Monday, December 28, 2009

complete list of video games companies

1C Company


2K Games (Publishing label of Take-Two Interactive)

3DO (console manufacturer) (defunct)

505 Games

Acclaim Entertainment (defunct) - Now known as Acclaim Games

Accolade (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)

Access Software (Acquired by Microsoft, sold to Take Two Interactive, renamed Indie Built, name retired)

Activision (Merged with Vivendi Games to form Activision Blizzard in July 2008, Part of Activision Blizzard as well)

Activision Blizzard

Aventurine SA

Agetec

Akella

Alchemist

Alten8

Aspyr Media

Atari (Acquired by Infogrames)

Atlus

Bandai Games (merged with Namco as Namco Bandai Games)

Banpresto (Acquired by Namco Bandai Games)

Bethesda Softworks

Big Fish Games

Blue Byte Software (Acquired by Ubisoft)

Boonty

Brøderbund (Acquired by Ubisoft, eventually sold to The Learning Company, no longer publishes video games)

Blizzard Entertainment (Part of Activision Blizzard as of July 2008)

Brash Entertainment (defunct)

Buka Entertainment (Acquired by 1C Company)

Bungie

Capcom

CD Projekt

Cdv Software Entertainment

Codemasters

Coleco (console manufacturer) (defunct)

Compedia

Conspiracy Entertainment

Crave Entertainment

Crystal Dynamics (Acquired by Eidos Interactive)

Data East (defunct)

Deep Silver

Destineer

Disney Interactive Studios

DreamCatcher Games (Acquired by JoWooD Productions)

Eidos Interactive (Acquired by SCi Entertainment then by Square Enix, now a brand for its developers for the company, also Square Enix will publish future Eidos games starting in 2010)

Electronic Arts

Empire Interactive (defunct)

Enix (Merged with Squaresoft as Square Enix)

Epyx (defunct)

Epic Games

First Star Software

Fox Interactive (acquired by Activision Blizzard)

Fresh Games (Publishing label for Eidos Interactive)

Funcom

Gamecock (Acquired by SouthPeak Interactive)

Global Star Software (Publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, name retired)

GOD Games (Acquired by Take-Two Interactive, name retired)

Got Game Entertainment

Gremlin Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)

GT Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames)

Gust Corporation

Hasbro Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames)

Her Interactive

Hudson Soft (Acquired by Konami)

Ignition Entertainment

IllFonic

Imagic (defunct)

Infinity Ward

Infocom (Acquired by Activision, name retired)

Infogrames (Renamed Atari)

Interceptor Micros (defunct)

Interplay Entertainment

inXile Entertainment

Jaleco (no longer publishes video games)

JoWooD Productions

Kemco

Koei (merged into Tecmo Koei)

Konami

Legacy Interactive

Lighthouse Interactive (defunct)

Linux Game Publishing

LJN (Acquired by Acclaim Entertainment, defunct)

LucasArts

Mad Genius Software (defunct)

Majesco Entertainment

Mashiyu Entertainment America

Matrix Games

Mattel Interactive (console manufacturer) (Merged with The Learning Company)

Melbourne House (Acquired by Krome Studios)

Microïds

MicroIllusions (defunct)

MicroProse (Acquired by Hasbro Interactive, name retired)

Microsoft Game Studios

Midway Games (Assets acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive and THQ)

Mindscape, Inc. (No longer publishes video games)

MTV Games

Muse Software (defunct)

Myelin Media

Namco (Merged with Bandai Games as Namco Bandai Games)

Namco Bandai

NCsoft

New World Computing (purchased by 3DO)

Nexon

Nintendo

Ocean Software (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)

Origin Systems (Acquired by Electronic Arts)

O3 Entertainment

Palladium Interactive (Acquired by The Learning Company)

Parroty Interactive (defunct), a division of Palladium Interactive

Paradox Interactive

Penguin Software (defunct)

Phantom EFX

PlayFirst

Playlogic Entertainment, Inc.

Play Ten Interactive

PopCap Games

Programma International (defunct)

Psygnosis (defunct)

Rare (Acquired by Microsoft Game Studios)

Red Storm Entertainment (Acquired by Ubisoft)

Rising Star Games

Rocket Science Games (defunct)

Rockstar Games (Currently a publishing label for Take-Two Interactive)

Sammy Studios (merged with Sega as Sega Sammy Holdings)

SCi Entertainment (Changed name to Eidos plc, acquired by Square Enix, name retired)

Sega (merged with Sammy Studios as Sega Sammy Holdings)

Sega Sammy Holdings

Shrapnel Games

Sierra Entertainment (Folded into Activision) (Defunct)

SNK Playmore

Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Pictures Digital (mobile phone games)

SouthPeak Interactive

Spectrum HoloByte (Acquired by Hasbro Interactive)

Squaresoft (Merged with Enix to create Square Enix)

Square Electronic Arts (Owned by Square and Electronic Arts. Folded back into Square and changed to Square Enix)

Square Enix

Stardock

Strategic Simulations, Inc. ("SSI") (Acquired by Ubisoft, name retired)

Strategy First

Success

Sunsoft (Closed U.S. Offices, operates out of Japan)

Taito (Acquired by Square Enix)

Takara (Merged with Tomy to form Takara Tomy in March 2006)

Takara Tomy

Take-Two Interactive

TalonSoft (Acquired by Take-Two Interactive, name retired)

Taxan (No longer publishes video games)

Technōs Japan (defunct) (Assets acquired by Atlus)

Tecmo (merged into Tecmo Koei)

Tecmo Koei

Tengen (defunct)

The Learning Company (Merged with Mattel Interactive, no longer publishes video games)

THQ

Titus Software (defunct)

Tradewest (Acquired by Midway Games, name retired)

Treyarch

Tomy (Merged with Takara to form Takara Tomy in March 2006)

TopWare Interactive (Acquired by Zuxxez Entertainment)

TT Games (Merger of Giant Interactive and Traveller's Tales) (Acquired by Warner Bros. InteractiveUbisoft

Ultimate Play the Game (defunct)

Ultra Games (Publishing label for Konami, name retired)

US Gold (Acquired by Eidos Interactive)

Virgin Interactive (defunct)

Vivendi Games (Merged with Activision to form Activision Blizzard in July 2008)

Valusoft

Warner Bros. Interactive

Xseed Games

XS Games

Zuxxez Entertainment

Zoo Digital Publishing