magic franchise New World Interactive Denver Colorado United States 2010 Insurgency Acquired by Embracer Group in 2020 [1] Nexon Tokyo Seoul Japan 2002 MapleStory Mabinogi Vindictus Atlantica Online Online video game developer, publisher and distributor; moved its headquarters from Korea to Japan. Next Level Games Vancouver British Columbia Canada 2002 Super Mario Strikers Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon Luigi's Mansion 3 Spider-Man: Friend or Foe Acquired by Nintendo in 2021. [33] Niantic San Francisco California United States 2010 Ingress Pokémon Go Nibris Kraków Poland 2000 Nicalis Santa Ana California United States 2007 VVVVVV Cave Story NightSky 1001 Spikes The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Crystal Crisis Indie developer/publisher Night School Studio Glendale California United States 2014 Oxenfree Afterparty Acquired by Netflix in 2021 Nihon Falcom Tokyo Japan 1981 Ys Xanadu series The Legend of Heroes franchise Dragon Slayer series Trails Developer/publisher Nikita Online St. Petersburg Russia 1991 Nimble Giant Entertainment Buenos Aires Argentina 2002 Regnum Online Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars Acquired by Embracer Group in 2020. [19] Ninjabee Orem Utah United States 2005 Division of Wahoo Studios Ninja Theory Cambridge England United Kingdom 2000 Heavenly Sword Enslaved: Odyssey to the West DmC: Devil May Cry Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Former Indie developer and publisher; acquired by Microsoft Studios in 2018 Nintendo Kyoto Japan 1889 Super Mario franchise The Legend of Zelda franchise Pokémon franchise Fire Emblem franchise Splatoon series Metroid franchise Kid Icarus series Pikmin series Xenoblade Chronicles series Animal Crossing series F-Zero series Star Fox series Kirby franchise Mother series Super Smash Bros. series Tomodachi series Brain Age series Big Brain Academy series Nintendogs series Wave Race series Famicom Detective Club series Excitebike Pilotwings Tetris Attack series 1-2-Switch seriesFirst-party developer/publisher/console manufacturer Nintendo Software Technology Redmond Washington United States 1998 Bionic Commando: Elite Forces Wave Race: Blue Storm Mario vs. Donkey Kong seriesSubsidiary of Nintendo Nippon Ichi Software Kakamigahara Japan 1991 Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure La Pucelle: Tactics Disgaea series Phantom Brave GrimGrimoire Hotaru no Nikki Developer/publisher Nival St. Petersburg Russia 1996 Etherlords series Blitzkrieg series Heroes of Might and Magic V Nordeus Belgrade Serbia 2009 Top Eleven Football Manager Developer/publisher; acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 2021 NovaLogic Agoura Hills California United States 1985 Delta Force series Joint Operations seriesTheir assets were acquired by THQ Nordic Novarama Barcelona Spain 2003 Invizimals series Now Production Osaka Japan 1986 Mario Super Sluggers Sonic Riders Nude Maker Tokyo Japan 2002 Steel Battalion series Infinite Space NightCry Formed by former employees of Human Entertainment NuFX Hoffman Estates Illinois United States 1990 Merged into EA Chicago in 2004 n-Space Orlando Florida United States 1994 Heroes of Ruin Call of Duty series Obsidian Entertainment Irvine California United States 2004 Fallout New Vegas Neverwinter Nights 2 Dungeon Siege III South Park: The Stick of Truth Pillars of Eternity The Outer Worlds Acquired by Microsoft Studios in 2018 Oddworld Inhabitants San Luis Obispo California United States 1994 Oddworld series Omega Force Ashikaga Japan 1997 Warriors franchise Toukiden series Dragon Quest Heroes series Dragon Quest Builders 2 Persona 5 Strikers
Division of Koei Tecmo Games Origin Systems Austin Texas United States 1983 Ultima series Ultima Online Wing Commander seriesAcquired by Electronic Arts in 1992 and closed in 2004 OtherSide Entertainment Boston Massachusetts United States 2013 Underworld Ascendant System Shock 3 Founded by one of Looking Glass Studios founders. Outfit7 Ljubljana Slovenia 2010 Talking Tom and Friends franchiseAcquired by Zhejiang Jinke Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd. in 2017 Outrage Entertainment Ann Arbor Michigan United States 1996 Descent 3 Closed in 2004 Out of the Park Developments Hollern-Twielenfleth Germany 1999 Out of the Park Baseball seriesAcquired by Com2uS in 2020 Overkill Software Stockholm Sweden 2009 Payday seriesFounded by Grin founders; acquired by Starbreeze Studios in 2012 Oxygen Studios Croydon England United Kingdom 2006 King of Clubs Page 44 Studios San Francisco California United States 1998 Freekstyle High School Musical 3: Senior Year Dance Madden NFL 11 iOS uDraw Pictionary World of Goo iOSSubsidiary of Zynga ; closed in 2011. Pangea Software Austin Texas United States 1987 Paradigm Entertainment Farmers Branch Texas United States 1997 F-1 World Grand Prix series Pilotwings 64 Acquired by Infogrames Entertainment SA in 2000; acquired by THQ in 2006; closed in 2008 People Can Fly Warsaw Poland 2002 