The 2020s have been a transformative decade for game development. FromSoftware reached new heights with Elden Ring, Larian Studios delivered the monumental Baldur's Gate 3, and Nintendo continued to push boundaries with Tears of the Kingdom.
Indie studios like Supergiant Games (Hades), BlueTwelve (Stray), and poncle (Vampire Survivors) proved that small teams can create global phenomena. Meanwhile, Chinese developers like miHoYo (Genshin Impact) and Game Science (Black Myth: Wukong) demonstrated the growing global reach of Asian game development.
The decade also saw massive consolidation with Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard and Sony's expansion into PC and live-service gaming.
3D Realms was a Texas-based video game studio, most famous for developing the Duke Nukem series of games. In 2014 the name was acquired and it now refers to a studio based out of Denmark.
