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[SDSGlen]

10 years ago I worked for a Melbourne company called just Thatgame (not thatgamecompany), it merged with IR Gurus and later renamed to Transmission Games.

All bad names

 

[Ruff]

Midgar Studio

Just because it tries too hard to ape Final Fantasy

What? It's clearly taken from Midgard, the human world on the world tree. (Which you can see in the logo). I wouldn't say it was trying too hard for anything.

 

[Zolo]

High Voltage because everyone who touches them gets burned.

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Or just us end users...

You should look up their old logo. It's a masterwork.

I played Crash back in the old days, so just like the user above, I also imagine 'Last of Us' being introduced with the Crash credits of the old days. XD

I actually don't mind the company name that much, but it's still funny to see with their new games like 'Last of Us'. I'll genuinely be surprised if it doesn't change in the next few years though.

 

[Birdman15]

Bungie
Riot Games
343 Studios
Capcom
TurtleRock
From Software
Microsoft
Valve
Treyarch And Infinity Ward
Sledgehammer


Pretty much every name is stupid. The worst are Japanese studios that use random English/Engrish like From Software. I always laugh when I here studio names from Japan that use random English

 

[Scrooge McDuck]

For character names and similar, sure, but I think businesses are different, especially with this specific instance. Yacht Club Games is another case where it seems pretentious, but at least they have admitted on numerous occasions to it being an ironic name.

If it's a big, corporate business, I'd agree with you. But these small Indie companies are generally a small group of people with some specific tastes. They tend to just name things whatever they think is neat, just like a garage band or something.

What? It's clearly taken from Midgard, the human world on the world tree. (Which you can see in the logo). I wouldn't say it was trying too hard for anything.

Well, their game tries to ape FF pretty hard. If it's taken from Midgard, why not call it Midgard? Why call it something that just so happen to be an iconic city from an FF game? I feel like the logo is a misdirection more than anything.

 

[Zolo]

This generation's most praised action-RPG brought to you by from From Software.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Pretty sure Ubisoft is Ubiquitous Software like Sega is Service Games.

My noms are Black Tusk and Naughty Dog. From Software is stupid too.

 

[Regiruler]

I get the irony, but Yacht Club Games does sound fairly stupid

Some more:
Drinkbox
Fuzzy Wuzzy Games
Any studio with "ninja" in it
Gaijin Games

Best: Blizzard

 

[SuperÑ]

Electronic Arts

 

[ZeronosVega]

Capcom

What's wrong with Capcom? Like a few of the company names mentioned in this thread, it has a meaning behind it. To quote Wikipedia:

"The name Capcom is a portmanteau of "Capsule Computers", a term coined by the company to describe the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread at that time.[12] The word capsule alludes to how Capcom likened its game software to "a capsule packed to the brim with gaming fun", as well as to the company's desire to protect its intellectual property with a hard outer shell, preventing illegal copies and inferior imitations."

You're certainly free to dislike the names, and this goes for everyone in the thread, but sometimes there's an explanation for them which allows them to make more sense.

 

[Vooduu]

Every game company: The Thread.

 

[visiblemode]

I've always really disliked the name Naughty Dog, but I so strongly associate it with the world class devs who use it, I no longer notice. Naughty Dog could make any name sound good to me.

 

[Spiritwalker]

Is there a single name that can live up to GAF's impossible standards?

Mistwalker is pretty classy

 

[Moza]

Fairly bad ones around but the only downright stupid one I can think of is 'From Software'.

'Bloodborne from From....'
'From's next title is......'
'developed by From...'
'software from From Software'

 

[SuperÑ]

Is there a single name that can live up to GAF's impossible standards?

Insomniac

 

[Chocolate Moose]

Bioware
Naughty Dog

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Silicon Knights is such a good name on a wasted studio.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

343 Industries

I actually thought 343 was a solid name for a Halo studio.
Most the "weird" names are foreign. CD Projekt Red, etc.

 

[LDAF]

This thread is making me question if we need a "Best Game Studio Names?" thread.

 

[Birdman15]

What's wrong with Capcom? Like a few of the company names mentioned in this thread, it has a meaning behind it. To quote Wikipedia:



You're certainly free to dislike the names, and this goes for everyone in the thread, but sometimes there's an explanation for them which allows them to make more sense.