Bulletstorm Painkiller Project Sora Tokyo Japan 2009 Kid Icarus: Uprising Subsidiary of Nintendo ; became defunct in 2012 Purple Lamp Studios Vienna Austria 2018 SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated Acquired by Embracer Group in 2020. [19] Papaya Studio Irvine California United States 1999 Project Soul Tokyo Japan 1996 Soul seriesDivision of Bandai Namco Studios Panther Games Pty Ltd Canberra Australia 1985 Fire-Brigade Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge Paradox Development Studio Stockholm Sweden 1995 Europa Universalis series Hearts of Iron series Crusader Kings seriesIn-house development studio and subsidiary of Paradox Interactive Parallax Software Ann Arbor Michigan United States 1993 Descent seriesSplit into Volition and Outrage Entertainment Pandemic Studios Los Angeles California United States 1998 Star Wars: Battlefront Destroy All Humans! series Full Spectrum Warrior Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction The Saboteur Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2007 and closed in 2009. Pendulo Studios Madrid Spain 1993 Hollywood Monsters series Runaway series Yesterday series Penguin Software Geneva Illinois United States 1978 Transylvania series Perfect World Beijing China 2004 Perfect World seriesDeveloper/publisher Petroglyph Las Vegas Nevada United States 2003 Star Wars: Empire at War Universe at War: Earth Assault Grey Goo Command & Conquer Remastered Collection Phantagram Seoul South Korea 1994 Kingdom Under Fire seriesAcquired by Blueside in 2010 [34] Pipeworks Studios Eugene Oregon United States 1999 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Deadliest Warrior Zumba Fitness Acquired by Sumo Group in 2020 and acquired by Jagex in 2022 Piranha Bytes Essen Germany 1997 Gothic 1–3 Risen series ELEX Acquired by THQ Nordic in 2019 Piranha Games Vancouver British Columbia Canada 2000 MechWarrior 5 MechWarrior Online Bass Pro Shops: The Strike Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza Acquired by Enad Global 7 in 2020. [3] Pi Studios Houston Texas United States 2002 Bomberman Live: Battlefest Pivotal Games Bath England United Kingdom 2000 Conflict series The Great Escape Pixel Federation Bratislava Slovakia 2007 Galactic Junk League Developer/Publisher Playdom San Francisco California United States 2009 Facebook , Myspace game developer Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company ; closed in 2016 Playfish London England United Kingdom 2007 The Sims Social Facebook , Myspace game developer Acquired by Electronic Arts ; closed in 2013 PlayFirst San Francisco California United States 2004 Acquired by Glu Mobile in 2014; Casual game developer, publisher and portal Playground Games Royal Leamington Spa England United Kingdom 2009 Forza Horizon series Fable (2020) Acquired by Microsoft Studios in 2018 PlatinumGames Osaka Japan 2006 MadWorld Bayonetta series Vanquish Anarchy Reigns Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance The Wonderful 101 Star Fox Zero Nier: Automata Astral Chain Successor to Clover Studio , and founded by Shinji Mikami , Atsushi Inaba , and Hideki Kamiya . Polyphony Digital Tokyo Japan 1998 Gran Turismo series Tourist Trophy Division of SIE Worldwide Studios PopCap Games Seattle Washington United States 2000 Bejeweled series Plants vs. Zombies series Peggle series Zuma Casual game developer, publisher and portal; subsidiary of Electronic Arts since 2011 PopTop Software Fenton Missouri United States 1993 Tropico Railroad Tycoon seriesAcquired by Take-Two Interactive in 2000 and merged into Firaxis Games in 2006 Press Play Copenhagen Denmark 2006 Max & the Magic Marker Max: The Curse of Brotherhood Former subsidiary of Microsoft Studios ; defunct in March 2016 Private Division New York City New York United States 2017 Kerbal Space Program 2 The company has Intercept Games studio and Roll7 studio. Subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive . Psyonix San Diego California United States 2001 Rocket League XCOM: Enemy Unknown Acquired by Epic Games in 2019 PUBG Studios Seongnam South Korea 2009 Devilian PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Acquired by Bluehole (currently Krafton ) in 2015 Punch Entertainment Hanoi Vietnam 2005 Subsidiary of Evolable Asia [ ja ] Casual games , social games developer Pyro Mobile Madrid Spain 1996 Commandos seriesSubsidiary of Zed Group ; their assets were acquired by Kalypso Media [35] Q Entertainment Tokyo Japan 2003 Lumines seriesAcquired by Sanyo Kasei Seisakusho in 2013 and the parent company was defunct in 2018. Q-Games Nakagyō-ku Japan 2001 Star Fox Command PixelJunk series The Tomorrow Children Quantic Dream Paris France 1997 Fahrenheit Heavy Rain Beyond: Two Souls Detroit: Become Human Acquired by NetEase in 2022 Quest Corporation Tokyo Japan 1988 Ogre Battle seriesThe game development division was acquired by Square in 2002 Quintet Tokyo Japan 1989 ActRaiser Soul Blazer Illusion of Gaia Terranigma Robotrek The company