talking about capturing lightning in a
bottle welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 one-hit-wonder game companies
[Applause]
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at various game companies or
individual developers who are known for
one game than one game only it doesn’t
really matter how many games these
developers have created if they only
have one major and successful title and
nothing more then they’ll be considered
for the list we will also be including
franchises on this list as the
individual entries can all be grouped
under the shared franchise name number
10 CCP games CCP games were founded in
1997 in Iceland and since then they have
been focusing on one series EVE Online
EVE Online was launched in 2003 six
years after the company was founded and
it has been its pride and joy ever since
helped our favourite recruit gain a true
appreciation of the majesty before us
various other games sent within the EVE
universe have been released including
dust five one four and the virtual
reality Eve Valkyrie which was arguably
the oculus rifts most impressive looking
game upon launch which also admittedly
wasn’t saying that much they have
continued in the virtual reality market
with games like gun Jack and spark but
evil online really remains the only
thing people know him for I cannot set a
waypoint to the same
twice number nine Whoopie camp Whoopie
camp didn’t last very long which is kind
of a shame this development company is
known for the tomba series which
includes tomba released in 1998 and
tomba – the evil swine return which was
released one year later the series
received great reviews due to its
colorful world and interesting gameplay
but they sold poorly and are now
technically collector’s items although
you could find them on the PlayStation
Network due to the series’s poor sales
Whoopie camp disbanded after tama – but
they left us with some of the best
platformers of the PlayStation era
[Music]
number 8 king there is big money in the
Facebook and mobile gaming market and
King has taken full advantage of that
there early Facebook games like bubble
Witch Saga and pyramid solitaire saga
were fairly successful but they really
struck gold with a little game called
candy crush saga the game was released
in April 2012 and it was an immediate
hit quickly surpassing farmville – as
Facebook’s most successful game King has
developed numerous games since candy
crush saga s release including farm
heroes saga and shuffle cats but none of
them have come close to matching the
phenomenon that is candy crush
[Music]
number seven cave dog entertainment cave
dog entertainment began as a division of
humongous entertainment a company
devoted to making children’s games their
first project was Total Annihilation a
hugely influential and respected
realtime strategy which was considered
to be one of the best games of the year
it was unquestionably a triumph but
despite its enormous success the game’s
creator left the company soon after its
release in 1999 its sequel Total
Annihilation Kingdoms was released but
it was considered a disappointment
due to its move towards fantasy the
company filed for bankruptcy and shut
its doors in the year 2000 leaving a
tremendously influential title as its
only claim to fame number 6 real-time
world’s crackdown was one of the best
open-world games released on the seventh
generation of consoles and I will fight
you over that it was really fun anyway
this was due to its fun setting
spectacular graphics and its integration
of fun co-op mechanics it also sold
really well and is now remembered as a
cult classic on the Xbox 360 and that’s
about all that real-time worlds is done
they released another game called APB
all-points bulletin but that was a
massive disappointment which
significantly hurt the company they were
placed into administration only two
months after APB’s release and the
company had closed its doors by the end
of the year number five phil fish
[Applause]
this is actually a person and not a
company Fez was not only fill fish’s
first indie game but it looks like it’s
gonna be his only indie game fish quit
his day job to focus on the development
of Fez a tumultuous process which was
infamously detailed in the documentary
indie game the movie if this if this
fails games again the game was finally
released in 2012 and had sold 1 million
copies by the end of the next year
however before its sequel could be
released fish took to Twitter to condemn
the gaming industry and announced his
departure from it since his quote
departure he has worked with the
experimental group Kokoro me to develop
super hypercube a puzzle game released
for PlayStation VR we are sure you’ve
heard of it number four Rovio
entertainment the Angry Birds series is
undoubtedly one of the most popular
mobile game franchises in history the
first game was released in 2009 to
instant success and as of July 2015 the
game has collectively amassed over three
billion downloads it has also launched
numerous pieces of merchandise a
televised cartoon and full-length movie
