Software houses, publishers, developers and manufacturers that shaped the imagination and technology of video games.
Developer · Publisher An American developer and publisher born within Lucasfilm, LucasArts became one of the most influential companies in the history of graphic adventures and narrative games, before shifting mainly toward Star Wars licensing.
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Developer · Publisher MicroProse was one of the great American PC game companies, tied to simulations, strategy and classics such as Civilization, Pirates! and X-COM.
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Manufacturer · Developer · Publisher Microsoft is one of the world’s most important technology companies and, through Xbox, brought PC culture, online services and major acquisitions into the console market.
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Developer · Publisher · Manufacturer Microsoft Game Studios was Microsoft’s first-party Xbox and Windows publishing label, now evolved into Xbox Game Studios and tied to Halo, Forza, Fable and Age of Empires.
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Manufacturer · Developer · Publisher Nintendo is the historic Japanese company that repeatedly reshaped home video games, from the Famicom and Game Boy era to Wii, DS and Switch.
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Developer · Publisher Ocean Software was one of the most important British game companies of the 1980s and 1990s, closely tied to home computers and major film licences.
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Developer · Publisher Origin Systems was a key American computer game studio, central to RPG history from Ultima to Wing Commander and Ultima Online.
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Developer · Publisher Psygnosis was a historic British studio and publisher from Liverpool, a symbol of the Amiga era and later crucial to the European identity of the first PlayStation.
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Developer · Publisher Rainbow Arts was one of Germany’s most important game companies of the 1980s and early 1990s, tied to the C64, Amiga, Atari ST and the Turrican series.
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Developer · Publisher Rare is a major British studio in Nintendo and Xbox history, known for Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye 007, Banjo-Kazooie and Sea of Thieves.
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Developer Reflections Interactive is a British studio from Newcastle, known for Shadow of the Beast, Destruction Derby and especially the Driver series.
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Publisher Renegade Software was a British publisher built around The Bitmap Brothers, important in the Amiga and Atari ST scene of the early 1990s.
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