Mr. Hasselhoff
03-14-2008, 11:00 PM
Who is your game developer and why?
I've compiled a huge game publisher mega-thread, so feel free to add any that I miss.
Electronic-Arts (EA)
Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for their games. EA was just a publisher for its first few years and exclusively published for home computers, but began developing games in-house in the late 1980s and started supporting consoles in the early 1990s. Also in the 1990s, EA began to expand by acquiring several successful developers and, as of the early 2000s, EA has become one of the world's largest third-party publishers, with a net revenue of US$3.129 billion for its fiscal year March 31, 2005.[2] Currently, the company's most successful products are sports games published under their EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses and games from long-running franchises like Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, The Sims, Command & Conquer and the later games in the Burnout series.
Popular Game Titles:
Battlefield Series
The Sims Series
Medal of Honor Series
Need for Speed Series
MADDEN & the majority sports games
SimCity SeriesTake-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of video and computer games and video game peripherals. The company's headquarters are in New York City, United States, with international headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Development studio locations include San Diego, Vancouver, Toronto and Austin, Texas.
Take Two has developed and published many notable games, including the Grand Theft Auto series, the Midnight Club racing series, controversial games Manhunt and Manhunt 2 and most recently BioShock. It is also noted for its 2kX series of sports games. It also acted as the publisher of Bethesda Softwork's 2006/07 game, The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.
Take Two is the target of a hostile takeover bid from rival Electronic Arts issued in February 200
Popular Game Titles:
Grand Theft Auto Series
Civilization Series
Red Dead Revoler
Bioshock
Midnight Club Series
Duke Nukem
Gotham RacingActivision
Activision, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI is an American video game developer and publisher. It was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles, founded on October 1, 1979. [1] Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600 video console system, and it is now one of the largest third party video game publishers in the world, so far being the top publisher of 2007 in the U.S. [2] On January 18, 2008, Activision announced they were the top US publisher in 2007, according to the NPD Group.[3]
On December 2, 2007, it was announced that Activision would merge with Vivendi Games. The new company will be called Activision Blizzard.[4]
Popular Game Titles:
Quake Series (All but the 1st one)
Solder of Fortune
Wolfenstein 3D
Guitar Hero
Star-Wars Jedi Academy
Tony Hawk Series
MechWarrior Series
Doom 3
THQ
THQ Inc. (Toy Headquarters) is a global American developer and publisher of video games. The company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices. THQ's titles span most major interactive entertainment software genres, including action, adventure, racing, fighting and wrestling, first person shooter, puzzle, role-playing, simulation, sports, and strategy.
The company maintains a balance of internally created and externally licensed content in its product portfolio. THQ's internally created franchises include Saints Row, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Red Faction, MX vs ATV, Company of Heroes and others. The company also holds exclusive, long-term licensing agreements with leading sports and entertainment content creators including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Games Workshop (Warhammer 40,000), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Nickelodeon and Disney·Pixar.
Popular Game Titles:
Worms
Destroy All Humans
Red Faction Series
MX vs ATV Unleashed Series
The Punisher
Twisted Metal
Frontlines - Fuel of War
S.TA.L.K.E.R.: Shadows of Chernobyl
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a French computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. The company has facilities in over 20 countries, including development studios in Montréal and Québec City, Quebec, Canada; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China; North Carolina, USA; Düsseldorf, Germany; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, Romania; Casablanca, Morocco and Milan, Italy, amongst other locations.
As of 2004, it was the third-largest independent video game publisher in Europe, and the seventh largest in the United States. Ubisoft's revenue for 2002-2003 was €453 million; for fiscal year 2003-2004, this grew to €508 million. As of 2005, Ubisoft employed more than 3,500 people, of which over 1,700 are classed as working in production. The company's largest development studio is Ubisoft Montreal, which in 2004 employed approximately 1,600 people.[1] Yves Guillemot, a founding brother, was the chairman and CEO.
Popular Game Titles:
Splintercell Series
Tom Clancy Series
Far Cry
Assassin's Creed
Prince of Persia SeriesMicrosoft Game Studios
Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 (formerly the Microsoft Game Division or Microsoft Games), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. which develops and publishes video games for Windows-based PCs and the Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. MGS publishes games for several Microsoft-owned first-party developers, such as Lionhead and Rare Ltd.. MGS has also published games created by third-party developers, such as Bioware and Bizarre Creations as of October 2007.
Popular Game Titles:
Halo Series
Microsoft Flight Simulator Series
Age of Empires Series
Rise of Nations
Mech Warrior Series
Nintendo
Nintendo Company, Limited (??????? Nintendo- Kabushiki-kaisha?; TYO: 7974, NASDAQ: NTDOY, FWB: NTO) is a Japanese multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards.[2] In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company.[3] Over time, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry and Japan’s third most valuable listed company with a market value of more than US$85 billion.[4] Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington, USA. They are also the partial owner of the Atlanta Hawks, an NBA team based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.[citation needed]
Nintendo has the distinction of historically being both the oldest intact company in the video game console market and one of the largest and best-known console manufacturers, as well as being the dominant entity in the handheld console market.
Popular Game Titles:
Mario Series
Donkey Kong Series
Supersmash Brothers Series
I've compiled a huge game publisher mega-thread, so feel free to add any that I miss.
