Edge celebrates 250th issue with developer awards

<p>After launching back in 1993&comma; multi-format video games magazine <em>Edge<&sol;em> is releasing its 250th issue this week&comma; and to celebrate&comma; the magazine has presented its first Edge Developer Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Edge<&sol;em> compiled a list of what it considers to be the best 50 development studios in the world today and gave the number 1 spot to Valve&comma; the company behind the hugely successful PC gaming platform Steam as well as game series such as <em>Half-Life<&sol;em> and <em>Portal<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alex Wiltshire&comma; Editor of Edge&comma; said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Since our launch in September 1993&comma; Edge has reported on and celebrated the creative culture of videogames&period; The Edge Developer Awards look to build on this tradition by shining a light on the very best of the best&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wiltshire went on to explain the reasoning behind the magazine&&num;8217&semi;s choice of winner&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Valve is named our number one because it is driving the future like no other developer&period; It’s in control of its destiny&comma; it empowers its fans&comma; and it’s continually experimenting with new ways of selling games and ways to play with them&period; And all the while&comma; the quality and ambition of its games are second to none&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here are the developers who were awarded the top 5 places in <em>Edge<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s list&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&period; Valve &lpar;<em>Half-Life<&sol;em> &sol; <em>Portal<&sol;em>&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;2&period; Mojang &lpar;<em>Minecraft<&sol;em>&sol; <em>Scrolls<&sol;em>&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;3&period; Nintendo EAD &lpar;<em>Mario<&sol;em>&sol; <em>The Legend of Zelda<&sol;em>&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;4&period; Platinum Games &lpar;<em>Bayonetta<&sol;em>&sol; <em>The Wonderful 101<&sol;em>&rpar;<br &sol;>&NewLine;5&period; Naughty Dog &lpar;<em>The Last of Us<&sol;em> &sol; <em>Uncharted<&sol;em>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;