Studios beginning with E

Black Box Games, bought by EA, made Need for Speed Underground and Skate.

1 title in the dataset

Distinctive Software became EA's Vancouver sports factory behind FIFA and NHL.

1 title in the dataset

Designer of Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, which set the roguelite template.

1 title in the dataset

Danish media group's short-lived games publishing arm.

Tomb Raider's publisher, assembled from Domark and US Gold, bought by Square Enix in 2009.

Founded to continue Deus Ex and Thief; sold with Crystal Dynamics to Embracer in 2022.

2 titles in the dataset

Trip Hawkins's 'software artists' label that became a serial acquirer of development studios.

1 title in the dataset

Last Epoch's developer, an action RPG built by fans of the Diablo lineage.

1 title in the dataset

Founded by ex-EA and DICE head Patrick Soderlund; Nexon funded and then bought it.

1 title in the dataset

Acquisition machine that absorbed THQ, Deep Silver, Gearbox and Eidos before breaking itself apart.

Dragon Quest publisher that worked through contracted outside teams; merged with Square in 2003.

Age of Empires developer; Microsoft bought it in 2001 and closed it in 2009.

2 titles in the dataset

Potomac Computer Systems became Epic MegaGames then Epic Games; Unreal, Fortnite and a 40% Tencent stake.

5 titles in the dataset

Epic's publishing label offering full funding and even revenue splits to outside studios.

Made Another World alone, inventing cinematic rotoscoped storytelling on the Amiga.

1 title in the dataset

Successive DotA modders; IceFrog joined Valve in 2009 to build Dota 2.

1 title in the dataset

Maddy Thorson's studio, which grew Celeste from a four-day game jam prototype.

1 title in the dataset