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[bakedpony]

Not including names based on their location, which developers have the best and which have the worst company names?

 

[PriitV]

Slightly Mad Studios for the best name

 

[Nibel]

ROCKSTAR*

 

[Broder Salsa]

Pretty good names.

 

[tolkir]

Zombie Studios for the worst

 

[Servbot24]

I actually really like FROM.

Worst is probably thatgamecompany.

I dislike names that reference how extreme or zany said company is.

 

[BlackJace]

Ready at Dawn sounds cool.

Team Ninja does not.

 

[Ciastek3214]

Some people say CD Projekt is stupid.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Brownie Brown was kinda stupid.

1-UP Studio is even worse.

 

[ince]

Hitmaker

 

[JDSN]

Best:

Worst:

 

[Noisepurge]

Some people say CD Projekt is stupid.

thats why they changed it to "cdp.pl"

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

BEST:

WORST:
anything with a number in it.

 

[Auskeek]

Clover Studios sounds good to me.

 

[DecoyOctopus]

Worst:
Naughty Dog
Sucker Punch Productions

 

[MegaKungFuRadio]

thats why they changed it to "cdp.pl"

I don't see that as an improvement, but at least you can find their website more easily?

People Can Fly is an amazing name.

I get Super Giant Games and Big Huge Games confused often enough that they're both probably bad.

Epic was a good name, it's not their fault that word has been run through the wringer. Epic MegaGames, maybe less so.

 

[megalowho]

Always liked: Media Molecule, BioWare, Traveller's Tales, PopCap, Brøderbund

Not a fan: Visceral Games, CD Projekt RED, thatgamecompany, Dimps, Zynga

 

[Joseph Merrick]

Best Way
Success
Million

are clearly the best developer names

 

[Anteater]

Worst:
A2M

 

[A Sentient Keyboard]

Best:

People Can Fly

Worst:

Epic Games
Visceral Games

Epic was a good name, it's not their fault that word has been run through the wringer.

That's a valid point.

 

[Ciastek3214]

thats why they changed it to "cdp.pl"

CD from CD Projekt comes not from CD format, but is an acronym of Computer Distribution or something like that, they said so in the interview. It was because they were the first company to distribute games in Poland, hence the "Projekt" in name. CDP is probably because they freakin' love acronyms.

 

[Mogwai]

Good name:

Baaaad name:

 

[Sethos]

Worst:

Activision ( Sounds like an eyetest )

ArenaNet

CD Projekt RED

Epic Games

Naughty Dog

Zynga

Visceral Games ( Go die in an oil fire )

Capcom ( "That's why I need a name that's cutting-edge, like CutCo, EdgeCom, Interslice" )

PopCap Games


Best:

Slightly Mad Studios

Rockstar

Namco Bandai ( I don't know why, it rolls so beautifully off your tongue )

 

[Übermatik]

Good:

Bad:

 

[spirity]

Go back to the 8 bit era for some bad names. Ultimate Play The Game is pretty bad, even though their games were some of the best. There was a lot of companies that had plays on words like micro, bit, byte etc, deliberately mis-spelling them. Conversely, you had Hewson Consultants and Prism Leisure, which didn't sound like video game companies at all.

 

[Night_Trekker]

Infogrames is one of the worst I've ever heard.

 

[Kyoufu]

I don't like "Platinum Games".

 

[Anteater]

Capcom ( "That's why I need a name that's cutting-edge, like CutCo, EdgeCom, Interslice" )

what's so cutting edge about Capsule Computers?

 

[spirity]

Infogrames is one of the worst I've ever heard.

Infrogames
Infogames
Inforgames

the r keeps moving around every time I see the name.

 

[DeadRockstar]

People Can Fly, Insomniac, Pandemic and Rocksteady are good ones that come to mind. Naughty Dog is fun too.

Bad ones? Activision is terrible. CD Projekt Red is is almost comically weird and foreign.

 

[FearMyWrench]

Best:
Namco Bananas

 

[DonMigs85]

Ready at Dawn, because it indicates they rush their games

 

[Boss Doggie]

A dev name is already worst when they try to pull the "kewl" names.

 

[DeadRockstar]

I like saying Grasshopper Manufacture for some reason.

 

[shinobi602]

From always sounded stupid to me. I mean really?

 

[blitzcloud]

I actually really like FROM.

Worst is probably thatgamecompany.

I dislike names that reference how extreme or zany said company is.

Wow this game journey is amazing, who made it

-thatgamecompany

Which one?

 

[Sethos]

From always sounded stupid to me. I mean really?

Yeah, FROM really is a bad one as well. Poor name.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Rockstar is a brilliant name, as is Polyphony, Platinum, Psygnosis, Insomniac, Bioware, Crytek, Team Ico and Infinity Ward

Never liked Naughty Dog as a name even though its my favourite studio, and I don't like DICE as a name either

 

[blitzcloud]

Rockstar is a brilliant name, as is Polyphony, Platinum, Psygnosis, Insomniac, Bioware, Crytek, Team Ico and Infinity Ward

Never liked Naughty Dog as a name even though its my favourite studio, and I don't like DICE as a name either

that's because you dont say "naughty dog"

you have to say Naaaaaaaaaoooowty Dawwwwwwwg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBwXH5P218

 

[EBCubs03]

Sorny

 

[Anteater]

Not saying it's bad, but I really don't get the name Ninja Theory

 

[Squishy]

Good:

Electronic Arts, Psygnosis, Neversoft, Crystal Dynamics, Silicon Knights, Oddworld Inhabitants, Quantic Dream, Squaresoft.

Bad:

CyberConnect2, Epic Games, Level-5, Factor 5, Platinum Games, Team17.

Edit: How could I forget Infogrames?

 

[The_Hitcher89]

that's because you dont say "naughty dog"

you have to say Naaaaaaaaaoooowty Dawwwwwwwg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBwXH5P218

I miss Crash

When Cerny came out to the music, I thought it was a hint for a new one

 

[DJIzana]

Good:

Electronic Arts, Psygnosis, Neversoft, Crystal Dynamics, Silicon Knights, Oddworld Inhabitants, Quantic Dream, Squaresoft.

Bad:

CyberConnect2, Epic Games, Level-5, Factor 5, Platinum Games, Team17.

Edit: How could I forget Infogrames?

Definitely agree with CyberConnect2 and Level-5.

 

[BibiMaghoo]

Best:

Worst:

Good:

Electronic Arts, Psygnosis, Neversoft, Crystal Dynamics, Silicon Knights, Oddworld Inhabitants, Quantic Dream, Squaresoft.

God dayum.

 

[RyoonZ]

Best

 

[Dereck]

that's because you dont say "naughty dog"

you have to say Naaaaaaaaaoooowty Dawwwwwwwg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGBwXH5P218

Man if that ain't the best intro to a video game I ever laid my eyes upon.

 

[noffles]

Pwnee Studios.

The name genuinely annoys me.

Obsidian.

It's just cool.

 

[Kurtofan]

good:Crystal Dynamics, Black Isle Studios, Obsidian Entertainment, Eidos, Troika, Konami, Capcom, Nintendo, Insomniac games, Occean, Lucasarts.

I love cool sounding Japanese names and evocative English names

bad:Square-Enix, Bioware,Midway, Titus, Virgin Interactive, Sucker Punch, Acclaim, Sega, HAL.

 

[EvB]