Who Makes Them Games?

Playing video games is a hobby, a recreational activity, a way to pass the time during a flight and a way to take a short break at work. Video games are sometimes art, sometimes controversial, sometimes addicting. Millions of people currently play video games and the industry takes in more money each year than the movie industry. But who makes these video games?

Enter development studios.

Bioware, Capcom, Konami, Ubisoft Montreal, Bungie, Visceral Games and Bethesda are just a few of the many developers that make video games. These companies are often owned by larger corporations called “publishers” who sometimes negatively effect the production of a video game by pushing deadlines on the development studio and making creative decisions based on consumer research and dollar dollar bills yall. The movie industry is apparently the same way. While these tactics aren’t true of all publishers, many a dev will tell you it is often a problem.

My favorite developer for multiplayer video games is a Swedish company called Digital Illusions CE, which is owned by Electronic Arts (EA).

DICE is the developer behind the Battlefield series of games, which I have played for over 10 years now. I am currently playing Battlefield: Bad Company 2, DICE’s latest offering (and the best multiplayer game available IMO).

About 2 weeks ago, DICE had a contest on the Twitters for a Battlefield 2 thermos shaped like a bullet. Take a wild guess at who won that bad boy.

             

                                          Dreams really do come true boys and girls.