The best developers of games you have never heard of

Summary

• Bend Studio is a underestimated Sony developer responsible for recognized games like Days Gone.

• The shooter games grew from the closure of THQ and created successful titles such as Darksiders 3.

• Treasure, the legendary studio, created iconic games like Gunstar Heroes, but remains underestimated.

Some video game studios simply don't get the attention they deserve. Whether it is because they do not have a marketing budget to get their name or fate, which just maintained underground, these developers deserve more praise and recognition from the wider game community.

The underestimated is a somewhat vague term that can be interpreted in many ways, but it would be safe to say that it applies to each of these video game studies. While the same big studios that everyone knows always gain praise, it is worth digging several layers to find other developers who in many ways hit their weight in many ways.

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Bend Studio

Years away without a new game

It may feel strange that one of the first page developers of Sony on the list of underestimated game studies. However, the state of Bend Studio as a underestimated study is more in relation to its peers, such as Naughty Dog, Santa Monic Studio, Insomniac, etc.

This is, despite the fact that Bend Studio is responsible for some of the best interactive Sony entertainment games in PlayStation. A series of filters Siphon, Days of Gone and Work of Studio developing portable spinoffs such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Resistance: Retalia of all points to a talented team of developers who deserve the same praise as other PlayStation Studios.

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Shooter

Ashes

The existence of shooters of games is something like a miracle. The studio was born from a team of developers who lost their work in 2013 as a result of composing THQ, and have since established themselves as a recognized team of Double-A.

With titles such as Darksiders 3, The Remnant Series and Chronos, Gunfire Games continued to build his fanbase even after he got under his last life. Despite this, there is certainly more space for shooting games that grow in the minds of mainstream players around the world.

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Thunder Lotus

Creating unforgettable independent games

Thunder Lotus is a Canadian independent developer who builds some real dynamics with each of his titles. Studio, saying with the action game Viking's action game Jotun and then launched the idiosyncratic Metroidvania before finding a wider attraction with a moving Spiritfarer.

Every subsequent game represents the growth of the studio not only in its game design, but also as a capable narrator who knows how to use the medium to induce strong emotions. Thunder Lotus still has to really win the awards he deserves, but he never lacked quality games.

4

Hörberg Productions

The miracle of one person

Hörberg Productions is a development studio Bertil Hörberg, a Swedish developer who first encountered that for Nintendo 3DS eshop has done really polished games. The shooter Clive Duology has been one of the best and most underestimated action payers for the last fifteen years and Hörberg has not stopped there.

This studio continued that super -neat and aesthetically stylish games for modern platforms such as meching force and onion attack. And the fact that all these amazing titles come from one developer make their qualities even more impressive.

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Zoink game

Known for unique games

Zoink Games Legacy, another underestimated Swedish developer, will never take place now when the studio has been incorporated into the Thunderful Group – connecting with another non -involved developer, picture and form. Hopefully, this new chapter for Zoink Games does not choose from strange and wonderful creations for which he was responsible in his time.

Games such as Fe and Ghost Giant have presented a pure imagination that this developer has fulfilled its games again. There was always something whimsical and unique about his games, from playing to narration, which is a pity that people did not get more attention to them on the day.

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Giant sparrow

Creating a way forward

Giant Sparrow is a suitable name for this developer because the inconsistency of large small birds summarizes the type of double -sided history experienced by the developer. On the one hand, there is a game like what remains of Edith Finch, often praised as one of the greatest independent games of all time and has grown only since its launch.

On the other hand, the giant sparrow remained a relatively small developer who has not completely become a household among players, although it is constantly compared to developers like this gamecompan. When two studios games were so good (the others are excellent unfinished swan), you can't help, but feel that there should be more noise about this incredibly talented team and excitement about what they have in the future.

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Treasure

The original underestimated game studio

Heroes Gunstar, Guardian Heroes, Ikaruga, Sin and Punishment … These are some of the most popular games for systems that have launched, yet there would be not enough people to name the studio behind them. The treasure has been a well -valuable game study for more than 30 years, although it never received its proper credit.

For those who do not know, the treasure was responsible for creating highly intense and fast action games that are consistently ridiculously high quality. It's something like retro platinumgames, but his heritage has never coincided with the studios that would eventually inspire.