Game publishers

Below are the top game publishers from 2015

Sony computer entertainment

About Sony• It’s a Japanese multinational video game

company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry

• The company was established on November 16, 1993 in Tokyo

• They are the owners of the Playstation console other hardware's such as the Eye Toy and games like The Last of Us

What games do Sony publish?

• The Last of Us• Sing Star series• Dead Nation• The Fight• Helldivers• Resogun

Does Sony produce games internally or hire publishers?

Sony hire publishers for some games such as Minecraft is developed by Mojang with additional work by other companies such as Microsoft Studio’sHowever, Sony does develop some of its own games such as Formula One, 2001 version

Microsoft game studiosAbout Microsoft• Microsoft Studios is the video game production wing for

Microsoft, responsible for the development and publishing of games for the Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Games for Windows, Steam, Windows Store, and Windows Phone platforms

• They were established in 2002 as Microsoft Game Studios to coincide with the already released Xbox

• Microsoft Studios develops and publishes games in conjunction with first and third party development studios under their publishing label.

• Therefore, Microsoft games studios DO publish/develop their own games

What games do Microsoft game studio’s publish?

• Halo• Co- publish mine craft with Mojang (indie

publishers)• State of decay• Blue dragon

Microsfot – allowing users to develop own games

The ID@Xbox program helps qualified game developers self-publish on Xbox One. Developers accepted into the program are provided two Xbox One development kits at no cost, and have access to the Xbox One XDK, developer documentation, private forums, free middleware, and more. ID@Xbox game developers have full access to the Xbox One platform, including Xbox Live, Gamerscore, achievements, challenges, SmartGlass, and Kinect.The idea was announced in 2013- Lots of publishers have praised this idea and the reception has been

great- criticism for enforcing a launch date parity policy which means that

developers can only release their titles on Xbox One if they haven't been released on other consoles first, but this has now been dropped after protest.