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Games Inbox: Most famous video game developer, MediEvil remake love, and Elden Ring release date



With the recent debate over Hideo Kojima, Metal Gear, and Death Stranding it made me wonder who the most famous video game developer today is, and all I can think of is Japanese developers. There’s Shigeru Miyamoto, who I think is probably the most famous, Hidetaka Miyazaki (I had to look up that spelling), Hideki Kamiya, Suda51, SWERY, and Yu Suzuki. But I really struggle when trying to think of Western equivalents.

I don’t think that’s just my bias towards the games I like though because all I’m coming up with is really old dudes like Sid Meier, Gabe Newell (who hasn’t made anything in decades), Will Wright (ditto), John Romero, and Peter Molyneux. Except perhaps Sid Meier I don’t think any of them are really still working at anything like their former level and I’m not sure who is replacing them.

I mean, who even makes GTA and Fortnite? Only one of the Houser brothers works on GTA directly anymore and he’s just a writer and I haven’t heard or read anything about anyone that works on Fortnite. The excuse for not making developers famous is that it’s a team effort but I don’t really buy that. We’ve seen recently just how badly publishers treat their team so I think they just don’t want any one person getting too big for their boots. Which means a lot of talented people aren’t getting their fair due.
Wishbone





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