Acclaim Entertainment Inc., Activision Inc., ArtDink Corp., Atlus Company Ltd., Bandai Company Ltd., Capcom Co. Ltd., Codemasters, Crave Entertainment Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Eidos Interactive, FOX Interactive Inc., Gathering of Developers, INFOGRAMES Inc., Interplay Entertainment Corp., Konami Company Ltd., LucasArts Entertainment Co., Microsoft, Midway Games Inc., Namco Ltd., Rage Software, Rockstar Games, Sega Entertainment Inc., Sierra On-Line Inc., Sony Entertainment, Taito Corp., Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., TDK Systems, THQ, and Ubisoft

3DO The 3DO Company (NASDAQ: THDO) was founded in 1991 under the name SMSG, Inc. by Electronic Arts co-founder Trip Hawkins in a partnership with seven other companies, including Matsushita, AT&T, MCA, Time Warner, and Electronic Arts. The company's original objective was to create a next-generation, CD-based video game system which would be manufactured by various partners and licensees;
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AAcclaim Entertainment Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. developed, published, marketed and distributed interactive entertainment software for a variety of hardware platforms, including Sony's PlayStation 2, Microsoft's Xbox, and Nintendo's GameCube and Game Boy Advance and, to a lesser extent, personal computer systems. The company was founded in 1987 as a Delaware corporation, and maintained operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Australia and Japan.
..... Click the link for more information. Accolade Accolade was a video game developer and publisher of the 1980s and 1990s. It was founded in 1984 by game industry veterans Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead. Miller and Whitehead founded Accolade after leaving another game developer and publisher they had founded, Activision, the first third-party game developer.

Early historyAccording to legend, Miller and Whitehead named their company "Accolade" because it came before "Activision" alphabetically—inferring that Accolade was superior to their previous company. Apparently when forming Activision, they chose that name because it came before "Atari." Later, a new game development company, Acclaim apparently formulated their name because it came before "Accolade."
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Activision Activision ( NASDAQ:ATVI ) is a video and computer game publisher founded in 1979. Its first products were cartridges for the Atari 2600 video console system, and it is now one of the largest video game publishers in the world, second only to Electronic Arts.

HistoryPrior to the formation of Activision, video games were published exclusively by the makers of the systems the games
..... Click the link for more information. AdventureSoft AdventureSoft is a UK-based video game developer which was established in the 1980s by Mike Woodroffe, then owner of Callisto Computers, one of the very early computer shops. Callisto Computers was, amongst other things, an importer and reseller of Adventure International games.
In the beginning Adventure Soft operated out of Birmingham converting the Adventure International games by Scott Adams to run on microcomputers found in the United Kingdom market which were not currently supported. Adventure Soft employed Brian Howarth whose Mysterious Adventure series was the British answer to Scott Adams games, and who used the same game system as Scott to perform the ports.
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Artificial Studios Artificial Studios is a computer game development and engine development company founded in 2001.
Best known for their "Reality Engine", unveiled in 2004, a solution for games using next-generation DirectX9-powered graphics in the 2006 timeframe. This is one of several "next-gen" engines, see Game Engines.

Artificial Studios are currently working on their flagship engine title, Cry Havoc . Cry Havoc is being designed on Artificial Studio's Reality Engine. It's conceived as a multiplayer 4-team First Person Shooter based on modern war tactics, combined with a deep Real Time Strategy layer.
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Atari
Atari Inc. is now the name of a French-owned (ex. Infogrames) game software company. The original company Atari was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles, and personal computers, and its dominance in those areas made it the major force in the computer entertainment industry in the early to mid 1980s. The brand has also been used at various times by Atari Games, a separate company split off in 1984.
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BioWare BioWare Corp. is a Canadian electronic entertainment company founded in February 1995 by medical doctors Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, and Augustine Yip. It is based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. BioWare specializes in creating computer and console video games and has become most famous for computer role-playing games. In particular it has created the Infinity Engine, which can be used as a core component for development of computer RPG games based on AD&D.
..... Click the link for more information. Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment is the name of a highly successful PC game developer and publisher. Since its release of Warcraft in 1994, every game it has released has been a best-seller. It is headquartered in Irvine, California.

