Video game development is one of the most lucrative and constantly evolving digital business areas, generating billions of dollars in cash flows. Virtual technologies are continually improving, which allows developers to amaze players with every game release. Today I bring to your attention an overview of world-famous companies that create game worlds for us.
Sony Computer Entertainment
It is an American video game company, one of the Sony Corporation divisions specializing in video games and video game consoles. In the 90s, Sony was at its peak in terms of progress and profits. It was then, in 1993, with the creation of the daughter of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), work began on the first version of the Sony PlayStation, and a year later, the game console saw the world. Today SCEI develops video games, hardware, and software for PlayStation consoles, and the company also publishes video games designed for its consoles. SCEI has large offices in the USA, Europe, Asia, Brazil, and Oceania.
Notable video games: God of War, Minecraft, The Last of Us, Spider-Man, Uncharted, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, Bloodborne, Uncharted, and dozens of others.
Electronic Arts
It is one of the first gaming companies, founded by Trip Hopkins in 1982, who spared almost all of his savings for start-up capital. This American corporation develops games in different genres, but its most successful products are sports simulators and strategies. Initially, EA was only a game publishing company, but it began to develop its console projects with the advent of the new century. Today, this industry giant has 24 studios worldwide and launched the Pogo project that offers casual titles.
Notable video games: Battlefield, FIFA, Need for Speed, NBA Live, Medal of Honor, Apex Legends, The Sims, and many more.
Activision Blizzard
This list could not have been complete without the company that created the best multiplayer strategy games. It was founded in 2008 through the merger of Vivendi Games and Activision. Before becoming a division of Activision Blizzard, Blizzard Entertainment released WarCraft in 1995. Today the company is known for developing and distributing interactive entertainment software and gaming products. Categories of video games include action, racing, RPG, simulation, and strategy.
Notable video games: Warcraft, Call of Duty, Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Destiny, Diablo, StarCraft, Heroes of the Storm, and many others.
Nintendo
This legendary studio, founded back in 1889, revolutionized the history of the gaming industry and created such iconic characters as Mario and Zelda. In the beginning, Hiroshi Yamauchi’s great-grandfather, who turned the company into a game developer, was engaged in the production of playing cards. The business began to sell children’s toys and eventually electronic games. In fact, how we interact with video games today was dictated by this particular company, and Super Mario Bros was the starting point. Today the company is based in Kyoto and has been producing hardware and software for several generations of Nintendo Switch, Wii U, and Wii consoles.
Notable video games: Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid, and Pokémon.
Ubisoft
The company’s history dates back to 1986 when the five Guilmeaux brothers founded Ubisoft in France. In 1994, offices were opened in Canada, and at the same time, the super popular game Raymond was presented to the world. In the early 2000s, the company acquired the rights to publish games based on the books of Tom Clancy, which was a new stage in the development of the company. Perhaps the most famous creation of this industry giant is a series of video games released in 2007 called Assassin’s Creed. Today this French company specializes in the development and publication of computer games. Ubisoft is one of the largest game publishers in Europe, with studios in over 20 countries.
Notable video games: Splinter Cell, Anno, Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Rayman 3, etc.
