Links to leading game developers and publishers, for those of you that want to go straight to the source.
The publisher of many of id Software's most popular titles and a varety of other award-winning games.
A smaller game company based in Canada which has developed some very impressive roleplaying games, including Knights of the Old Republic, Neverwinter Nights and the Baldur's Gate series.
Blizzard makes several dearly beloved PC titles, including the Diablo series, the Warcraft and Starcraft RTS series, and the ever popular World of Warcraft MMORPG.
The company responsible for Halo and Halo 2.
Chicken Soft is a small games development group focusing mainly on freeware Java games.
The world's largest publisher of electronic games and an enormous conglomerate of development houses. EA is responsible for the Madden Football series, the Sims series, and a host of other leading titles.
Since the release of Commander Keen in 1990, id has revolutionized the computer game industry with titles such as Wolfenstein, Doom, and Quake. Exciting graphics and breakthrough FPS technologies have become their trademark.
The IGDA is an independent, non-profit organization established by game developers to foster the creation of a worldwide game development community. Their site is an excellent source of information for anyone interested in working in the video game industry.
As well as making movies, George Lucas is a big player in the computer game industry, mostly on account of games with a "Star Wars" theme, but some of us remember Secret Weapons of the Luftwafe.
The software company that produces MUD2 and the MUDDLE programming language and development system, both of which are available for commercial licensing.
Developers of the popular Ghost Recon shooter series.
Producers of EverQuest, one of the most popular massively multiplayer online games in North America. Definitely a company to watch for Internet gamers.
Turbine owns the Asheron's Call series of MMORPGs, and is developing several next-generation games in this genre.
UbiSoft is a very large game published based in France. This company is well known for titles like Myst, Silent Hunter 2, Ghost Recon, and Shadowbane.
Developers of the Half-Life series, which, along with their many mods, are arguably the world's favorite first-person shooters.