 

OverviewBlizzard Entertainment was founded in 1991 as Silicon & Synapse by Mike Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. The company developed games like Rock & Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings (published by Interplay Productions) and then was acquired in 1994 by distributor Davidson & Associates for under $10 million USD. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit Warcraft.
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Bethesda Softworks
Founded in 1986, the Maryland-based video game developer Bethesda Softworks is perhaps best known for developing and publishing The Elder Scrolls RPG series. Other notable games include:

The Terminator series (Skynet, Future Shock)
Pirates of the Caribbean
Fallout 3 (in production)

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Broderbund Brøderbund is a maker of educational software that was founded by Doug and Gary Carlston in 1980, Brøderbund scored an early hit with the game Galactic Empire, written by Doug Carlston for the TRS-80. The company went on to become a powerhouse in the educational and entertainment software markets with titles like Choplifter, Lode Runner, Karateka, Wings of Fury, Prince of Persia, Print Shop, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and Myst, the latter of which stayed in the top 10 list of PC games for years.
..... Click the link for more information. Bullfrog Productions Bullfrog Productions is a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar. The company is perhaps most famous for their first release, the innovative Populous god game, released in 1989.
Electronic Arts, Bullfrog's publisher, acquired the studio in January 1995. Molyneux had became an Electronic Arts vice-president and consultant in 1994, after EA purchased a significant share of Bullfrog. Molyneux left Bullfrog in August 1997 to found Lionhead Studios.
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Bungie Studios Bungie Studios is a video game developer founded in 1991 under the name Bungie Software. For much of the 1990s they developed a series of increasingly technically detailed first person shooter (FPS) games for the Macintosh, the most famous being the Marathon series, following this with the acclaimed Myth tactical-combat series for both the Mac and Windows. Bungie games were particularly well-loved by players due to their complex backstories which often left more unanswered than revealed.
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CCapcom
CAPCOM is a radio communications term which is used by NASA and is short for "capsule communicator," the radio operator in mission control. This article is about Capcom the video game company.

Capcom (company)Capcom, which stands for Japan Capsule Computers, is a Japanese video game developer and video game publisher founded in 1979.

Over the years Capcom has created some of the biggest and longest running franchises. From the hugely influential platformer Mega Man (Rockman in Japan) series through the standard-bearing Street Fighter beat 'em ups to the new survival horror classic Resident Evil.
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Codemasters
Coleco Coleco is an amusement company that, among other things, has produced the following video game consoles:
Coleco Telstar Arcade Cartridges
Colecovision
It was founded in 1932 as the Connecticut Leather Company by a Russian immigrant Maurice Greenberg to sell leather supplies to shoemakers. This led to a business in leather craft kits in the 1950s which led to the sale of plastic wading pools in the 1960s. The leather part of the business was then sold off.
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Criterion Games
Crystal Dynamics
Cyberlore Studios Cyberlore Studios is a developer of computer games. Since 1992, they have produced titles based on MechWarrior, Risk, and Might and Magic. They are currently producing (2004), a simulation game based on the life of Hugh Hefner and Playboy.
The company is based in Northampton, Massachusetts.

 

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DDisney Interactive
Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation)

