Studios beginning with N

Arcade pioneer behind Pac-Man; merged its games business with Bandai's in 2006.

9 titles in the dataset

Masaya Matsuura's studio, which invented the rhythm game with PaRappa the Rapper.

2 titles in the dataset

Developer and publisher associated with Harvest Moon's Western releases.

Jam Software became Naughty Dog: Crash Bandicoot, Jak, Uncharted and The Last of Us.

6 titles in the dataset

Lineage's developer, the company that made subscription MMOs a mass market in Korea.

Korean publisher whose Round8 studio made Lies of P.

Chinese internet giant's games arm, both a huge domestic publisher and a global studio investor.

1 title in the dataset

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater studio, founded by ex-Sculptured staff; merged into Infinity Ward in 2014.

3 titles in the dataset

Might and Magic and Heroes creators; died with its owner 3DO in 2003.

2 titles in the dataset

Pioneered free-to-play with microtransactions through MapleStory and Dungeon Fighter.

Spun out of Google in 2015; Ingress's map data became Pokemon Go.

2 titles in the dataset

Publisher that brought Cave Story and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth to consoles.

Heavenly Sword and Hellblade developer, bought by Microsoft in 2018.

Hanafuda card maker turned console giant whose internal R&D groups defined arcade, handheld and home-console design.

Miyamoto's flagship studio: Mario, Zelda, Wii Sports; merged into EPD in 2015.

29 titles in the dataset

Consolidation of EAD and SPD into one Entertainment Planning & Development division in 2015.

7 titles in the dataset

Gunpei Yokoi's group: Game & Watch, the Game Boy, Metroid and Wario; folded into SPD in 2003.

4 titles in the dataset

Hardware-leaning internal group behind Punch-Out!! and Super Mario RPG support work.

1 title in the dataset

Miyamoto's original creative group, renamed Entertainment Analysis & Development in 1989.

2 titles in the dataset

Software Planning & Development ran second-party partnerships and handheld titles until the 2015 EPD merger.

2 titles in the dataset

Disgaea's creator, a specialist in deep strategy RPGs for a small dedicated audience.

1 title in the dataset

PC porting house for Eidos and Square Enix titles, bought by Sony in 2021.

Three Finnish developers built Noita's every-pixel-simulated falling-sand world.

1 title in the dataset

Jonathan Blow's company for Braid, the game that opened the Xbox Live Arcade indie wave.

1 title in the dataset