all of which saw success
[Music]
while the franchise has undoubtedly kept
Rovio happy they have created other
games throughout the years including
nibblers love rocks and battle Bay
however no matter how many games they
release they will likely never capture
the same amount of the claim and
attention that they received with Angry
Birds number 3 Alexey Pajitnov while you
might not know the name you certainly
know the game it’s a little one called
Tetris Padgett Nava developed the game
while working at the Russian Academy of
Sciences and it quickly spread
throughout Russia and Hungary before
appearing in the United States in 1987
he created a Tetris sequel called well
Tris which was released in 1989 before
moving to the United States and working
for Microsoft while there he developed
numerous other games including Pandora’s
box and hex ik and while that game
received some attention we think it’s
safe to say by now that Tetris will
forever be Padgett noms claim to fame
number 2 Team Bondi you need many things
for a conviction young folks it must
really sting to change the face of
gaming forever and then immediately shut
your doors Team Bondi has a single game
to their name
la Noir Cole Phelps LAPD I understand
your friend of Adrian black la noir was
a huge critical success mostly due to
its amazing and revolutionary facial
technology the game was released in May
2011 but only one month later
accusations of baan dice terrible
working conditions started to surface
while others argued that the games
publisher Rockstar Games played a large
role in its development the company
failed to pick up another project due to
the resulting backlash and bond I was
placed on administration in August I
never tried to hurt anyone I just needed
to get away from LA number one
Mojang
I don’t know would you guys consider
minecraft to be a hit it’s only the
second highest selling video game of all
time after all
Mojang was created by minecraft creator
markus persson and jacob poor sir in
2009 and due to the immense success of
minecraft microsoft bought the company
for 2.5 billion dollars in 2014 because
this is the most significant sandbox
you’ll ever set foot in since then they
have served as developers and publishers
of various games including scrolls and
cobalt but none of them have come close
to the phenomenon that is minecraft they
might technically be a one-hit wonder
but then again that hit is minecraft so
I doubt they’re complaining do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
bottle welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 one-hit-wonder game companies
[Applause]
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at various game companies or
individual developers who are known for
one game than one game only it doesn’t
really matter how many games these
developers have created if they only
have one major and successful title and
nothing more then they’ll be considered
for the list we will also be including
franchises on this list as the
individual entries can all be grouped
under the shared franchise name number
10 CCP games CCP games were founded in
1997 in Iceland and since then they have
been focusing on one series EVE Online
EVE Online was launched in 2003 six
years after the company was founded and
it has been its pride and joy ever since
helped our favourite recruit gain a true
appreciation of the majesty before us
various other games sent within the EVE
universe have been released including
dust five one four and the virtual
reality Eve Valkyrie which was arguably
the oculus rifts most impressive looking
game upon launch which also admittedly
wasn’t saying that much they have
continued in the virtual reality market
with games like gun Jack and spark but
evil online really remains the only
thing people know him for I cannot set a
waypoint to the same
twice number nine Whoopie camp Whoopie
camp didn’t last very long which is kind
of a shame this development company is
known for the tomba series which
includes tomba released in 1998 and
tomba – the evil swine return which was
released one year later the series
received great reviews due to its
colorful world and interesting gameplay
but they sold poorly and are now
technically collector’s items although
you could find them on the PlayStation
Network due to the series’s poor sales
Whoopie camp disbanded after tama – but
they left us with some of the best
platformers of the PlayStation era
[Music]
number 8 king there is big money in the
Facebook and mobile gaming market and
King has taken full advantage of that
there early Facebook games like bubble
Witch Saga and pyramid solitaire saga
were fairly successful but they really
struck gold with a little game called
candy crush saga the game was released
in April 2012 and it was an immediate
hit quickly surpassing farmville – as
Facebook’s most successful game King has
developed numerous games since candy
crush saga s release including farm
heroes saga and shuffle cats but none of
them have come close to matching the
phenomenon that is candy crush
[Music]