appears to have been inactive since 2002. According to Terranigma artist Kamui Fujiwara, Quintet president Tomoyoshi Miyazaki had "disappeared" to his knowledge. A remaster of ActRaiser entitled ActRaiser Renaissance was released in September 2021 by Square Enix , suggesting that Square Enix at least has access to ActRaiser [36] Radical Entertainment Vancouver Canada 1991 Prototype series Mario Is Missing! Crash Tag Team Racing Crash of the Titans Acquired by Vivendi Games in 2005; dissolved in 2013 [37] Rage Games Liverpool England United Kingdom 1992 Incoming seriesDefunct in 2003 Rainbow Studios Phoenix Arizona United States 1996 MX vs. ATV seriesAcquired by THQ , later closed by THQ, but re-instated in 2013 by Nordic Games (later known as THQ Nordic) Rare Twycross England United Kingdom 1985 Battletoads series Donkey Kong Country seriesKiller Instinct Banjo-Kazooie series Donkey Kong 64 GoldenEye 007 Conker's Bad Fur Day Perfect Dark series Sea of Thieves Successor to Ultimate Play the Game ; second-party developer for Nintendo ; turned; Acquired by Microsoft Studios in 2002 as a first-party developer Raven Software Middleton Wisconsin United States 1990 Heretic Hexen Singularity Call of Duty series Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Acquired by Activision in 1997 RDI Video Systems Carlsbad California United States 1982 Dragon's Lair Defunct in 1985 Ready at Dawn Irvine California United States 2003 Daxter The Order: 1886 Deformers Lone Echo Formed by former members of Naughty Dog and Blizzard Entertainment . Acquired by Facebook in 2020. [38] Closed in 2024. Red Entertainment Tokyo Japan 1976 (as the Red Company), 2000 (as Red Entertainment) Sakura Wars series Gungrave seriesDeveloper/publisher; acquired by Oizumi Corporation [ ja ] Reality Pump Studios Kraków Poland 1995 Two Worlds seriesDivision of TopWare Interactive Realtime Associates Los Angeles California United States 1986 Realtime Worlds Dundee Scotland United Kingdom 2002 Crackdown Closed in 2010 Rebel Wolves Warsaw Poland 2022 Rebellion Developments Oxford England United Kingdom 1992 Aliens vs. Predator series Sniper Elite series Rebellion Warwick Leamington Spa England United Kingdom 2013 SkySaga: Infinite Isles Formed by former employees of Blitz Games Studios ; acquired by Rebellion Developments in 2018 RedLynx Helsinki Finland 2000 Trials seriesSubsidiary of Ubisoft Red Thread Games Oslo Norway 2012 Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey Founded by former employees of Funcom Red Storm Entertainment Cary North Carolina United States 1996 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Acquired by Ubisoft in 2000 RedTribe (Tribalant) Melbourne Victoria Australia 2003 Reflexive Entertainment Lake Forest California United States 1997 Airport Mania series Subsidiary of Amazon.com Relic Entertainment Vancouver British Columbia Canada 1997 Company of Heroes series Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War series Homeworld seriesAcquired by Sega in 2013; became independent in 2024 [39] Remedy Entertainment Espoo Finland 1995 Max Payne series Alan Wake series Control Respawn Entertainment Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles California United States 2010 Titanfall Apex Legends Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Acquired by Electronic Arts in 2017. Reto-Moto Copenhagen Denmark 2008 Heroes & Generals The business was acquired by TLM Partners in 2022 [40] Retro Studios Austin Texas United States 1998 Metroid Prime series Donkey Kong Country seriesFirst-party developer and subsidiary of Nintendo Revolution Software York England United Kingdom 1990 Broken Sword series Beneath a Steel Sky Riot Games Santa Monica California United States 2006 League of Legends Legends of Runeterra
Valorant
Acquired by Tencent in 2011 Rising Star Games Luton England United Kingdom 2004 Acquired by Thunderful in 2018 Robomodo Chicago Illinois United States 2008 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 Defunct in 2016 Robot Entertainment Plano Texas United States 2009 Orcs Must Die! series Hero Academy series Age of Empires Online Rockstar Games Rockstar India Rockstar Leeds Rockstar Lincoln Rockstar London Rockstar New England Rockstar North Rockstar San Diego Rockstar Toronto New York City Bangalore Leeds Lincoln London Ballardvale Edinburgh Carlsbad Oakville New York Karnataka England Scotland Massachusetts California Ontario United States 1998 Grand Theft Auto franchiseManhunt series Midnight Club series Red Dead series Bully Developer/publisher; owned by Take-Two Interactive Rockstar Dundee Dundee Scotland United Kingdom 2008 Crackdown 2 Acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 2020 Rocksteady Studios London England United Kingdom 2005 Batman: Arkham series Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Robinson Technologies Hiroshima Japan 1989 Dink Smallwood Romero Games Galway Ireland 2015 Empire of Sin Rovio Entertainment Espoo Finland 2003 Angry Birds franchisePublisher, developer