What's the best video game developer that's sadly no longer in business?

[Frickinfrik]

For me it's Radical Entertainment. They were apart of my childhood. The made such amazing games like The Simpsons: Hit and Run and Scarface: The World is Yours.

 

[Viviana Santos]

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Some of my favorite games of all time came from Clover Studio.

 

[Cantarella]

Treasure. They still... technically exist? But not really.

 

[Scotty]

Vic Tokai. Primarily because they made the excellent Battle Mania games and Magical Doropie.

 

[Clippy]

Blizzard. Whatever passes for Blizzard these days is nothing more than a corpse worn like a skinsuit for brand recognition. The Blizzard I used to know and love has been dead and buried for years now.

 

[zibltogt]

Bullfrog and Westwood come to mind.

 

[Viviana Santos]

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The developer Quintet made some of the best RPGs of the Fourth Generation.

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Unfortunately, the company closed its doors in the 2000s.

 

[Cu1tur3D_Gam3R]

For me it's Radical Entertainment. They were apart of my childhood. The made such amazing games like The Simpsons: Hit and Run and Scarface: The World is Yours.

My favorite from Radical Entertainment is Jackie Chan Stuntmaster.

 

[Faust03]

Alphadream was done dirty by nintendo

 

[Carlnshake Carlnshake]

Blizzard. Whatever passes for Blizzard these days is nothing more than a corpse worn like a skinsuit for brand recognition. The Blizzard I used to know and love has been dead and buried for years now.

Feels the same about Bioware

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Maxis, LucasArts, Core Design, and Rogue Entertainment form that group for me.

 

[Carlnshake Carlnshake]

Maxis, LucasArts, Core Design, and Rogue Entertainment form that core for me.

Oh god. I miss old Maxis so much.

 

[Questless Knight]

Westwood well they are technically around as some former devs formed Petroglyph.
Old blizzard from the early 90s PC gaming.
Blue Byte like old days of the 90s.
GameTek made one of my beloved RTS games Dark colony
Enix before they became square enix which some how turned them in to kind of MEH.


Honestly I can´t come up with companies that are all gone and I rather come up with companies are are still around or bought up and became trash or former devs made a new company and so on.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Not technically dead, but Treasure hasn't put out a new game in over 10 years.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I forgot about WestWood (inventors of the definitive RTS formula) and Ion Storm.

Corporate buyouts are daggers to creativity.

 

[Viviana Santos]

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Human Entertainment was a developer and publisher that developed several classic and unique games such as Clock Tower and Moonlight Syndrome, and many talented developers started their careers at this company (a good example being Goichi Suda who started his career as a game developer and director at Human Entertainment).

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Unfortunately, the studio went bankrupt and closed its doors in January 2000.

 

[Carlnshake Carlnshake]

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Human Entertainment was a developer and publisher that developed several classic and unique games such as Clock Tower and Moonlight Syndrome, and several talented developers started their careers at this company (a good example being Goichi Suda who started his career as a game developer and director at Human Entertainment).

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Unfortunately, the studio went bankrupt and closed its doors in January 2000.

No shit?? I didn't know Suda started at Human.

 

[JPchicre]

Troika Games made only three games, all great and all cult classics.

 

[Doc X]

Neversoft, the original developer of the Tony Hawk games.

 

[prnzoDraGoonZweiOrta]

Compile. Climax. Renovation (WolfTeam). if Treasure is technicaLLy existing then c'mon guys hiatus over. it's time for you to re-emerge with fresh ideas that wiLL sureLy be aped off of for the next 4-5 gens

Edit: is Ancient AWOL RIPzers ??

 

[Darzhgrod]

Blizzard. Whatever passes for Blizzard these days is nothing more than a corpse worn like a skinsuit for brand recognition. The Blizzard I used to know and love has been dead and buried for years now.

I recently read Jason Schreier's book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, it was an excellent dissection of their devolution. Such a shame.

 

[Viviana Santos]

No shit?? I didn't know Suda started at Human.

Suda began his career as a game developer at Human.

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The first game he directed was Super Fire Pro Wrestling III released in 1993.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

As an jrpg lover I definitely miss this company.

 

[Clippy]

Ion Storm

We could've had a Daikatana 2 .

 

[Stare best girl]

Silicon Knights deserved better... after great games like Blood Omen and Eternal Darkness, we got a remake of a great game while isn't bad, was saboteaged by Kojima and then... Too Human for Xbox 360 happen...