number seven cave dog entertainment cave
dog entertainment began as a division of
humongous entertainment a company
devoted to making children’s games their
first project was Total Annihilation a
hugely influential and respected
realtime strategy which was considered
to be one of the best games of the year
it was unquestionably a triumph but
despite its enormous success the game’s
creator left the company soon after its
release in 1999 its sequel Total
Annihilation Kingdoms was released but
it was considered a disappointment
due to its move towards fantasy the
company filed for bankruptcy and shut
its doors in the year 2000 leaving a
tremendously influential title as its
only claim to fame number 6 real-time
world’s crackdown was one of the best
open-world games released on the seventh
generation of consoles and I will fight
you over that it was really fun anyway
this was due to its fun setting
spectacular graphics and its integration
of fun co-op mechanics it also sold
really well and is now remembered as a
cult classic on the Xbox 360 and that’s
about all that real-time worlds is done
they released another game called APB
all-points bulletin but that was a
massive disappointment which
significantly hurt the company they were
placed into administration only two
months after APB’s release and the
company had closed its doors by the end
of the year number five phil fish
[Applause]
this is actually a person and not a
company Fez was not only fill fish’s
first indie game but it looks like it’s
gonna be his only indie game fish quit
his day job to focus on the development
of Fez a tumultuous process which was
infamously detailed in the documentary
indie game the movie if this if this
fails games again the game was finally
released in 2012 and had sold 1 million
copies by the end of the next year
however before its sequel could be
released fish took to Twitter to condemn
the gaming industry and announced his
departure from it since his quote
departure he has worked with the
experimental group Kokoro me to develop
super hypercube a puzzle game released
for PlayStation VR we are sure you’ve
heard of it number four Rovio
entertainment the Angry Birds series is
undoubtedly one of the most popular
mobile game franchises in history the
first game was released in 2009 to
instant success and as of July 2015 the
game has collectively amassed over three
billion downloads it has also launched
numerous pieces of merchandise a
televised cartoon and full-length movie
all of which saw success
[Music]
while the franchise has undoubtedly kept
Rovio happy they have created other
games throughout the years including
nibblers love rocks and battle Bay
however no matter how many games they
release they will likely never capture
the same amount of the claim and
attention that they received with Angry
Birds number 3 Alexey Pajitnov while you
might not know the name you certainly
know the game it’s a little one called
Tetris Padgett Nava developed the game
while working at the Russian Academy of
Sciences and it quickly spread
throughout Russia and Hungary before
appearing in the United States in 1987
he created a Tetris sequel called well
Tris which was released in 1989 before
moving to the United States and working
for Microsoft while there he developed
numerous other games including Pandora’s
box and hex ik and while that game
received some attention we think it’s
safe to say by now that Tetris will
forever be Padgett noms claim to fame
number 2 Team Bondi you need many things
for a conviction young folks it must
really sting to change the face of
gaming forever and then immediately shut
your doors Team Bondi has a single game
to their name
la Noir Cole Phelps LAPD I understand
your friend of Adrian black la noir was
a huge critical success mostly due to
its amazing and revolutionary facial
technology the game was released in May
2011 but only one month later
accusations of baan dice terrible
working conditions started to surface
while others argued that the games
publisher Rockstar Games played a large
role in its development the company
failed to pick up another project due to
the resulting backlash and bond I was
placed on administration in August I
never tried to hurt anyone I just needed
to get away from LA number one
Mojang
I don’t know would you guys consider
minecraft to be a hit it’s only the
second highest selling video game of all
time after all
Mojang was created by minecraft creator
markus persson and jacob poor sir in
2009 and due to the immense success of
minecraft microsoft bought the company
for 2.5 billion dollars in 2014 because
this is the most significant sandbox
you’ll ever set foot in since then they
have served as developers and publishers
of various games including scrolls and
cobalt but none of them have come close
to the phenomenon that is minecraft they
might technically be a one-hit wonder
but then again that hit is minecraft so
I doubt they’re complaining do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and subscribe
for new videos every day
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