Well, i just got really curious what studios you like, or what you know about them. and.. if you can come up with a better topic name, please do say.

 

 

 

I'll start off.. My friend's big brother has been working at dice, on mirrors edge. But he changed company to Avalanche studios(due to crappy work-enviroment and deadlines), and is working on just cause 2. he's a graphics guy.

EA is considered this giant corporate monster which churns out games and flattens the little guy.

 

Whilst the little, private games companies tend to make their games with love and care.

 

 

 

I think it's not quite that black and white, it's somewhere in between.

I myself am a fan of Dice. Their battlefield games are my current favorite games. I also like Nintendo's own games, since they do put a lot of effort into making most of them look nice and be atleast a little bit fun to play.

Valve, Mythic, Blizzard and Bioware are probably my favorite game companies. Take a lot of care with their product and have huge budgets which allow them to do so.

I am employed by one. However I don't work at one, since I usually work from home. I have been there a few times though, and really, game companies seem to be the best places to work ever. At the one I work for the atmosphere is really relaxed, they listen to music - they're always talking and laughing. They also have a large, separate "indian themed" room, where people go to relax. They have a huge TV, a bunch of gaming consoles and games, a nice big couch. It's a kind of small company, but they've been around for quite a while (well over 10 years anyway). They were among the first to make avatar based chats! And with this new game they're gradually expanding; continuously hiring more and more people, which, in turn, keeps me and my bank account very happy!

 

 

 

I've been following Mirror's Edge for a while too. I'm really looking forward to it. Also a friend of mine will try to get a trainee post at Dice next year as a programmer.

I'm really tempted to try and get an internship at Mythic this summer. I found out they work like 10 minutes away from where I live. :thumbsup:

My favourite all-time developer is Valve. They have a massive amount of updates and support for their games, plus they've never created a game I didn't like. Buying a Valve game is a pretty safe bet.

 

 

 

I don't really hate any developers. I REALLY hate a lot of publishers though.

My 2 favorite companies are Blizzard and Jagex. A lot of you will laugh at me because I like the company that created runescape, but if you read up on them, you'd see that they are pretty good.

i agree with jjrox32 valve has great games, i also like dice and ubisoft has great games too

I know one I don't like.

 

 

 

I don't know if a single person counts, but I would like to say Sakurai is an idiot.

Valve, Blizzard, Bioware, Bungie , EA (and Maxis), and Epic Games.

Fizzy is an awesome company. I also like Nintendo and microsoft games. No love for Sony. :twisted:

Valve, Blizzard, Insomniac, Team Ico and Bungie

 

They bow down to no publisher, the game is done when its done and usually its stellar.

JaGEx are actually a very good company to work for. In one of the British broadsheets they were on the 'Top 100 companies to work for' list.

 

 

 

That's the unique thing about the game industry, it's all very relaxed. Come to think of it, a lot of technological companies (Google comes to mind) have really modern and lax approaches to work ethic.

My Favourite Developers.

 

 

 

Free Radical Design.

 

The small company which makes the Timesplitters series (and Haze for what it matters). They are the best and they have a nice tight community and one of the best series of all time.

 

 

 

Ensemble Studios

 

The Creators of the Age of Empires series. They have closed down now after the poor sales of the AOE3 games. Before AOE3 though they rocked, pumping out the most challenging online RTS's ever. :)

 

 

 

Fasa Studio.

 

Small company which made the most recent Shadowrun game. They've shut down now, because Shadowrun wasn't a 'huge' success amongst the average gamers. But for competitive gamers it was the Bees Knees.

 

Could have been a lot more if they had catered for the general public aswell as the professional gamers.

 

 

 

Epic Games.

 

Creators of Gears of War and Unreal Tournament. Two great titles right there.

 

 

 

Blizzard

 

Now don't get me wrong; i'm no WoW fan, but they have made some great other Games like Warcraft 1-3 and Starcraft 1 and 2. Their RTS's are great and admittedly WoW aint half bad and if i started playing MMO's again thats what i'd play. 10 months ago though i think RS had the edge for MMO's.

Moneyboo, you do know that microsoft kinda forced Fasa into not serving the general public with Shadowrun right? Fasa wasn't finished the game when they were forced to release it. They actually were working on a SP campaign, but MS forced them to put PC-360 compatibility instead. They also had a ton of DLC ready, but as you know, they got shut down.

Really, I'm not much of a gamer, so I'd have to say that Bungie is my favourite company. Not just because of Halo 3, but they have a real sense of humour, and are constantly changing and adding to Halo 3. I don't mean dramatic changes, so far the most dramatic I'd say has been a fix to make melee more consistent, but those small ones that regularly smooth out the bugs pretty fast. Also, because of forge and the way maps are set up, they can put community content in Match Making, along with tweak stuff like spawns very quickly. They also proved that they can create massive back stories.

Insomniac

 

Nintendo

 

Jagex

I'm a big fan of Ubisoft and Take-two/ Rockstar. They have been my two favorites for the longest time. I also like epic because of GoW and Dice because of the Battlefield series, and Bioware for the KOTOR series.

Bullfrog productions, Cavedog entertainment (just for TA), id software (for general services to gaming) and Oddworld inhabitants (for creating Abe, screw strangers wrath)

 

 

 

For more modern ones, I suppose valve, and the creative assembly

Ubisoft are epic. Prob my favourite .. And Blizzard .. World of warcraft is an amazing game even if I don't like it that much. Jagex is also up there simply because of runescape. Its a well done java game.

 

 

 

Companies I hate are ones like bungie .. They were the ones that wanted out yet there just sat there spoon feeding ms.

 

Same with Epic. Ut3 was crap. Gears 2 wont be on pc due to "pirates" there the biggest bunch of [cabbage] ever IMO. Even if I still do buy there game.

Ubisoft are epic

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but i always thought Ubisoft was a publishing company like EA + Activision etc, unless you're talking about the inhouse developers

JaGeX just because they make kick-[wagon] Java games.

 

 

 

EA and Maxis. I'm addicted to the Sims.

Ubisoft are epic

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but i always thought Ubisoft was a publishing company like EA + Activision etc, unless you're talking about the inhouse developers

 

 

 

They also make games .. Eg Rainbow six, Ghost recon, Pop .. etc

Ubisoft are epic

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but i always thought Ubisoft was a publishing company like EA + Activision etc, unless you're talking about the inhouse developers

 

 

 

They also make games .. Eg Rainbow six, Ghost recon, Pop .. etc

 

 

 

Yeah and Prince of Persia was one of the best single player RPG's i've ever played.

 

I normally only play online games; but that series was like a set of films with some good gameplay ideas.