Studios beginning with A
22 companies in the dataset.
1925 · Soviet Union
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Its Moscow Computing Centre employed Alexey Pajitnov and owned Tetris's early rights.
1984–1999 · USA
Accolade
Founded by two of Activision's founders; won the landmark Sega reverse-engineering lawsuit.
1980–1986 · England
Acornsoft
Acorn's software arm, publisher of Elite on the BBC Micro.
1979 · USA
Activision
Founded by four Atari programmers denied credit and royalties; the first third-party console publisher.
3 titles in the dataset
2008 · USA
Activision Blizzard
Created by Activision's merger with Vivendi Games and Blizzard; bought by Microsoft in 2023.
2007–2022 · USA
Adult Swim Games
The cable network's games label, publisher of Rain World, Duck Game and Headlander.
— · USA
Advanced Microcomputer Systems
Rick Dyer's company, which built Dragon's Lair around Don Bluth's animation.
1 title in the dataset
— · Australia
Alexander Bruce
Solo creator of Antichamber, a first-person puzzle game built on impossible geometry.
1 title in the dataset
— · Russia
Alexey Pajitnov
Wrote Tetris at a Soviet research centre and saw no royalties for a decade.
1 title in the dataset
— · Japan
Amccus
Small Japanese developer of console strategy and simulation titles.
1 title in the dataset
— · Canada
Andrew Shouldice
Solo developer of Tunic, an isometric adventure whose manual is its central puzzle.
1 title in the dataset
2016 · USA
Annapurna Interactive
Film financier's games label backing authored, emotionally driven titles.
1989–1995 · Japan
Ape Inc.
Shigesato Itoi's Nintendo-backed studio behind EarthBound; became Creatures Inc.
1 title in the dataset
1987–1996 · USA
Apogee Software
Scott Miller's shareware publisher, which funded Commander Keen and Duke Nukem.
1982–2004 · England
Argonaut Games
Jez San's studio; its Super FX chip put polygons in Star Fox on the SNES.
1 title in the dataset
1999 · France
Arkane Studios
Lyon studio that became the immersive sim's home after Looking Glass folded; makers of Dishonored.
4 titles in the dataset
2008 · Sweden
Arrowhead Game Studios
Magicka and Helldivers developer, built on friendly fire as a design principle.
1 title in the dataset
2002 · France
Asobo Studio
Bordeaux studio behind A Plague Tale and Microsoft Flight Simulator's 2020 revival.
1 title in the dataset
1972–1996 · USA
Atari
Nolan Bushnell's company created the arcade and home-console markets before the 1983 crash.
10 titles in the dataset
1984–2003 · USA
Atari Games
The coin-op half of Atari after the 1984 split; ended as Midway Games West.
2 titles in the dataset
1986 · Japan
Atlus
Shin Megami Tensei and Persona house, acquired by Sega in 2013 after Index's collapse.
5 titles in the dataset
2003 · Sweden
Avalanche Studios
Just Cause's developer, specialists in large open worlds and physics-driven destruction.
1 title in the dataset