After launching back in 1993, multi-format video games magazine Edge is releasing its 250th issue this week, and to celebrate, the magazine has presented its first Edge Developer Awards.
Edge 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, the company behind the hugely successful PC gaming platform Steam as well as game series such as Half-Life and Portal.
Alex Wiltshire, Editor of Edge, said, “Since our launch in September 1993, Edge has reported on and celebrated the creative culture of videogames. The Edge Developer Awards look to build on this tradition by shining a light on the very best of the best.”
Wiltshire went on to explain the reasoning behind the magazine’s choice of winner: “Valve is named our number one because it is driving the future like no other developer. It’s in control of its destiny, it empowers its fans, and it’s continually experimenting with new ways of selling games and ways to play with them. And all the while, the quality and ambition of its games are second to none.”
Here are the developers who were awarded the top 5 places in Edge‘s list:
1. Valve (Half-Life / Portal)
2. Mojang (Minecraft/ Scrolls)
3. Nintendo EAD (Mario/ The Legend of Zelda)
4. Platinum Games (Bayonetta/ The Wonderful 101)
5. Naughty Dog (The Last of Us / Uncharted)