and distributor; acquired by Sega in 2023 Runic Games Seattle Washington United States 2008 Torchlight Subsidiary of Perfect World ; closed in 2017 Running with Scissors Tucson Arizona United States 1997 Postal series Saber Interactive Millburn New Jersey United States 2001 World War Z Acquired by Embracer Group in 2020 [41] and acquired by Beacon Interactive in 2024 Sandlot Tokyo Japan 2001 Robot Alchemic Drive Earth Defense Force series Zangeki no Reginleiv Formed by former employees of Human Entertainment Sanzaru Games Foster City California United States 2006 Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice Acquired by Facebook in 2020. [42] Sir-Tech Ogdensburg New York United States 1979 Wizardry series Jagged Alliance series Schell Games Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States 2002 I Expect You To Die Developer and publisher SCS Software Prague Czech Republic 1997 18 Wheels of Steel series Euro Truck Simulator series Sega Tokyo Japan 1960 Sonic the Hedgehog franchise Crazy Taxi series Golden Axe seriesStreets of Rage The House of the Dead series Super Monkey Ball series Puyo Puyo series Jet Set Radio seriesPhantasy Star Panzer Dragoon series Jet Set Radio series Let's Make a Soccer Team! series Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series Shenmue seriesSakura Wars Yakuza Valkyria Chronicles seriesMushiking Border Break series Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA series Virtua Fighter series Virtua Tennis series World Club Champion Football series Samba de Amigo series
Third-party (Formerly first-party) developer, publisher, and former console manufacturer; subsidiary of Sega Sammy Holdings Sensible Software Cambridge England United Kingdom 1986 Sensible Soccer series Cannon Fodder series Mega Lo Mania Wizball Wizkid Microprose Soccer Shoot-'Em-Up Construction Kit Parallax Sensible Golf Developer, studio closed and company acquired by Codemasters in 1999 Bend Studio Bend Oregon United States 1993 (Founded as Blank, Berlyn and Co., later Eidetic) Syphon Filter series Days Gone Founded by Blank, Berlyn and Co. and Eidetic, acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment as a part of SIE Worldwide Studios in 2000. San Mateo Studio (formerly Foster City Studio) San Mateo California United States 1998 Division of SIE Worldwide Studios ; relocated from Foster City to San Mateo Japan Studio Tokyo Japan 1993 Ape Escape series Ico Shadow of the Colossus Siren series Patapon series Loco Roco series Gravity Rush series Knack series The Last Guardian Fantavision Former division of SIE Worldwide Studios , re-organized into Team Asobi in 2021 [43] London Studio London England United Kingdom 2002 SingStar seriesDivision of SIE Worldwide Studios San Diego Studio San Diego California United States 2001 MLB: The Show seriesDivision of SIE Worldwide Studios Santa Monica Studio Los Angeles California United States 1999 God of War seriesDivision of SIE Worldwide Studios Studio Liverpool Liverpool England United Kingdom 1984 Wipeout series Formula One series Colony Wars seriesFormer Division of SIE Worldwide Studios ; shut down by Sony on August 22, 2012 Shaba Games San Francisco California United States 1997 Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Acquired by Activision in 2002; defunct in 2009 SIE Worldwide Studios Tokyo , Fukuoka , Santa Monica , Los Angeles , San Diego , Bend , Amsterdam , London , Guildford , Cambridge California , Washington , Oregon , England Japan, United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom 2005 A group of first-party development studios and subsidiaries owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment SingleTrac Salt Lake City Utah United States 1994 Twisted Metal 1–2 Jet Moto 1–2 Warhawk (1995) Defunct in 2000 Shengqu Games Shanghai China 1999 Acquired by Zhejiang Century Huatong in 2017 Sherman3D Petaling Jaya Malaysia 2003 Alpha Kimori Shin'en Multimedia Munich Germany 1999 Fast Racing League series Sierra Entertainment Oakhurst California United States 1979 Mystery House King's Quest series Space Quest series Police Quest series Leisure Suit Larry series Quest for Glory series Gabriel Knight seriesSubsidiary of Activision ; internal development ceased in 1999; closed in 2004 Silicon Knights St. Catharines Ontario Canada 1992 Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem Too Human Closed in 2014 Silicon Studio Tokyo Japan 2000 Bravely Default seriesThey still develop game middlewares but their game contents division was sold to CREEK & RIVER . [44] Simtex Austin Texas United States 1988 Master of Orion series Master of Magic Closed in 1997 skip Ltd. Tokyo Japan 2000 bit Generations series Chibi-Robo! seriesFormed by former employees of Love-de-Lic SkyBox Labs Burnaby British Columbia Canada 2011 Kinect Nat Geo TV Project Spark Acquired by NetEase Games in 2023. Slant Six Games Vancouver British Columbia Canada 2005 SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Defunct in 2013 