GDR releases list of Top 50 Developers of 2009
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Game Developer Research has released its annual list of the Top 50 Developers according to the number of studios, sales from 2008 along with SkU numbers, and metacritic ratings for each.
The supplement to the Top 50 Developers countdown in Game Developer magazine surveyed 600 industry professionals from the magazine and Gamasutra, asking for opinions on more than 150 developers.
Those polled were also asked to "rate any relevant experiences with working with the companies in question."
Top 25 is below, with the rest posted after the break courtesy of Joystiq.
- Nintendo
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Rockstar North
- EA Canada
- Konami
- Valve Software
- Epic Games
- EA Tiburon
- Treyarch
- Hal Laboratory
- Capcom
- Traveller's Tales
- Bethesda Game Studios
- Insomniac Games
- Namco Bandai Games
- EA Redwood Shores
- Koei
- Kojima Productions
- Harmonix Music Systems
- Media Molecule
- Lionhead Studios
- Vicarious Visions
- Maxis
- Neversoft Entertainment
- Game Freak
- Square Enix
- Digital Illusions CE (Dice)
- Success
- Ready At Dawn
- Atlus
- Criterion Games
- TOSE
- Mythic Entertainment
- Firaxis Games
- Volition
- Sega
- SCE Japan Studio
- Ironclad Games
- Marvelous Interactive
- Yuke's Future Media Creators
- SCE London Studio
- Visual Concepts
- Intelligent Systems
- Omega Force
- Monolith Productions
- Funcom
- SCE Studios San Diego
- Rare
- Treasure