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Nintendo
Headquarters: Kyoto, Japan
This company is credited with the conception of handheld video games in 1979. Nintendo was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi in September 1889. It's headquartered in Kyoto, Japan but has subsidiaries and offices in several other parts of the world.
Nintendo is the world’s largest video game company by revenue, with a net value of over USD85 Billion.
Some of the notable video game by this company are:
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Mario
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Pokémon
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The legend of Zelda
Valve Corporation
Headquarters: Bellevue, WA
It’s headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and has a subsidiary in Luxembourg. It was started in 1996 by former Microsoft employees Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington. It has total equity of over USD2.5 Billion. Some of the work produced by Valve Corporation includes:
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Counter-strike series
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Dota 2
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Day of defeat series
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Half-life series
ROCKSTAR GAMES
Headquarters: New York City, NY
This company has its headquarters in New York, USA and is owned by Take-Two Interactive. It was founded more than 20 years ago in 1998 by Sam House, Dan Houser, Terry Donovan, Jamie King, and Gary Foreman.
Rockstar’s notable video games, amongst many others, are:
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Grand Theft Auto
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Red dead
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Midnight club
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Bully
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Max Payne
ELECTRONIC ARTS
Headquarters: Redwood City
It’s also referred to as EA Games. It was started in May 1982 by Trip Hawkins.
The company’s revenue is over USD4.5 Billion. Several video games have been produced by this company, for example:
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Army of Two series
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Battlefield series
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FIFA series
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The Simpsons series
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Star wars series
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
Headquarters: Santa Monica, California
The company had revenue of over USD4.6 Billion in 2015 and is a listed company whose shares trade on NASDAQ. Company president and CEO is Robert Kotick, while the Chairman of the BOD is Brian Kelly.
Many video games have been produced by the company, among them:
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Call of duty series
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Crash Bandicoot series
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Spyro the dragon series
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Tony Hawks series
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
Headquarters: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the large Sony Corporation. It was established in Tokyo, in November 1993. It has several subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America. Some of the game consoles from Sony C.E include:
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PlayStation
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PlayStation 2
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PlayStation 3
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PlayStation 4
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PlayStation Vita
UBISOFT
Headquarters: Montreuil, France
The company, originally Ubisoft Entertainments S.A was founded in France, March 1986 by five siblings of the Guillemot family. It has subsidiaries in 26 countries throughout the world. It trades on Euronex as UBI and had a revenue of 1.4 Billion Euros in 2014.
Game series from Ubisoft include:
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Assassin’s creed series
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Far cry series
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Just dance series
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Tom Clancy series
SEGA GAMES CO.LTD
Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
The company was founded in 1940, in Honolulu Hawaii. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the larger group, Sega Holdings and has several offices around the world. Some of the notable and best selling game consoles from this company are:
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Sonic the hedgehog
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Virtua Fighter
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Phantasy Star
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Yakuza
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Total War
BIOWARE
Headquarters: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
It’s wholly owned by Electronic Arts. The company was founded by Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, who are medical doctors by profession.
Some of the products from BioWare are:
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Mass Effect series
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Dragon Age series
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Star Wars: Knights of the Olds
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Baldur’s Gate series
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Republic series
NAUGHT DOG INC
Headquarters: Santa Monica, California
The company was founded in 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. It is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment after a successful acquisition in 2001.
Products from Naughty Dog Inc include:
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Crash Bandicoot
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Jak and Daxter
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The Last of Us
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Unchartered
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