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
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- 1C Company
- 2K Games (Publishing label of Take-Two Interactive)
- 3DO (console manufacturer) (defunct)
[edit] A
- Acclaim Entertainment (defunct) - Now known as Acclaim Games
- Accolade (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)
- Activision (Expected to merge with Vivendi Games to form Activision Blizzard in mid 2008)
- Agetec
- Akella
- Alten8
- Aspyr Media
- Atari
- Atlus
[edit] B
- Bandai Games (merged with Namco as Namco Bandai Games)
- Bethesda Softworks
- Big Fish Games
- Boonty
- Brøderbund (Acquired by Ubisoft, eventually sold to The Learning Company, no longer publishes video games)
- Buena Vista Interactive
- Blizzard Entertainment (Acquired by Vivendi Games) (Expected to be renamed Activision Blizzard in mid 2008)
- Brash Entertainment
- Buka Entertainment
[edit] C
- Capcom
- Cdv Software Entertainment
- Codemasters
- Coleco (console manufacturer) (defunct)
- Conspiracy Entertainment
- Crave Entertainment
- Crystal Dynamics (Acquired by Eidos)
[edit] D
- Data East (defunct)
- Deep Silver
- Dreamcatcher Games (Acquired by JoWooD Productions)
[edit] E
- Eidos Interactive (Acquired by SCi Entertainment)
- Electronic Arts
- Empire Interactive
- Enix (Merged with Squaresoft as Square Enix)
- Epyx (defunct)
- Epic Games
[edit] F
- First Star Software
- Fox Interactive
- Fresh Games (Publishing label for Eidos Interactive)
- Funcom
[edit] G
- Gamecock
- Global Star Software (Publishing label of Take-Two Interactive)
- GOD Games (Acquired by Take-Two Interactive, name retired)
- Gremlin Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)
- GT Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames)
[edit] H
- Hasbro Interactive (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames)
- Hudson Soft (Acquired by Konami)
[edit] I
- Ignition Entertainment
- Imagic (defunct)
- Infocom (Acquired by Activision, name retired)
- Infogrames (Renamed Atari)
- Interceptor Micros (defunct)
- Interplay Entertainment (defunct)
- inXile Entertainment
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[edit] K
[edit] L
- Legacy Interactive
- Lighthouse Interactive
- Linux Game Publishing
- LJN (Publishing label for Acclaim Entertainment, defunct)
- LucasArts
[edit] M
- Mad Genius Software (defunct)
- Majesco
- Matrix Games
- Mattel Interactive (console manufacturer) (Merged with The Learning Company)
- Melbourne House (computer games and books)
- Mercury Games [1]
- Microids
- MicroIllusions (defunct)
- MicroProse (Acquired by Hasbro Interactive, name retired)
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Midway Games
- Mindscape, Inc. (No longer publishes games)
- MUSE Software (defunct)
- Myelin Media
[edit] N
- Namco (Merged with Bandai Games as Namco Bandai Games)
- Namco Bandai Games
- NCSoft
- Nintendo
[edit] O
- Ocean Software (Acquired by Atari née Infogrames, name retired)
- Origin Systems (Acquired by Electronic Arts)
- O~3 Entertainment
[edit] P
- Paradox Interactive
- Penguin Software (defunct)
- Playlogic Entertainment, Inc.
- Play Ten Interactive
- Programma International (defunct)
- Psygnosis (defunct)
[edit] R
- Rare (Acquired by Microsoft Game Studios)
- Rocket Science Games (defunct)
- Rockstar Games (Currently a publishing label for Take-Two Interactive)
[edit] S
- Sammy Studios (merged with Sega as Sega Sammy Holdings)
- SCi Entertainment
- Sega (merged with Sammy Studios as Sega Sammy Holdings)
- Sega Sammy Holdings
- Shrapnel Games
- Sierra Entertainment (Acquired by Vivendi Games, now a publishing label)
- SNK Playmore
- Spell Bound
- 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 L.L.C. (Owned by Square and Electronic Arts. Folded back into Squaresoft and changed to Square Enix)
- Square Enix
- Stardock
- Strategic Simulations, Inc. ("SSI") (Acquired by Ubisoft, name retired)
- Strategy First
- Sunsoft
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- Taito (Acquired by Square Enix)
- Take-Two Interactive
- TalonSoft (Acquired by Take-Two Interactive, name retired)
- Taxan (No longer publishes games)
- Technos Japan Corporation (defunct) (Assets acquired by Atlus)
- Tecmo
- 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)
- TT Games (Merger of Giant Interactive and Traveller's Tales)
[edit] U
- Ubisoft
- Ultimate Play The Game
- Ultra Games (Publishing label for Konami, name retired)
- US Gold (Acquired by Eidos Interactive)
[edit] V
- Virgin Interactive Entertainment (defunct)
- Vivendi Games (Expected to merge with Activision to form Activision Blizzard in mid 2008)