Sledgehammer Games Foster City California United States 2009 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Subsidiary of Activision Snail Suzhou China 2000 Voyage Century Online Snapshot Games Sofia Bulgaria 2013 Chaos Reborn Acquired by Embracer Group in 2020. [19] Slightly Mad Studios London England United Kingdom 2008 Project CARS seriesAcquired by Codemasters in 2019 [45] Slipgate Ironworks Aars Denmark 2017 Rad Rodgers Formed by former employees of Interceptor Entertainment ; acquired by Embracer Group in 2021 Slitherine Software Epsom England United Kingdom 2000 Horrible Histories: Ruthless Romans Smilegate Seoul South Korea 2002 Crossfire series SNK Osaka Japan 2001 Fatal Fury series The King of Fighters series Metal Slug series Samurai Showdown series The Last Blade series World Heroes seriesAcquired by 37Games in 2015; game hardware and software developer/publisher/manufacture Sobee Studios Istanbul Turkey 2000 I Can Football Süpercan Merged into TTNET ; closed in 2013 Snowblind Studios Seattle Washington United States 1997 Top Gear Overdrive Champions of Norrath Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment; defunct in 2012 Software 2000 Eutin Germany 1987 Pizza Tycoon seriesClosed in 2002 Sony Interactive Entertainment Tokyo (SIE, Inc.) San Mateo (SIE, LLC)
Japan (SIE, Inc.) California (SIE, LLC)
United States 1994 Various titles First-party developer, publisher and console manufacturer Sora Ltd. Tokyo Japan 2005 Kid Icarus: Uprising Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spellbound Entertainment Offenburg Germany 1994 Desperados series Arcania: Gothic 4 Closed in 2012 Spiders Paris France 2008 The Technomancer GreedFall Acquired by Bigben Interactive (latterly Nacon ) in 2019 [46] Spike Tokyo Japan 1991 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi seriesMerged with Chunsoft to become Spike Chunsoft in 2012 Spike Chunsoft Tokyo Japan 2012 Zero Escape series Danganronpa franchise AI: The Somnium Files Mystery Dungeon franchise Jump Force
The result of a merger between Spike and Chunsoft and is owned by Dwango Spil Games Hilversum Netherlands 2001 Web game developer/publisher. Acquired by Azerion. [47] [48] Splash Damage London England United Kingdom 2001 Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Brink Dirty Bomb Acquired by Leyou in 2016 and then Leyou was acquired by Tencent in 2020 Sports Interactive London England United Kingdom 1994 Championship Manager series Football Manager series Eastside Hockey Manager seriesAcquired by Sega in 2006 Sproing Interactive Media Vienna Austria 2001 Cursed Mountain Defunct in 2017; their assets were acquired by Purple Lamp Studios Square Enix Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan 1975 Final Fantasy franchise Mana series SaGa series Chrono Trigger Brave Fencer Musashi Star Ocean franchise Valkyrie Profile series Kingdom Hearts franchise Dragon Quest franchise Drakengard series Bravely Default series Octopath Traveler Front Mission series
Developer/publisher; previously known as Square Co. and Enix Squad Mexico City Mexico 2009 Kerbal Space Program series Stainless Games Newport England United Kingdom 1993 Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers series Stainless Steel Studios Cambridge Massachusetts United States 1998 Empire Earth Closed in 2005 Starbreeze Studios Uppsala Sweden 1998 Enclave Riddick Syndicate Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Stardock Plymouth Michigan United States 1991 Galactic Civilizations seriesDeveloper/publisher Sting Entertainment Tokyo Japan 1989 Baroque series Dungeon Travelers series Strategic Simulations Sunnyvale California United States 1979 Gold Box series Panzer General seriesClosed in 1994 Stoic Studio Austin Texas United States 2011 The Banner Saga seriesFounded by former employees of BioWare Strawdog Studios Derby England United Kingdom 2003 Geon series Straylight Studios Dunedin New Zealand 2004 Closed in 2009 Streamline Studios Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2001 Success Tokyo Japan 1978 Cotton series Sucker Punch Productions Bellevue Washington United States 1997 Rocket: Robot on Wheels Sly Cooper series Infamous series Ghost of Tsushima Division of SIE Worldwide Studios since 2011 Sumo Digital Sheffield England United Kingdom 2003 LittleBigPlanet 3 Crackdown 3 Subsidiary of Sumo Group Sunsoft Kōnan Aichi Japan 1978 Blaster Master Developer and publisher. Division of Sun Corporation. Supercell Helsinki Finland 2010 Clash of Clans Hay Day Boom Beach Clash Royale Subsidiary of Tencent Supermassive Games Guildford England United Kingdom 2008 Until Dawn Acquired by Nordisk Games , a subsidiary of Nordisk Film , in 2022 Supergiant Games San Francisco California United States 2009 Hades SuperVillain Studios Orange County California United States 2004 Order Up! acquired by Nicalis in 2017 Survios Los Angeles California United States 2013 Studio Wildcard Kirkland Washington United States 2014 Ark: Survival Evolved Swordfish Studios Birmingham