I don't mean to offend or be rude, but everything could be explained like that. I could name a company Ass Cheek Software and explain that it means Assamese Cheektowaga Software.

 

[jerry1594]

I don't mean to offend or be rude, but everything could be explained like that. I could name a company Ass Cheek Software and explain that it means Assamese Cheektowaga Software.

Capcom is good name. What do you like?

 

[Firestorm ZERO]

Respawn Entertainment and Reload Studios. Both former Call of Duty developers. I think they weren't even trying when picking a name.

 

[Choomp]

Thatgamecompany

This one. But they're one of my favorites so they can get a pass on this.

 

[Luke_Wal]

American McGee's company is (was?) called "Spicy Horse." That's pretty awesome.

 

[Birdman15]

Capcom is good name. What do you like?

Well I don't "like" much. I think out of context, all studio names are stupid.

But I agree, Capcom is ok. I was just answering the OP.

I don't actively dislike the name capcom.

 

[Jason Frost]

If GAF was to launch a game company, what would its name be?

Banned Game Studio

 

[ZeronosVega]

I don't mean to offend or be rude, but everything could be explained like that. I could name a company Ass Cheek Software and explain that it means Assamese Cheektowaga Software.

No worries, Birdman. My point was that what may seem odd or make no sense at first glance, such as CD Projekt Red, may actually make sense when looking at its origin or the context for which the name was born.

 

[Usobuko]

Thatgamecompany

I don't think anything comes close for me.

 

[Naughty_Doge]

King

 

[Zodzilla]

Alright youngin's, move over with your "From Software's" and "Naughty Dog's" as I present to you:

CRACK DOT COM

fine game makers of the Aliens and Predator IP ripoff classic, Abuse.

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abuse was actually a fucking awesome game.

 

[Hitlersaurus Christ]

Stupid Dumb Loser Studios
Rumpadump Entertainment
Company Inc.
Poop Software
Fat White Guy Games

...well, you never said they have to be real.

 

[DarkJedi24]

Zynga.

 

[SirNinja]

From Software is the Slashdot of studio names. I kind of hate it and like it, because people still often fall into their awkward-double-preposition trap, writing about their works as "from From", developed "by From", or describing a person who works "at From".

 

[Black_Stride]

Electronic Arts

NO.
That is an amazing name for a game studio.

 

[Flink]

Facepalm Games

 

[MrCookiepants]

Electronic Arts

That's actually an excellent name, but I guess you're just saying it to be an anti-AAA hipster anyway.

 

[liliththepale]

That's actually an excellent name, but I guess you're just saying it to be an anti-AAA hipster anyway.

Similarly, Activision and Ubisoft are pretty good names, but have an evil megacorp association at present.

 

[hesido]

Every game company: The Thread.

Yeah, it's hard to find good ones!

I used to find DMA Design very cool, when I was a kid.

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I still do.

 

[Roto13]

Grimoire Assembly Forge

 

[shiptoncraig]

Swingin' Ape Studios. Just so random to have a verb in there.

 

[Forkball]

Gaijin Games

 

[MrRudiMentary]

I always hated Bullfrog. The fuck do frogs have to do with anything?

 

[paradise_circus]

I don't like stupid arbitary numbers for a name like 505 games or 343 studios.

 

[Polk]

CD Projekt RED


Straight outta the 90s that one.

Well, they started in early 90s as distrubutor of CD based pc games. They didn't carry anything on floppies.

 

[dirtywhirlwind]

Pure FPS (AitD: Illumination) and Salty Games (Asteroids: Outpost) comes to mind.

 

[Aeriscloud]

If GAF was to launch a game company, what would its name be?

Byzantine Games.

 

[tearsofash]

NUON

(nobody understands our name)

 

[GlamFM]

Bioware
Naughty Dog

The name bioware actually has some history to it.

Read up on it, it will totally make sense.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Rockstar and Psygnosis are the only good ones.

 

[The Spoony Hou]

It's a studio that makes a "tribute-to-JRPG-classics" game, using a derivative name of "Midgard" that only exists in Final Fantasy VII.

Oh well, guess I'll take your word for it. They probably should've added the "d" at the end.