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Studio Name Year Founded Notable Employees (Roles @ Previous Studio)
Remedy Entertainment 1995 Sam Lake (Lead Writer/Creative Director).
IO Interactive 1998
MercurySteam 2002
Certain Affinity 2006 Former Bungie - Max Hoberman (Multiplayer Lead on Halo 2).
Blackbird Interactive 2007 Former Relic - Rob Cunningham (Creative Director and Co-Founder) | Jon Kambeitz (Co-Founder).
Stoic Studio 2011 Former Bioware - Alex Thomas (Senior Designer on Star Wars: TOR) | John Watson (Lead Combat Programmer) | Arnie Jorgensen (Lead Concept Artist on Star Wars: TOR).
Oxide Games 2013 Former Firaxis - Daniel Baker (Graphics Lead) | Marc Meyer (Senior Programmer) | Brian Wade (Lead Programmer) | Tim Kipp (3D Engine Architect)
Kojima Productions 2015 Former Konami - Hideo Kojima.
Fools Theory 2015 Former CD Projekt Red - Jakub Rokosz (Senior Quest Designer on Witcher 2/3).
Bonfire Studios 2016 Former Blizzard - Rob Pardo (Chief Creative Officer and Lead Designer on WoW).
Build A Rocket Boy 2016 Former Rockstar - Leslie Benzies (President of Rockstar North on GTA III - V).
ProbablyMonsters 2016 Former Bungie - Harold Ryan (President of Bungie).
ProbablyMonsters Cauldron Studio 2016 Former Bungie - Dave Matthews (Art Director)
Probably Monsters Firewalk Studio 2016 Former Bungie - Tony Tsu (Senior Vice President on Destiny).
Jumpship 2017 Former Playdead - Dino Patti (Co-Founder).
Interior Night 2017 Former Quantic Dream - Caroline Marchal (Game Designer on Heavy Rain and Beyond Two Souls).
Embark Studios 2018 Former EA - Patrick Soderlund (Executive Vice President).
Ascendant Studios 2019 Former Sledgehammer/EA - Bret Robbins (Creative Director on Dead Space & Creative Director on WW2, Advanced Warfare and Modern Warfare 3).
Mainframe Industries 2019 Former CCP, Remedy, Next Games Veterans.
WolfEye Studios 2019 Former Arkane - Raphael Colantonio (Co-Founder).
Covenant Studios 2020 Former CD Projekt Red - Stan Just (Producer on The Witcher 3).
Starward Industries 2020 Former CD Projekt Red - Marek Markuszewski (Senior Producer on The Witcher 3).
Bokeh Games Studio 2020 Former Sony Japan - Keiichiro Toyama (Co-Creator of Silent Hill, Siren and Gravity Rush).
Deviation Games 2020 Former Treyarch - Dave Anthony (Vice President).
Dreamhaven 2020 Former Blizzard - Mike Morhaime (Blizzard Co-Founder).
Dreamhaven - Moonshot Games 2020 Former Blizzard - Jason Chayes (Executive Producer).
Dreamhaven - Secret Door 2020 Former Blizzard - Chris Sigaty (Executive Producer/Senior Vice President).
Frost Giant Studios 2020 Former Blizzard - Tim Morten (Production Director on StarCraft II) & Former InXile - Tim Campbell (Game Director on Wasteland 3).
Gravity Well Games 2020 Former Respawn - Drew McCoy (Senior Producer on Titanfall 2) | Jon Shiring (Lead Programmer on Titanfall 2).
Gunzilla Games 2020 Former Crytek - Alexander Zoll (Crytek Kyiv CEO) & Hollywood Director Neill Blomkamp.
Liquid Swords 2020 Former Avalanche - Christofer Sundberg (Co-Founder).
Yellow Brick Games 2020 Former Bioware - Mike Laidlaw (Creative Director/Lead Designer on Dragon Age Franchise).
Mountaintop Studios 2020 Former Oculus - Nate Mitchell (Co-Founder) & Former Respawn, Epic, Riot, Bungie Veterans.
Eyes Out 2021 Former YAGER - Cory Davis (Creative Director on Spec Ops: The Line).
Midnight Society 2021 Dr Disrespect (Twat).
Humanoid Studios 2021 Former Bioware - Casey Hudson (Director on Mass Effect 1-3 and KOTOR).
Ivy Road 2021 Former Fullbright - Karla Zimonja (Co-Founder) & Davey Wreden (Co-Creator of The Stanley Parable).
Lost Lake Games 2021 Former Blizzard - James Phinney (Lead Designer on StarCraft).
Possibility Space 2021 Former Undead Labs - Jeff Strain (Founder).
That's No Moon 2021 Former Naughty Dog - Taylor Kurosaki (Cinematic Lead on Uncharted 3) & Jacob Minkoff (Lead Designer on Uncharted 3 & The Last of Us).
Notorious 2021 Former Blizzard (World of Warcraft).
Bit Reactor 2022 Former Firaxis - Greg Foertsch (Art Director).
Dark Passenger 2022 Former CD Projekt Red - Jakub Ben (Assistant Director) | Marcin Michalski (Senior Environment Artist).
Elemental Games 2022 Former Avalanche Studios - Linus & Viktor Bloomberg (Co-Founders).
Gardens 2022 Former ThatGameCompany & Giant Sparrow - Chris Bell (Lead Game Designer on What Remains of Edith Finch & Game Designer on Journey).
Wildflower Interactive 2022 Former Naughty Dog - Bruce Straley (Game Director on Uncharted 2, The Last of Us, Uncharted 4).
Rebel Wolves 2022 Former CD Projekt Red - Konrad Tomaszkiewicz (Game Director on The Witcher 3).
Unseen Inc 2022 Former Tango Gameworks - Ikumi Nakamura (Lead Artist on The Evil Within).
Moon Beast Productions 2022 Former Blizzard - Peter Hu (Lead Designer on Diablo II) | Phil Shenk (Lead Artist on Diablo II) | Erich Schaefer (Co-Creator on Diablo I/II).
Something Wicked Games 2022 Former Bethesda Games Studios - Jeff Gardiner (Lead Producer on Fallout 4 & Senior Producer on Skyrim).
Gas Giant Games 2023 Former Blizzard - Jay Wilson (Lead Designer on Diablo III) | Julian Love (Lead Technical Artist on Diablo III).
Genpop Interactive 2023 BloodPop (Music Producer).
Maverick Games 2023 Former Playground Games - Mike Brown (Creative Director on Forza Horizon 5).
Wildlight Entertainment 2023 Former Respawn - Chad Grenier (Game Director on Apex Legends) | Carlos Pineda (Lead Game Designer on Apex Legends) | Mohammad Alavi (Narrative Design Lead on Apex Legends) | Jason McCord (Lead Designer on Titanfall 2)
Magic Soup Games 2023 Former Blizzard - Allen Brack (President of Blizzard) & Former Vicarious Visions - Jen O'Neal (Studio Head).
The Believer Company 2023 Former Riot Games - Michael Chow (Vice President) & Steven Snow (Co-Founder).
Lighthouse Games 2023 Former Playground Games - Gavin Raeburn (Co-Founder).

This is what I have so far, any suggestions, anything missing?

I should mess with the table widths.

I've only listed like the very top employees, the vast majority of these studios also have generic "Veterans from XYZ" but I Cba to write that up.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 27 March 2023