England United Kingdom 2002 Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 Acquired by Vivendi Games in 2005 and then acquired by Codemasters in 2008; defunct in 2010 Swingin' Ape Studios Aliso Viejo California United States 2000 Metal Arms: Glitch in the System Acquired by Blizzard Entertainment StormRegion Budapest Hungary 2001 S.W.I.N.E. Codename: Panzers seriesAcquired by 10tacle Studios AG in 2007 and then defunct in 2008 Sunstorm Interactive Indianapolis Indiana United States 1995 Deer Hunter seriesDefunct in 2003 Syn Sophia Tokyo Japan 1995 WCW/nWo Revenge SimCity DS series Style Savvy seriesPretty Series franchise SystemSoft Beta Tokyo Japan 1999 Daisenryaku seriesSubsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software , successor of SystemSoft Alpha [49] Taito Shinjuku, Tokyo Japan 1953 Space Invaders Bubble Bobble seriesDeveloper/publisher; acquired by Square Enix Tango Gameworks Minato, Tokyo Japan 2010 The Evil Within series Ghostwire: Tokyo Hi-Fi Rush Acquired by ZeniMax Media in 2010, and founded by Shinji Mikami . Defunct in May 2024. Tag Games Dundee Scotland United Kingdom 2006 Acquired by Scopely in 2023 [50] TaleWorlds Entertainment Ankara Turkey 2005 Mount & Blade series Tamsoft Asakusa Japan 1992 Onechanbara series Senran Kagura series Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions T&E Soft Aichi Japan 1982 Hydlide seriesMerged into Spike Chunsoft in 2013 Tantalus Media Melbourne Victoria Australia 1994 mostly acquired by Keywords Studios in 2021 Tarsier Studios Malmö Sweden 2004 Little Nightmares Acquired by Embracer Group in 2019. [51] Tate Multimedia Warsaw Poland 2002 Kao the Kangaroo series Urban Trial Freestyle Team17 Ossett England United Kingdom 1990 Alien Breed series Worms series The Escapists series Overcooked series Team Asobi Tokyo Japan 2012 (as division of Japan Studio ) The Playroom , Astro Bot Rescue Mission , Astro's Playroom Division of SIE Worldwide Studios Team Bondi Sydney New South Wales Australia 2003 L.A. Noire Closed in 2011 Team Ico Tokyo Japan 1997 Ico Shadow of the Colossus Division of Japan Studio ; Their staffs moved to genDESIGN [ ja ] Team Ninja Tokyo Japan 1995 Ninja Gaiden series Dead or Alive franchise Nioh series Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 Division of Koei Tecmo Games ; formerly a division of Tecmo Techland Wrocław, Warszawa Poland 1991 Chrome series Call of Juarez series Dead Island series Dying Light Developer/publisher; mostly acquired by Tencent [52] Tecmo Tokyo Japan 1967 Ninja Gaiden series Dead or Alive franchise Monster Rancher series Gallop Racer series Fatal Frame seriesTecmo and Koei co-founded Koei Tecmo Holdings in 2009 and Tecmo was merged into Koei Tecmo Games in 2010 Telltale Games San Rafael California United States 2004 Sam & Max episodic series The Walking Dead series The Wolf Among Us Tales from the Borderlands Game of Thrones Minecraft: Story Mode Founded by former employees of LucasArts , defunct in 2018; their assets were acquired by LCG Entertainment Tencent Shenzhen China 1998 Developer, publisher, online services company Tencent Games Shenzhen China 2003 Ring of Elysium Division of Tencent Interactive Entertainment Tequila Works Madrid Spain 2009 Deadlight Terminal Reality Lewisville Texas United States 1994 Monster Truck Madness seriesClosed in 2013 Tetris Online Honolulu Hawaii United States 2006 Tetris Friends Closed in 2019 Teyon Kraków Poland 2006 Heavy Fire series Thatgamecompany Santa Monica California United States 2006 Journey Sky The Chinese Room Brighton England United Kingdom 2007 Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Subsidiary of Sumo Digital The Coalition Vancouver Canada 2010 Gears of War seriesSubsidiary of Microsoft Studios The Farm 51 Gliwice Poland 2005 Get Even The Initiative Santa Monica California United States 2018 Subsidiary of Microsoft Studios THQ Agoura Hills California United States 1989 Developer/publisher; defunct in 2013; their assets were acquired by Nordic Games, 505 Games , or Gearbox Software [53] THQ Nordic Vienna Austria 2011 SpellForce 3 Developer/publisher; subsidiary of Embracer Group Three Fields Entertainment Petersfield England United Kingdom 2014 Danger Zone series Dangerous Driving seriesFounded by the founders of Criterion Games Three Rings Design San Francisco California United States 2001 Doctor Who: Worlds in Time TimeGate Studios Sugar Land Texas United States 1998 Kohan series Section 8 series TiMi Studios Shenzhen China 2008 Call of Duty: Mobile Pokémon Unite Subsidiary of Tencent Games Toaplan Tokyo Japan 1984 Snow Bros . Developer of arcade games; went bankrupt and closed in 1994 Toby Fox United States 2015 Undertale Deltarune Toca Boca Stockholm Sweden 2010 Toca Life seriesSubsidiary of Spin Master ToeJam & Earl Productions San Francisco California United States 1989 (as Johnson Voorsanger Productions) ToeJam & Earl seriesFounded by Mark Voorsanger and Greg Johnson ; became defunct in 2003 Tokyo RPG Factory Tokyo Japan 2014 