Electronic-Arts (EA)
Electronic Arts (EA) (NASDAQ: ERTS) is an American developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of computer and video games. Established in 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers responsible for their games. EA was just a publisher for its first few years and exclusively published for home computers, but began developing games in-house in the late 1980s and started supporting consoles in the early 1990s. Also in the 1990s, EA began to expand by acquiring several successful developers and, as of the early 2000s, EA has become one of the world's largest third-party publishers, with a net revenue of US$3.129 billion for its fiscal year March 31, 2005.[2] Currently, the company's most successful products are sports games published under their EA Sports label, games based on popular movie licenses and games from long-running franchises like Need for Speed, Medal of Honor, The Sims, Command & Conquer and the later games in the Burnout series.
Popular Game Titles:
Battlefield Series
The Sims Series
Medal of Honor Series
Need for Speed Series
MADDEN & the majority sports games
SimCity SeriesTake-Two Interactive
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) is an American publisher, developer, and distributor of video and computer games and video game peripherals. The company's headquarters are in New York City, United States, with international headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Development studio locations include San Diego, Vancouver, Toronto and Austin, Texas.
Take Two has developed and published many notable games, including the Grand Theft Auto series, the Midnight Club racing series, controversial games Manhunt and Manhunt 2 and most recently BioShock. It is also noted for its 2kX series of sports games. It also acted as the publisher of Bethesda Softwork's 2006/07 game, The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.
Take Two is the target of a hostile takeover bid from rival Electronic Arts issued in February 200
Popular Game Titles:
Grand Theft Auto Series
Civilization Series
Red Dead Revoler
Bioshock
Midnight Club Series
Duke Nukem
Gotham RacingActivision
Activision, Inc. NASDAQ: ATVI is an American video game developer and publisher. It was the first independent developer and distributor of video games for gaming consoles, founded on October 1, 1979. [1] Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600 video console system, and it is now one of the largest third party video game publishers in the world, so far being the top publisher of 2007 in the U.S. [2] On January 18, 2008, Activision announced they were the top US publisher in 2007, according to the NPD Group.[3]
On December 2, 2007, it was announced that Activision would merge with Vivendi Games. The new company will be called Activision Blizzard.[4]
Popular Game Titles:
Quake Series (All but the 1st one)
Solder of Fortune
Wolfenstein 3D
Guitar Hero
Star-Wars Jedi Academy
Tony Hawk Series
MechWarrior Series
Doom 3
THQ
THQ Inc. (Toy Headquarters) is a global American developer and publisher of video games. The company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices. THQ's titles span most major interactive entertainment software genres, including action, adventure, racing, fighting and wrestling, first person shooter, puzzle, role-playing, simulation, sports, and strategy.
The company maintains a balance of internally created and externally licensed content in its product portfolio. THQ's internally created franchises include Saints Row, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Red Faction, MX vs ATV, Company of Heroes and others. The company also holds exclusive, long-term licensing agreements with leading sports and entertainment content creators including World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Games Workshop (Warhammer 40,000), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Nickelodeon and Disney·Pixar.
Popular Game Titles:
Worms
Destroy All Humans
Red Faction Series
MX vs ATV Unleashed Series
The Punisher
Twisted Metal
Frontlines - Fuel of War
S.TA.L.K.E.R.: Shadows of Chernobyl
Ubisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment (formerly Ubi Soft) is a French computer and video game publisher and developer with headquarters in Montreuil-sous-Bois, France. The company has facilities in over 20 countries, including development studios in Montréal and Québec City, Quebec, Canada; Barcelona, Spain; Shanghai, China; North Carolina, USA; Düsseldorf, Germany; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, Romania; Casablanca, Morocco and Milan, Italy, amongst other locations.
As of 2004, it was the third-largest independent video game publisher in Europe, and the seventh largest in the United States. Ubisoft's revenue for 2002-2003 was €453 million; for fiscal year 2003-2004, this grew to €508 million. As of 2005, Ubisoft employed more than 3,500 people, of which over 1,700 are classed as working in production. The company's largest development studio is Ubisoft Montreal, which in 2004 employed approximately 1,600 people.[1] Yves Guillemot, a founding brother, was the chairman and CEO.
Popular Game Titles:
Splintercell Series
Tom Clancy Series
Far Cry
Assassin's Creed
Prince of Persia SeriesMicrosoft Game Studios
Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), branded with current logo and moniker in 2002 (formerly the Microsoft Game Division or Microsoft Games), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corp. which develops and publishes video games for Windows-based PCs and the Xbox and Xbox 360 video game consoles. MGS publishes games for several Microsoft-owned first-party developers, such as Lionhead and Rare Ltd.. MGS has also published games created by third-party developers, such as Bioware and Bizarre Creations as of October 2007.
Popular Game Titles:
Halo Series
Microsoft Flight Simulator Series
Age of Empires Series
Rise of Nations
Mech Warrior Series
Nintendo
Nintendo Company, Limited (??????? Nintendo- Kabushiki-kaisha?; TYO: 7974, NASDAQ: NTDOY, FWB: NTO) is a Japanese multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards.[2] In the mid-twentieth century, the company tried several small niche businesses, such as a love hotel and a taxi company.[3] Over time, it became a video game company, growing into one of the most powerful in the industry and Japan’s third most valuable listed company with a market value of more than US$85 billion.[4] Aside from video games, Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners, a Major League Baseball team in Seattle, Washington, USA. They are also the partial owner of the Atlanta Hawks, an NBA team based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.[citation needed]
Nintendo has the distinction of historically being both the oldest intact company in the video game console market and one of the largest and best-known console manufacturers, as well as being the dominant entity in the handheld console market.
Popular Game Titles:
Mario Series
Donkey Kong Series
Supersmash Brothers Series