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This month we’ve published the 2010 edition of the Develop 100.
Published in association with Deep Silver and based on data compiled by GfK Chart-Track, the Develop 100 ranks the world’s games developers based on the amount of revenues their games generated at UK retail.
The Develop site is publishing major extracts from the book – here we present the details of positions 51 to 100.
51. Epic Games – £7.02m
Founded: 1991
Independent
Top Title: Gears of War 2
52. Krome Studios – £7.00m
Founded: 1999
Independent
Top Title: Star Wars: Clone Wars – Republic Heroes
53. Insomniac – £6.74m
Founded: 2002
Independent
Top Title: Resistance 2
54. Media Molecule – £6.43m
Top Title: Little Big Planet
55. Rockstar Leeds – £6.15m
Founded: 1997
Owned by: Rockstar Games
Top Title: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
56. Luxoflux – £5.87m
Founded: 1997 (Studio closed by parent Activision in 2010)
Top Title: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
57. Hudson – £5.78m
Founded: 1973
Owned by: Konami
Top Title: Sports Island
58. Techland – £5.59m
Founded: 1991
Independent
Top Title: Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
59. Creative Assembly – £5.53m
Founded: 1987
Owned by: Sega
Top Title: Empire: Total War
60. Cooking Mama Ltd – £5.52m
Independent
Top Title: Cooking Mama 3
61. Freestylegames – £5.23m
Founded: 2002
Owned by: Activision
Top Title: DJ Hero
62. Sucker Punch – £5.20m
Founded: 1997
Independent
Top Title: Infamous
63. Midway – £5.12m
Founded: 1988
Owned by: Firm went bankrupt in 2009, assets brought by Warner Bros, THQ and Tradewest
Top Title: Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
64.EA LA – £5.06m
Founded: 1995
Owned by: EA
Top Title: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
65. Transmission Games – £5.05m
Founded: 1996 (Closed in 2009)
Top Title: Ashes Cricket 2009
66. Grin – £5.03m
Founded: 1997 (Closed in 2009)
Top Title: Terminator Salvation
67. Exient – £4.81m
Founded: 2001
Independent
Top Title: Need for Speed: Undercover
68. EA Dice – £4.61m
Founded: 1988
Owned by: EA
Top Title: Mirror’s Edge
69. INIS – £4.54m
Founded: 1997
Independent
Top Title: Lips: Number One Hits
70. Asylum – £4.43m
Founded: 1995
Independent
Top Title: Peppa Pig: The Game
71. Respondesign – £4.33m
Founded: 2003
Independent
Top Title: My Fitness Coach: Get in Shape
72. Rebellion – £4.23m
Founded: 1992
Independent
Top Title: Call of Duty: World at War
73. EA Salt Lake – £4.16m
Founded: 1992
Owned by: EA
Top Title: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
74. Black Rock Studios – £4.03m
Founded: 1998 (as Pixel Planet)
Owned by: Disney
Top Title: Pure
75.Heavy Iron Studios – £4.00m
Founded: 1999
Independent
Top Title: Up
76. Monkey Bar Games – £3.92m
Founded: 2005
Owned by: Vicious Cycle Software/D3P/Namco Bandai
Top Title: Ben 10: Alien Force
77. Terminal Reality – £3.90m
Founded: 1994
Independent
www.terminalreality.com
Top Title: Ghostbusters: The Video Game
78. Crystal Dynamics – £3.88m
Founded: 1992
Owned by: Square Enix
Top Title: Tomb Raider: Underworld
79. Sora – £3.86m
Founded: 2009
Independent
Top Title: Super Smash Brothers: Brawl
80. Blizzard Entertainment – £3.85m
Founded: 1991
Owned by: Activision Blizzard
Top Title: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
81. Criterion Games – £3.80m
Founded: 1993
Owned by: EA
www.criteriongames.com
Top Title: Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
82. Big Fish Games – £3.80m
Founded: 2002
Independent
Top Title: Mystery Case Files: Millionheir
83. Polyphony Digital – £3.79m
Founded: 1998
Owned by: Sony
Top Title: Gran Turismo
84. Genius Sonority – £3.77m
Founded: 2002
Independent
Top Title: 100 Clasic Book Collection
85. N-Space – £3.74m
Founded: 1994
Independent
Top Title: Hannah Montana: The Movie
86. Magic Pockets – £3.72m
Founded: 1994
Independent
Top Titles: Imagine: Teacher
87. Beenox – £3.62m
Founded: 2000
Independent
Top Title: Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits
88. Monolith – £3.59m
Founded: 1994
Owned by: Warner Bros.
Top Title: F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin
89. Eurocom Entertainment – £3.53m
Founded: 1988
Independent
www.eurocom.co.uk
Top Title: G-Force
90. Midway Studios Newcastle – £3.48m
Founded: 1996 (Closed in 2009 as part of parent Midway’s bankruptcy and sell-off)
Top Title: Wheelman
91. Route 1 Games – £3.39m
Founded: 2007
Independent
Top Title: Puzzler Collection
92. Lionhead Studios – £3.39m
Founded: 1997
Owned by: Microsoft
Top Title: Fable II
93. Relic – £3.24m
Founded: 1997
Owned by: THQ
Top Title: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
94. Altron – £3.22m
Founded: 1983
Independent
Top Title: Disney’s Bolt
95. Wizarbox – £3.20m
Founded: 2003
Independent
Top Title: Scrabble Interactive: 2009 Edition
96. Slam Productions – £3.20m
Founded: 2007
Independent
Top Title: Golden Balls
97. Gusto Games – £3.18m
Founded: 2003
Independent
Top Titles: Ashes Cricket 2009
98. High Voltage – £2.83m
Founded: 1993
Independent
Top Title: Ben 10: Protector of Earth
99. Rockstar San Diego – £2.82m
Founded: 1984
Owned by: Rockstar Games
www.rockstarsandiego.com
Top Title: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
100. 5TH Cell – £2.78m
Founded: 2003
Independent
Top Title: Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