I Am Setsuna Lost Sphear Oninaki Subsidiary of Square Enix ; closed in 2024 [54] Toolworks Novato California United States 1980 Chessmaster 2000 Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Mario Is Missing! Acquired by Pearson plc TopWare Interactive Karlsruhe Germany 1995 Publisher (developing in Reality Pump Studios division) Torpex Games Bellevue Washington United States 2005 Schizoid Torus Games Bayswater Victoria Australia 1994 Scooby-Doo! First Frights Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Swamp Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing Monster Jam Tose Kyoto Japan 1979 The Legendary Starfy series Dragon Quest Monsters series Slime series World of Final Fantasy Super Princess Peach Toys for Bob Novato California United States 1989 Skylanders series Crash Bandicoot 4 Spyro Reignited Trilogy Former subsidiary of Activision Trapdoor Montreal Quebec Canada 2010 Warp Transmission Games Melbourne Victoria Australia 1996 Heroes of the Pacific Heroes Over Europe Closed in 2009 Traveller's Tales Knutsford England United Kingdom 1990 Lego series Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex Subsidiary of TT Games Treyarch Santa Monica California United States 1996 Call of Duty series Spider-Man (2002) Acquired by Activision in 2001. Treasure Tokyo Japan 1992 Gunstar Heroes Dynamite Headdy Guardian Heroes Alien Soldier Bangai-O Ikaruga Sin and Punishment Sin & Punishment: Star Successor Gaist Crusher tri-Ace Tokyo Japan 1995 Star Ocean franchise Valkyrie Profile seriesAcquired by Nepro Japan (currently NJ Holdings [ ja ] tri-Crescendo Tokyo Japan 1999 Digimon World Re:Digitize series Trion Worlds Redwood City California United States 2006 Rift Defunct in 2018; their assets were acquired by Gamigo [ de ] [55] Tripwire Interactive Roswell Georgia United States 2005 Killing Floor series Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 Acquired by Embracer Group in 2022 Triumph Studios Delft Netherlands 1997 Age of Wonders series Overlord seriesAcquired by Paradox Interactive Turn 10 Studios Redmond Washington United States 2001 Forza Motorsport seriesSubsidiary of Microsoft Studios Turtle Rock Studios Lake Forest California United States 2002 Left 4 Dead series Evolve Acquired by Tencent in 2021 Two Point Studios Farnham, Surrey England United Kingdom 2016 Two Point Hospital Formed by former employees of Lionhead Studios ; acquired by Sega in 2019 Two Tribes Amersfoort Netherlands 2000 Toki Tori Typhoon Games (HK) Hong Kong SAR China 2001 Subsidiary of Typhoon Entertainment (Asia) Ubisoft Montreuil-sous-Bois France 1986 Rayman series Assassin's Creed series Just Dance series Prince of Persia series Far Cry series ZombiU Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six series Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series Beyond Good & Evil seriesDeveloper/publisher Ubisoft Blue Byte Düsseldorf Germany 1988 Battle Isle series The Settlers series Anno seriesAcquired by Ubisoft Ubisoft Leamington Leamington Spa England United Kingdom 2002 DJ Hero series Guitar Hero Live Acquired by Activision in 2008 and acquired by Ubisoft in 2017 Ubisoft Reflections Newcastle upon Tyne England United Kingdom 1984 Driver series Destruction Derby seriesAcquired by Ubisoft UEP Systems Tokyo Japan 1985 Cool Boarders seriesDefunct in 2001 Ultimate Play the Game Ashby-de-la-Zouch England United Kingdom 1982 Jetpac Lunar Jetman Atic Atac Sabreman series Alien 8 Predecessor to Rare ; Defunct in 1988 Undead Labs Seattle Washington United States 2009 State of Decay seriesAcquired by Microsoft Studios in 2018 Underground Development Foster City California United States 1994 Guitar Hero: Van Halen Acquired by Activision in 2002; dissolved in 2010 United Front Games Vancouver British Columbia Canada 2006 ModNation Racers Sleeping Dogs LittleBigPlanet Karting Defunct in 2016 United Game Artists Tokyo Japan 1996 Space Channel 5 series Rez Subsidiary of Sega Universomo Tampere Finland 2002 Defunct in 2010 Unknown Worlds Entertainment San Francisco California United States 2001 Natural Selection series Subnautica seriesAcquired by Krafton in 2021 Valhalla Game Studios Tokyo Japan 2008 Devil's Third Momotaro Dentetsu 2017 Acquired by Wake Up Interactive in 2017 and merged into Wake Up Interactive by Tencent , its new parent company, in 2021 Valve Kirkland Washington United States 1996 Half-Life series Portal series Left 4 Dead series Team Fortress 2 Dota 2 Counter-Strike seriesDeveloper, publisher and distributor Vanillaware Chūō-ku, Osaka Japan 2002 Odin Sphere GrimGrimoire Muramasa: The Demon Blade Dragon's Crown 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Vanpool Tokyo Japan 1999 Tingle series Super Kirby Clash Kirby Fighters 2 Formed by former employees of Love-de-Lic ; closed in 2023 [56] Velan Studios Troy New York United States 2012 Knockout City Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Formed by former Vicarious Visions developers Venan Entertainment Cromwell Connecticut United States 2002 Ninjatown Their assets were acquired by Megaspace Industries. VG Entertainment Kyiv Ukraine 2012 Survarium Vostok Games was founded in March 2012 by former employees of GSC Game World , following that firm's closing Vic Tokai Shizuoka Japan 1984 Developer and publisher. Branch of Tokai Communications . Vicarious Visions Albany (Menands ) New York United States 1990 Guitar Hero series (Wii and DS version)Tony Hawk Skylanders: SuperChargers Crash Bandicoot series
