Studios in Red have had recent layoffs. Studios in Italic are studios that we are not sure exist, or have incomplete data on. Please feel free to help out by contacting the IGDA Indie SIG.
Total: 94
Indie/Small Studios: (45)
Axelo - http://www.axelobat.com - 3D Control for PC's Baygull Studios - http://baygullstudios.com Bluepoint Games - http://www.bluepointgames.com - PS3 PSN studio Cosmind and Blue - http://www.cosmindandblue.com - iOS games Cryptic Allusion - http://cagames.com - Dreamcast and Mac games - email ink doesn't work D7 - http://d7.com - iPhone games Deep Plaid - http://www.deepplaid.com/ - Indie iPhone Microstudio - Shay Pierce Escape Hatch Entertainment - http://www.escapehatchentertainment.com - educational titles - email ink doesn't work Famigo Games - http://www.famigogames.com - family entertainment Furcadia/Dragon's Eye - http://www.furcadia.com - Self-published Indie MMO Games on the Down Low - http://gamesonthedownlow.com - iOS games Gendai Games/GameSalad - http://www.gamesalad.com - Social media and games, GameSalad game creation for Mac, iPad and iPhone Ghostfire Games - http://www.ghostfiregames.com - WiiWare studio Hellfire Games - http://www.hellfiregames.com - PS Home studio InMotion Software - http://inmotionsoftware.com - iPhone studio Iron Will Games - http://www.ironwillgames.com - Indie MMO published by Pixel Mine Games Kalani Games - http://www.kalanigames.com - iPad, iPhone, Android, Facebook, Online console/PC, MMO Karakasa - http://www.karakasagames.com - iOS games Kot-in-Action Creative Artel - http://www.kot-in-action.com - Indie PC game studio Mososh - http://www.mososh.com - Indie social studio - Christian Primozich Monstrous Company - http://monstro.us - Jason Asbahr, iPhone, ARG, etc. studio Nibble Design - http://www.nibbledesign.com/ - Wii/iPhone/TV games Night Owl Games - http://www.nightowlgames.net - Facebook games oeFun - http://www.oefun.com - iPhone games Orbis Games - http://www.orbisworlds.com - Self-published Indie Casual MMOs Pangea Software - http://www.pangeasoft.net - Mostly self-published or OEM Indie Mac, iPad and iPhone Games Paper Child Studios - http://paperchild.com - Purify Puzzle, contract studio
PerfectDork - http://www.perfectdorkstudios.com - Active multiplatform indie studio. (iPhone, iPad, Web, XNA) Pixel Mine Games - http://www.pixelminegames.com - Indie MMO and iPhone game developer Playtechtonics - http://www.playtechtonics.com - Self-published Indie MMO Radioactive Labs - http://www.radioactivelabs.com - Johnathon Vought, art outsourcing and various titles Renegade Kid - http://www.renegadekid.com - Wii/DS developer, published by SouthPeak Replay Games - http://www.replaygamesinc.com - Paul Trowe, casual/social titles Ricochet Labs - http://www.qrankthegame.com - Rodney Gibbs, social games Roxor Games - http://www.roxorgames.com - Indie Arcade and PS2 games Schell Games - http://schellgames.com - Sheri Graner Ray, casual/online games, Disney stuff Seamless Entertainment - http://www.seamlessentertainment.com Semi Secret Software - http://semisecretsoftware.com - iPhone and Flash games, Flixel, Adam Saltsman Smashing Studios - http://www.smashingstudios.com - iPhone games Snakehead Software - http://www.snakeheadsoftware.com - iPhone games Sneaky Games - http://www.sneakygames.com - Social games on mobile and web/Facebook, Free-To-Play and RPGs Starlit Sky Games - http://www.starlitskygames.com - Indie XNA game studio Tandem Games - http://www.TandemGames.com - PC Games and web MMO Tiger Style - http://tigerstylegames.com - iOS games Twisted Pixel - http://www.twistedpixelgames.com - XBLA games and an unannounced MMO Zeolite Studios - http://www.zeolitestudios.com
