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Video game development companies

  • HexaDriveMasakazu Matsushita established HexaDrive in February 2007 within Osaka, Japan. He arrived at this decision after years of work as a programmer for Capcom.
  • NeoBards EntertainmentOn the 15th of February 2017, NeoBards Entertainment opened its doors in Hong Kong. The company emerged from a team of veterans who had previously worked…
  • M2 (game developer)M2 emerged as a Japanese video game developer and publisher with a singular focus on emulation. The company built its reputation by handling re-released…
  • Ubisoft TorontoJade Raymond stood in the Junction Triangle neighborhood of Toronto during September 2010 to open a new office inside a former General Electric building.
  • TaitōUkrainian refugee Michael Kogan established a business in Shanghai during 1944 called Taitung. The name combined the Chinese characters for Judea and East to…
  • SegaOn the 3rd of June 1960, Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart established a new company in Tokyo to take over the assets of Service Games of Japan.
  • Polygon MagicPolygon Magic emerged as a Japanese video game developer focused on arcade, console, and mobile platforms. The studio established itself by creating titles…
  • Team SilentKonami Computer Entertainment Tokyo established Team Silent to handle the first four entries in a new horror franchise. The group operated within the larger…
  • DimpsOn the 6th of March 2000, Takashi Nishiyama resigned from SNK. He faced a choice between moving his team to Tokyo or staying in Osaka.
  • System SacomSystem Sacom, also known as System Sacom Sales Corp., operates from an office in Tokyo. This Japanese electronics company sells electronic devices to the…
  • Double Helix GamesThe year was 2006 when Foundation 9 Entertainment purchased Shiny Entertainment. This acquisition came with a specific condition requiring the new studio to…
  • Sony Interactive EntertainmentIn 1993, Sony and Sony Music Entertainment Japan jointly established Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. in Tokyo to handle the company's ventures into the…
  • Team NinjaIn 1995, a group of game designers at the struggling Japanese company Tecmo formed a new division called Tecmo Creative #3.
  • Kojima ProductionsIn April 2005, a new team formed inside the Japanese giant Konami. This group took the name Kojima Productions and operated as a subsidiary of the larger…
  • TencentIn November 1998, five men gathered in a small office in Shenzhen to launch a company they named Tencent. The name came from the Chinese characters for…
  • NintendoOn the 23rd of September 1889, a craftsman named Fusajiro Yamauchi founded a small unincorporated establishment in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto.
  • Square (video game company)In September 1983, a software subsidiary named Square emerged within Den-Yu-Sha, an electric power conglomerate led by Kuniichi Miyamoto.
  • Bloober TeamOn the 6th of November 2008, Piotr Babieno and Piotr Bielatowicz launched Bloober Team in Kraków. The new studio began with twenty employees working out of a…
  • Screen Burn (company)Jon McKellan and Omar Khan established No Code on the 19th of August 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. McKellan had previously directed DLC packs for Alien…
  • Kadokawa ShotenGenyoshi Kadokawa established Kadokawa Shoten on the 10th of November 1945 in Tokyo. The company began its publishing journey with a specific imprint called…
  • Silicon KnightsDenis Dyack and Michael Mays established Silicon Knights in 1992 within the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. The company began its journey by developing…
  • Nihon FalcomMasayuki Kato established Nihon Falcom in 1981. The name Falcom came from the Millennium Falcon. The final n changed to an m to fit naming trends of that…
  • Square EnixSquare Enix began as two separate entities with distinct origins. Enix was founded on the 22nd of September 1975, by Yasuhiro Fukushima, an architect turned…
  • Annapurna InteractiveAnnapurna Interactive opened its doors on the 1st of December 2016 as a division of Annapurna Pictures. The company aimed to publish games that were…
  • Kuju (company)Ian Baverstock and Jonathan Newth opened Simis in 1989. The company produced flight simulator programs like MiG-29 Fulcrum.
  • SNKEikichi Kawasaki stood in a small office in Osaka on the 22nd of July 1978 and signed papers to reorganize Shin Nihon Kikaku into a stock company.
  • KonamiKagemasa Kōzuki opened a small business in Toyonaka, Osaka, on the 21st of March 1969. He rented and repaired jukeboxes for local bars and restaurants.
  • Xbox Game StudiosIn March 2000, Microsoft transitioned its internal Games Group into a wholly separate division named Microsoft Games. This move coincided with the public…
  • NamcoOn the 1st of June 1955, Japanese businessman Masaya Nakamura founded a company in Ikegami, Tokyo. The son of a shotgun repair business owner, Nakamura…
  • Media MoleculeOn the 4th of January 2006, four former Lionhead Studios employees incorporated Media Molecule in Guildford, Surrey. Mark Healey led the group alongside Alex…
  • Climax StudiosKarl Jeffery established Images Software Ltd. on the 3rd of February 1988 in Portsmouth, England. The new company began its life by developing and porting…
  • CapcomKenzo Tsujimoto stood at the helm of Irem Corporation in 1979 when he established a new entity called I.R.M. Corporation on the 30th of May 1979.
  • Electronic ArtsTrip Hawkins left Apple Inc. in February 1982 to launch a new venture called Amazin' Software. He met with Don Valentine of Sequoia Capital just months…
  • Origin SystemsRichard Garriott and his brother Robert stood in a Houston garage on the 3rd of March 1983. They started Origin Systems because Richard had trouble…
  • Behaviour InteractiveQuebec City, 1992. A small team gathered to launch Megatoon, a video game development studio that would eventually become Behaviour Interactive.
  • ZyngaMark Pincus launched Zynga in April 2007 under the name Presidio Media. The company changed its name to Zynga in July 2007, adopting a bulldog logo named…
  • Hudson SoftHudson Soft began as CQ Hudson, an amateur radio shop in Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Japan. The business opened on the 18th of May 1973, founded by brothers Yuji…