The 2000s saw gaming reach unprecedented heights with the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube defining the era. Developers like Rockstar Games, Bungie, BioWare, and many others pushed technical boundaries and narrative depth to new levels.
This decade produced some of gaming's most celebrated franchises and technological achievements, from Grand Theft Auto's open worlds to Halo's revolutionary online multiplayer experiences.
The 00s represented a golden age of console gaming where creativity and technical prowess combined to create experiences that captivated millions worldwide.
An American game developer founded in 1986 as a sister company to Absolute Entertainment, founded by ex-Activision programmers Alex DeMeo, Dan Kitchen, Garry Kitchen and John Van Ryzin.
A British budget games company which went into the fray in the late 80's, with a mixture of original titles and re-releases of other developers and publishers software.
The other major publisher for the US TurboGrafx-16 and TurboGrafx-CD consoles. NEC Home Electronics passed over publishing duties to TTI in 1991, and TTI would publish the majority of TurboGrafx-16/CD games until the console's demise in 1994.
A game localization and publishing company based in Shibuya that will be forever remembered for its peerless work on Fire Emblem: Awakening, Imagine: Make-up Artist and Petz Hamsterz Bunch. Named after the final level in Super Mario Bros (8-4).
Marvelous, formerly known as Marvelous AQL and Marvelous Entertainment Inc. is a multinational corporation that produces video games.
Internal Sega studio formed by the merging of Sega Rosso and Hitmaker.