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counting down the top 10 video game
companies we wish were still around
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content for this list we’ve looked back
at those few developers and publishers
who sadly won’t be making any new titles
anytime soon bear in mind that we will
only be including those companies that
either close their doors entirely or
drop down to the point of non-existence
so while companies like Rare may not be
as hot as they were in the 90s there’s
still a chance for them to make a
comeback number 10 core design while
their earlier work on the Amiga and
various Sega consoles never really got
much recognition it was in 1996 where
things really started to heat up when
they gave birth to the Tomb Raider
franchise for the next few years this
franchise would help them to become a
prominent gaming studio however it also
led to its downfall when Tomb Raider
Angel of Darkness failed both critically
and commercially I totes interactive
switched out core design for Crystal
Dynamics to head up all future Tomb
Raider games this led to many of core
designs top staff choosing to leave
resulting in the quality the company had
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number nine acclaim entertainment for 30
years this company helped to publish
multiple games across the world as well
as porting plenty of arcade games to
console as the years went on acclaim
would end up acquiring some of the
developers they had worked with in the
past this led to further development on
franchises like the Tarak NBA Jam and
Xtreme G games while also creating new
games like Beck’s sadly due to the low
sales numbers the company was forced to
close down many of the studio’s they
owned and would end up soon filing for
company formed out of X rare developers
free radical design look to continue the
success from Goldeneye by creating the
time splitter series in keeping with
their previous work the series managed
to capture the same level of fun thanks
to its fast-paced gameplay and
exhilarating multiplayer how could
things go downhill well having to cancel
the third installment of the Star Wars
Battlefront series didn’t help nor did
the underwhelming performance of Hayes
for that matter eventually the company
would be purchased by Crytek and become
Crytek UK which later down the line
would end up having its own money
the word unique seems to be the most
fitting term to describe this once
capcom own developer headed by Atsushi
Inaba and formed from members of
Capcom’s R&D department
whoever studio started strong with the
sequel to beautiful Joe but the studio’s
biggest creation was the visually
stunning
Okami that managed to go on to receive
tons of critical praise and win multiple
awards sadly though this was not enough
to make the game a commercial success
things didn’t get better with their next
game God Hand and within avows departure
to go on to make Platinum Games the
studio was eventually dissolved back
as another studio that only found its
drew much later in its lifespan factor 5
spent much of their early career working
on games like the turok-han series but
it was their excellent Star Wars related
space combat games that really gave them
their wings so to speak with thrilling
games like the rogue squadron series
under their belt everything looked to be
smooth sailing from here on out however
things really took a turn for the worst
as their newest title lair failed to
capture the same thrills as with
previous games it also didn’t help to
the publisher of their next game brash
entertainment went under leading factor
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number five Midway Games another iconic
company that sadly met its end while
they did dabble with both the console
and PC markets it was in the arcades
where they reigned supreme from here
they would develop and publish multiple
hits like Spy Hunter Tron unless we not
forget a logo fighting franchise named
Mortal Kombat
it was also thanks to them that Western
audiences were able to play early game
changers like pac-man and space invaders
for the first time despite the heydays
of the arcade gradually fading away
Midway remained financially secure
however as time went on things started
to go south leading to most of their
properties being sold off to Warner
Brothers Pelican number four pandemic
with name like this you just know you’re
in for a game with complete and total
mayhem established by two former
Activision employees pandemic Rose
thanks to its variety of tactical and
demolition light games with noteworthy
titles like full spectrum warrior
Destroy All Humans the mercenary series
and the highly popular battlefront games
eventually the studio would be purchased
by EA however this would turn out to not
be a long-standing partnership as EA
ended up letting go of up to 1,500
employees across all of their studios
resulting in pandemic being shut down a
short while later number 3 Westwood
like others on this list Westwood
Studios started simply enough with games
like I have the people there under its
belt but it was the realtime strategy
game doomed to that set them on the path
to greatness while the game wasn’t the
first to invent the genre there are many
who believed the game did help define it
with Westwood going on to garner much
critical and commercial praise with the
command & Conquer series it would be the
success that led to their purchase by EA
however this change was not something
many in the company were happy with as
EA would often rush game development
leading many to leave and thus the
studio went to funked in 2003 number 2
originally starting as a toy
manufacturer this company worked with
both virtual and real life toys up until
1994 when it started to focus its
efforts on the ever-growing games
industry as the years went on the
company worked with a range of
developers and even started acquiring
multiple studios
these included notable developers like
politian known for the Red Faction and
Saints Row series relic entertainment
for the Warhammer and company of heroes
games and vigil games for the Darksiders
franchise in the end the company filed
for bankruptcy in late 2012 with
multiple divisions and properties being
sold off while others were forced to
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before we unveil our top pick here are a
number one LucasArts
a long long time ago there was a studio
named LucasArts founded by the man
himself George Lucas the studio
naturally found much recognition for the
multiple Star Wars related games that
were developed and published under them
but that was only one side of it we were
also blessed with standout games like
Zombies Ate My Neighbors Grim Fandango
unless we forget The Monkey Island
series in the end their fate came down
to Disney’s acquisition of its parent
company Lucasfilm with them announcing a
few months later that almost all of
LucasArts staff would be lecto and that
the company would only remain so as the
license out properties I wish your
mother were here to see it
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