The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. or simply "Disney") was founded in 1923 by Walt Disney and is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. The company's corporate headquarters are located in Burbank, California. Disney had revenues of 22 billion USD in 2002. It trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'DIS'. The company was originally named Walt Disney Productions; the name was changed on February 6, 1986.
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DMA Design Rockstar North (formerly DMA Design) is a developer of computer and video games based in Dundee, Scotland. It is the developer of Grand Theft Auto 3 and its follow-up, , two of the best-selling games of this console generation; in its earlier guise as DMA, it was responsible for originating the monumentally successful Lemmings franchise.
Founded by Dave Jones, the
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EElectronic Arts Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) is a leading video game developer and publisher. It was founded in 1982 by Trip Hawkins. As such, it is the largest video game publishers in the world, with sales exceeding $2 billion (US) annually. EA's success over the years was built upon a huge library of popular video games. In the early days of home computers, EA routinely ported their most popular titles across all platforms.
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Founded in 1990 as a company specialising in video compression, Eidos began moving into games in 1995 with the acquisition of Domark (Known for 3D Construction Kit, Championship Manager, Hard Drivin' and many others). They also bought out Core Design (Probably best known for Chuck Rock, Curse of Enchantia, Heimdall and Rick Dangerous) and US Gold (Cybercon III], E-Motion, and Out Run))
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Epic MegaGames Epic Games is a computer game development company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The company was formerly known as Epic MegaGames.
Epic MegaGames was founded in 1991 by Tim Sweeney in Rockville, Maryland. It released its first game, ZZT, in the same year. The company soon began to make a name for itself by developing shareware games such as Epic Pinball, Jill of the Jungle and Jazz Jackrabbit.
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Epyx Epyx, Inc. was a notable computer game developer and publisher in the 1980s' game console and home computer arena. Among its best known titles are the Summer Games and Winter Games series, the Temple of Apshai series, Jumpman, and the "Computer Activity Toys" licenses of Hot Wheels, GI Joe and Barbie.
For the bestselling Commodore 64 home computer, Epyx made the
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Eurocom

FFiraxis Games Firaxis Games is a computer game developer. It was founded in 1996 by Sid Meier and Jeff Briggs upon leaving Microprose. The company focuses on strategy games and is based in Hunt Valley, Maryland.
Firaxis has produced several games, including Gettysburg and Antietam, based on their namesake famous American Civil War battles. Sid Meier's SimGolf was a co-production with Will Wright of SimCity and The Sims fame. Alpha Centauri is a space colonization game taking place in the namesake star system. Perhaps their most popular release has been Civilization III, a sequel to Meier's Civilization series.
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First Star Software First Star Software, Inc. is a computer game development, publishing and licensing company, founded in 1982. It is best known for its classic titles Boulder Dash and Spy vs. Spy (based on the Mad magazine feature), originally written for 8-bit home computers like the Apple II, Atari 400/800, and Commodore 64.
The company's games were also licensed to be ported
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Funcom Funcom Productions A/S is a Norwegian computer and video game developer and publisher. The company was formed in 1993, and is based in Oslo, Norway. FunCom's best-known games are Anarchy Online and The Longest Journey.

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GGearbox Software
GT Interactive GT Interactive was a video game developer founded in 1993 and bought by Infogrames in 1999.
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GameSpot.com - Games by GT Interactive

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HHasbro Interactive
Hudson
Human
Human Head Studios

Iid Software
Iguana Entertainment
Imagic
Infocom
Infogrames
Intelligent Systems
Interplay Entertainment
Ion Storm Inc.

KKoei
Konami

LLlamasoft
Lionhead
LucasArts
Luxoflux

MMattel
Mattel Electronics
Maxis
Melbourne House
Microprose
Microsoft
Midway Games
Mindscape, Inc.
MUSE Software

NNamco
Neuron Entertainment
Nintendo

OOrigin

PPandemic Studios
Penguin Software
Psygnosis

RRareware
Reflexive Entertainment
Revolution Software
Ritual Entertainment

SSCEA
SCEE
Sega
Silicon Knights
Sierra Entertainment
SNK
Sony Computer Entertainment
Spectrum Holobyte
Spiderweb Software
Square Enix
Strategic Simulations, Inc.

TTaito Corporation
Take Two Interactive
Taxan
Team 17
Technos Japan Corporation
Tecmo
THQ
Timegate Studios
Treyarch
Troika Games

UUbisoft
Universal Interactive
US Gold

VValve Software
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Vision Park
Vivendi Universal Games

WWangame Studios
Westwood Studios
Working Designs