List of video game publishers

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This is a list of video and computer game publishers, past and present. Some of the publishers may also have large in-house development efforts (or studios), but also publish titles from other developers.

The list below includes both current and defunct companies.

# | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | See also

#

• 1C Company
• 2K Games (Publishing label of Take-Two Interactive)
• 3DO (console manufacturer) (defunct)
• 505 Games

A

• Acclaim Entertainment (defunct) - Now known as Acclaim Games
• Accolade (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)
• Access Software (Acquired by Microsoft, sold to Take Two Interactive, renamed Indie Built, name retired)
• Activision (Merged with Vivendi Games to form Activision Blizzard in July 2008, Part of Activision Blizzard as well)
• Activision Blizzard
• Aventurine SA
• Agetec
• Akella
• Alchemist
• Alten8
• Aspyr Media
• Atari (Acquired by Infogrames)
• Atlus

B

• Bandai Games (merged with Namco as Namco Bandai Games)
• Banpresto (Acquired by Namco Bandai Games)
• Bethesda Softworks
• Big Fish Games
• Blue Byte Software (Acquired by Ubisoft)
• Boonty
• Brøderbund (Acquired by Ubisoft, eventually sold to The Learning Company, no longer publishes video games)
• Blizzard Entertainment (Part of Activision Blizzard as of July 2008)
• Brash Entertainment (defunct)
• Buka Entertainment (Acquired by 1C Company)
• Bungie

C

• Capcom
• CD Projekt
• Cdv Software Entertainment
• Codemasters
• Coleco (console manufacturer) (defunct)
• Compedia
• Conspiracy Entertainment
• Crave Entertainment
• Crystal Dynamics (Acquired by Eidos Interactive)

D

• Data East (defunct)
• Deep Silver
• Destineer
• Disney Interactive Studios
• DreamCatcher Games (Acquired by JoWooD Productions)

E

• Eidos Interactive (Acquired by SCi Entertainment then by Square Enix, now a brand for its developers for the company, also Square Enix will publish future Eidos games starting in 2010)
• Electronic Arts
• Empire Interactive (defunct)
• Enix (Merged with Squaresoft as Square Enix)
• Epyx (defunct)
• Epic Games

F

• First Star Software
• Fox Interactive (acquired by Activision Blizzard)
• Fresh Games (Publishing label for Eidos Interactive)
• Funcom

G

• Gamecock (Acquired by SouthPeak Interactive)
• Global Star Software (Publishing label of Take-Two Interactive, name retired)
• GOD Games (Acquired by Take-Two Interactive, name retired)
• Got Game Entertainment
• Gremlin Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)
• GT Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames)
• Gust Corporation

H

• Hasbro Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames)
• Her Interactive
• Hudson Soft (Acquired by Konami)

I

• Ignition Entertainment
• Imagic (defunct)
• Infinity Ward
• Infocom (Acquired by Activision, name retired)
• Infogrames (Renamed Atari)
• Interceptor Micros (defunct)
• Interplay Entertainment
• inXile Entertainment

J

• Jaleco (no longer publishes video games)
• JoWooD Productions

K

• Kemco
• Koei (merged into Tecmo Koei)
• Konami

L

• Legacy Interactive
• Lighthouse Interactive (defunct)
• Linux Game Publishing
• LJN (Acquired by Acclaim Entertainment, defunct)
• LucasArts

M

• Mad Genius Software (defunct)
• Mashiyu Entertainment America
• Matrix Games
• Mattel Interactive (console manufacturer) (Merged with The Learning Company)
• Melbourne House (Acquired by Krome Studios)
• Microïds
• MicroIllusions (defunct)
• MicroProse (Acquired by Hasbro Interactive, name retired)
• Microsoft Game Studios
• Midway Games (Assets acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive and THQ)
• Mindscape, Inc. (No longer publishes video games)
• MTV Games
• Muse Software (defunct)
• Myelin Media

N

• Namco (Merged with Bandai Games as Namco Bandai Games)
• Namco Bandai
• NCsoft
• New World Computing (purchased by 3DO)
• Nexon
• Nintendo

O

• Ocean Software (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)
• Origin Systems (Acquired by Electronic Arts)
• O3 Entertainment

P

• Palladium Interactive (Acquired by The Learning Company)
• Parroty Interactive (defunct), a division of Palladium Interactive
• Paradox Interactive
• Penguin Software (defunct)
• Phantom EFX
• PlayFirst
• Playlogic Entertainment, Inc.
• Play Ten Interactive
• PopCap Games
• Programma International (defunct)
• Psygnosis (defunct)

R

• Rare (Acquired by Microsoft Game Studios)
• Red Storm Entertainment (Acquired by Ubi Soft)
• Rising Star Games
• Rocket Science Games (defunct)
• Rockstar Games (Currently a publishing label for Take-Two Interactive)

S

• Sammy Studios (merged with Sega as Sega Sammy Holdings)
• SCi Entertainment (Changed name to Eidos plc, acquired by Square Enix, name retired)
• Sega (merged with Sammy Studios as Sega Sammy Holdings)
• Sega Sammy Holdings
• Shrapnel Games
• Sierra Entertainment (Folded into Activision) (Defunct)
• SNK Playmore
• Sony Computer Entertainment
• Sony Pictures Digital (mobile phone games)
• SouthPeak Interactive
• Spectrum HoloByte (Acquired by Hasbro Interactive)
• Squaresoft (Merged with Enix to create Square Enix)
• Square Electronic Arts (Owned by Square and Electronic Arts. Folded back into Square and changed to Square Enix)
• Square Enix
• Stardock
• Strategic Simulations, Inc. ("SSI") (Acquired by Ubisoft, name retired)
• Strategy First
• Success
• Sunsoft (Closed U.S. Offices, operates out of Japan)

T

• Taito (Acquired by Square Enix)
• Takara (Merged with Tomy to form Takara Tomy in March 2006)
• Takara Tomy
• Take-Two Interactive
• TalonSoft (Acquired by Take-Two Interactive, name retired)
• Taxan (No longer publishes video games)
• Technōs Japan (defunct) (Assets acquired by Atlus)
• Tecmo (merged into Tecmo Koei)
• Tecmo Koei
• Tengen (defunct)
• The Learning Company (Merged with Mattel Interactive, no longer publishes video games)
• THQ
• Titus Software (defunct)
• Tradewest (Acquired by Midway Games, name retired)
• Treyarch
• Tomy (Merged with Takara to form Takara Tomy in March 2006)
• TopWare Interactive (Acquired by Zuxxez Entertainment)
• TT Games (Merger of Giant Interactive and Traveller's Tales) (Acquired by Warner Bros. Interactive)

U

• Ubisoft
• Ultimate Play the Game (defunct)
• Ultra Games (Publishing label for Konami, name retired)
• US Gold (Acquired by Eidos Interactive)

V

• Virgin Interactive (defunct)
• Vivendi Games (Merged with Activision to form Activision Blizzard in July 2008)
• Valusoft

W

• Warner Bros. Interactive

X

• Xseed Games
• XS Games

Z

• Zuxxez Entertainment
• Zoo Digital Publishing

See also

• List of indie game developers