Develop magazine has released this year's list of the 100 top videogame studios in the world. Based on an array of criteria including sales data and critical success, Blizzard is at the top of the pile thanks to WoW, with Nintendo (last year's number one), Rockstar North, EA Canada and Capcom making up the rest of the top five.
There's an impressive 21 UK companies on the list including the well-known likes of Traveler's Tales (12) Media Molecule (18) and Lionhead (22), as well as some names you may not recognise. RuneScape creator Jagex is there, as is Eurocom, a veteran specialist in movie tie-ins and other franchises. Social gaming company, Playfish, which creates games for Facebook, MySpace and Bebo, has also made it in - an interesting endorsement for this emerging sector.
You can find profiles of all the developers here. So, is your favourite studio on here?
