Here's everyone working on a PS4 game
That image from Sony's press conference failed to capture the breadth of the third-party support already planned for the console. After the event, Sony released a gigantic list of third-party developers and publishers signed on to work on PS4 games, organized by region.
There are a few surprises in the North American developer/publisher list. A quick onceover reveals the involvement of Armature Studios, the Austin-based company formed from Retro's leads; Bit.Trip developer Gaijin Games; N+ developer Metanet; Skullgirls' Lab Zero Games; Mark of the Ninja's Klei Entertainment, and even Retro City Rampage creator vBlank Entertainment.
Those are just some of the 47 North American companies – roughly 96 companies worldwide, including duplicates like Bethesda's North American and Japanese operations – working on something or other for PS4. That's not to say all the projects will be released. Remember Fifth Phantom Saga?
List of Third Party Game Developers and Publishers As of February 20th, 2013 (in alphabetical order of developer/publisher) | |
<JAPAN> | |
ACQUIRE Corp. | KADOKAWA SHOTEN CO., LTD. |
ARC SYSTEM WORKS CO.,LTD. | Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. |
ARTDINK CORPORATION | LEVEL-5 Inc. |
ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc. | MAGES. Inc. |
Bethesda Softworks, LLC | MarvelousAQL Inc. |
CAPCOM | NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. |
Chara-Ani Corporation | NAMCO BANDAI Studios Inc. |
CRAFTS & MEISTER CO.,LTD. | NIHON FALCOM CORPORATION |
CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd. | Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. |
D3 PUBLISHER Inc. | O-TWO inc. (peakvox) |
Dimps Corporation | PlatinumGames Inc. |
Electronic Arts Inc. | SEGA Corporation |
FromSoftware, Inc. | SPIKE CHUNSOFT Co.,Ltd. |
GANBARION Co., Ltd. | SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd. |
Genki Co., Ltd. | SystemSoft Alpha Corp. |
Granzella Inc. | TECMO KOEI GAMES Co.,Ltd. |
GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC. | TOSE CO., LTD. |
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. | tri-Ace Inc. |
GUST CO.,LTD. | Ubisoft Entertainment |
IDEA FACTORY Co., Ltd. | WILL CO., LTD |
IMAGEEPOCH INC. | XING Inc. |
Index Corp.(ATLUS) | YUKE'S Co.,Ltd. |
KADOKAWA GAMES,LTD. |
45 companies in total | |
<ASIA> | |
BLUESIDE Inc. | |
4 companies in total |
<NORTH AMERICA> | |
17-Bit | JETPACK Interactive Entertainment Ltd. |
5th Cell Media LLC | Klei Entertainment Inc. |
Activision Publishing, Inc. | Lab Zero, Inc |
Armature Studios | LucasArts, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company |
Behaviour Interactive | Metanet Software Inc |
Bethesda Softworks, LLC | Minority Media Inc. |
Blind Squirrel Games® | Nicalis, Inc |
Certain Affinity, Inc. | Panic Button, LLC |
Darkside Game Studios, Inc. | Psyonix Studios, Inc. |
Devolver Digital | Slant Six Games |
©Disney | Sony Online Entertainment LLC |
Double Fine Productions, Inc. | Spark Unlimited |
Double Helix Games | Spry Fox LLC |
DrinkBox Studios Inc. | SuperVillain Studios |
Edge of Reality, Inc. | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. |
Electronic Arts Inc. | Telltale, Inc. |
FarSight Studios | Tribute Games Inc. |
Gaijin Games, Inc. | Turtle Rock Studios, Inc. |
Gearbox Software | Ubisoft Entertainment |
HB Studios Multimedia | vBlank Entertainment Inc. |
Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Inc. |
High Voltage Software, Inc. | WayForward Technologies, Inc. |
inXile Entertainment Inc. | Zombie Studios, LLC |
Iron Galaxy Studios, LLC |
47 companies in total | ||
<EUROPE / PAL> | ||
4A Games | Kalyspo Media | |
505 Games | Laughing Jackal | |
Abstraction | Ludosity | |
Beatshapers | Mediatonic | |
Big Ant | Milestone | |
Big Bit | Mojang | |
BitComposer | Onmi Systems | |
Bloober Team S.A. | Prodigy Design | |
Boss Alien | Ripstone | |
Bugbear | Roll7 | |
Cauldron | Ronimo | |
City Interactive | Rovio | |
Criterion Games | Shortround | |
Croteam | Sperasoft | |
Curve Studios | Sproing | |
Dakko Dakko Ltd | Stormbasic | |
Deck 13 | Straight Right | |
Double Eleven | Targem | |
Eko Software | Tate | |
FatShark | Techland | |
Flying Wildhog | Tonika | |
Four Door Lemon | Torus Games | |
Frozenbyte | Vector Cell | |
FuturLab | Virtual Toys | |
Gaijin | Vlambeer | |
GHOST GAMES - AN EA STUDIO | Wizarbox | |
Green Hill Studios |