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
Acquired by Activision in 2004; merged into Blizzard Entertainment in 2021. [57] Vigil Games Austin Texas United States 2005 Darksiders seriesSubsidiary of THQ ; defunct in 2013 Virtual Heroes Raleigh North Carolina United States 2004 Moonbase Alpha Virtuos Singapore 2004 Monster Jam: Path of Destruction Ghost Recon Predator Visceral Games Redwood City California United States 1998 Dead Space seriesFormerly known as EA Redwood Shores, former in-house development studio and subsidiary of Electronic Arts , closed in 2017. Visual Concepts Novato California United States 1988 NFL 2K NBA 2K series MLB 2K series NHL 2K series WWE 2K20 Subsidiary of 2K Volition Champaign Illinois United States 1996 Saints Row series Red Faction seriesAcquired by Koch Media in 2013 and managed by its Deep Silver division; transferred to the Gearbox Entertainment belonging to the same industrial group in 2022 and closed in 2023 Wahoo Studios Orem Utah United States 2001 Warhorse Studios Prague Czech Republic 2011 Kingdom Come: Deliverance Acquired by Koch Media in 2019 Wargaming Nicosia Minsk Cyprus 1998 World of Tanks World of Warplanes Developer/publisher Lesta Studio (formerly Wargaming Saint Petersburg) Saint Petersburg Russia 1991 World of Warships Former subsidiary of Wargaming Wargaming Seattle Redmond Washington United States 1998 Supreme Commander Subsidiary of Wargaming Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Chicago Illinois United States 1988 Batman: Arkham series Lego series F.E.A.R. series Mortal Kombat seriesDivision of Warner Bros. Entertainment which is a subsidiary of WarnerMedia WB Games Boston (formerly Turbine) Needham Massachusetts United States 1994 Asheron's Call series Dungeons & Dragons Online The Lord of the Rings Online Subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment WB Games - Avalanche (formerly Avalanche Software) Salt Lake City Utah United States 1995 Disney Infinity seriesSubsidiary of Disney Interactive Studios ; defunct in 2016 Webfoot Technologies Chicago Illinois United States 1993 Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku You Don't Know Jack! series[ which? ] Deadly Rooms of Death Creators of many Dragon Ball Z games for Atari; specializes in Nintendo platforms WeMade Seoul South Korea 2000 The Legend of Mir series Westone Bit Entertainment Tokyo Japan 1986 Wonder Boy series Monster World seriesBankrupt and became defunct in 2014 Westwood Studios Las Vegas Nevada United States 1985 Eye of the Beholder Dune II The Legend of Kyrandia series Monopoly (1995) Lands of Lore series Command & Conquer seriesAcquired by Electronic Arts in 1998 and closed in 2003. Wideload Games Chicago Illinois United States 2003 Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse Subsidiary of Disney Interactive Studios ; closed in 2014 Wildfire Studios Brisbane Queensland Australia 1995 Wizet studio (Nexon development 1st division) Seoul South Korea 1999 MapleStory Acquired by Nexon and became to its division Wolfire Games Berkeley California United States 2003 World Forge Voronezh Russia 2004 Ancient Wars: Sparta Founded by Burut Creative Team employees. Xbox Game Studios Redmond Washington United States 2002 Age of Empires series Crackdown series Forza Motorsport series Gears of War series Halo series Microsoft Flight Simulator series Zoo Tycoon seriesFirst-party developer, publisher, and console manufacturer; established as Microsoft Game Studios XPEC Entertainment Taipei Taiwan 2000 Bounty Hounds Developer/publisher Yager Development Berlin Germany 1999 Spec Ops: The Line mostly acquired by Tencent in 2021 Yuke's Osaka Japan 1993 WWE 2K series (–2018) Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain ZeniMax Online Studios Hunt Valley Maryland United States 2007 The Elder Scrolls Online Subsidiary of ZeniMax Media Inc Zen Studios Budapest Hungary 2003 Pinball FX seriesAcquired by Embracer Group in 2020. [19] Zipper Interactive Redmond Washington United States 1995 SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs series MechWarrior 3 Shut down in 2012 by Sony Computer Entertainment Zombie Studios Seattle Washington United States 1994 Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way Blacklight: Retribution ZootFly Ljubljana Slovenia 2002 Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death Acquired by Elektroncek Zynga San Francisco California United States 2007 FarmVille Zynga Poker Social network game developer; acquired by Take-Two Interactive in 2022 