Major Studios: (23) Certain Affinity - http://www.certainaffinity.com - Halo and Source-engine Game Developer, 360 version of Left 4 Dead, Age of Booty, etc Disney - Junction Point Studios - http://www.junctionpoint.com - Epic Mickey, Warren Spector Disney - Playdom - http://www.playdom.com - social games, studio head - Gordon Walton EA Armature - http://www.armature.com - Experimental Game Studio EA Bioware - http://www.bioware.com - MMO studio, Star Wars: The Old Republic Edge of Reality - http://www.edgeofreality.com - Console Game Developer, Sims 3 for Consoles Heatwave Interactive - http://www.heatwaveinteractive.com - MMO, iPhone, social studio KingsIsle - http://www.kingsisle.com - MMO studio Lightbox - http://www.lightboxinteractive.com - Starhawk for PS3 Loot Drop - http://www.lootdrop.com - social games, published by RockYou, John Romero, Tom Hall, Brenda Brathwaite OMGPOP - http://www.omgpop.com - browser, Facebook, and mobile games Panic Button Games - http://www.panicbuttongames.com - Wii and 360 games Portalarium - http://www.portalarium.com - Richard Garriott Red Fly Studio - http://www.redflystudio.com - Wii/DS Developer, Dan Borth, Star Wars, Thor Retro Studios - http://retrostudios.com - Nintendo of Austin, Donkey Kong for Wii Spacetime Studios - http://www.spacetimestudios.com - MMO studio, iPhone and iPad games Third Wire Productions - http://www.thirdwire.com - Flight Sims Trion World - http://www.trionworld.com - MMOs Total Immersion (now called Intific) - http://www.totimm.com - Serious games Vigil - http://www.vigilgames.com - THQ Austin, WH40K MMO Zenimax - Arkane Studios - http://www.arkane-studios.com - Harvey Smith Zynga Austin - http://www.zynga.com - Online CCGs (Challenge Games acquired Mock Science and was subsequently acquired by Zynga) Publishers: (5) EA, Disney, Nintendo have studios but not publishing arms in town Aspyr - http://www.aspyr.com - Publisher, Developer and Port Creator. 50+% Mac game market. Devolver - http://www.devolverdigital.com - Publisher for Serious Sam HD Sony Online (SOE) - http://www.sonyonline.com - DCUO, SWG, other Sony MMOs Thriller Publishing - http://www.thrillerpublishing.com - Bill Stealey, cofounder of Microprose True Games - http://www.truegames.com - Frank Lucero - Free to Play games
Other/Specialized Studios: (20) (Activision) Blizzard - http://www.blizzard.com - Customer Service for WoW Big Solutions Group - http://www.bigsolutionsgroup.com - Game Marketing/Consulting Critical Mass Interactive - http://www.criticalmassinteractive.com - Outsourcing studio, Billy Cain Digital Harmony - http://digitalharmonygames.com - cross platform networking Funky Rustic - http://www.funkyrustic.net - Game Audio GL33K - http://gl33k.com - Game Audio Mockingbird Games - http://www.playmockingbird.com - Web-based games for the people, by the people. Multimedia Games - http://www.multimediagames.com - Casino Games NCSoft - http://www.ncsoft.com or http://www.plaync.com - QA/CS Online Alchemy - http://www.onlinealchemy.com - Indie Game Backend Developer Planet Texas Studios - http://www.planettexasstudios.com - 2D/3D Animation Pulse Interactive - http://www.pulsemobilegames.com - Mobile studio, did Quake for cellphones, Paul Trowe Real Normal Productions - http://realnormal.com - ad agency Sparkleworks Multimedia - http://www.sparkleworks.com - Game Design Services Steve Jackson Games - http://www.sjgames.com - Tabletop Game Developer Super Happy Fun Fun - http://www.superhappyfunfun.com - Mobile studio SurvivorSoft - http://www.survivorsoft.com - Mobile studio Susan O'Connor - http://www.storiesforgames.com - Writer The Fat Man - http://www.fatman.com - Music and Sound Design for Games, Exclusive Conferences (BBQ/Horseshoe), George Sanger Toucan Studio - http://www.toucanstudio.com - art outsourcing
We are still gathering information on the studios below in order to categorize them (please help out!) (1) Birch Tree Group - http://birchtreegroup.com |