Ryuu96 on 27 March 2023
Hours after I posted it, I see that I forgot about three other studios formed in 2023...Lol.
| 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). |
| Fuse Games | 2023 | Former Criterion - Matt Webster (Vice President) | Andrei Shires (Senior Technical Director) | Alan McDairmant (Head of Studio Development) | Steve Uphill (Head of Content) | Pete Lake (Executive Producer). |
| Soft Rains | 2023 | Former Bethesda - Joel Burgess (Senior Designer on Fallout 3/4 & Skyrim) | Lucas Hardi (Senior Artist on Fallout 4 & Skyrim) & Former Capybara Games - Kaitlin Tremblay (Lead Narrative Designer). |
| TTKGames | 2023 | Former Dice - Lars Gustavsson (Creative Director on Battlefield Series). |
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