Game Companies

There were many developers and publishers who were involved in making games for the Amiga. Many vanished or where acquired by other companies but there are a several left that are still active in the gaming business.

I have compiled a list of companies and their fates from what I have been able to research from the web. There may be errors but I will try to keep this list as accurate and up to date as possible.

79	1980	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	1990	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	2000	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	2010	11	12	13	14	15
Activision
					Accolade															Infogrames											Atari SA
			Argonaut Software
								Bitmap Brothers
								Bullfrog Productions
									Core Design
													Cryo Interactive
									Delphine Software
									Digital Illusions CE																		EA Digital Illusions CE
										Digital Image Design
79	1980	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	1990	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	2000	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	2010	11	12	13
											Eidos Interactive
			Electronic Arts
		ERE Informatique						EXXOS
								Factor 5
					Firebird
				Graftgold
					Gremlin Graphics															Infogrames Sheffield
			Hewson
																Housemarque
									Image Works
79	1980	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	1990	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	2000	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	2010	11	12	13
				Infogrames																											Atari Inc.
				Interplay
											KAIKO
				Kingsoft
				Loriciel
			Lucasfilm Games								LucasArts
	Microdeal
			MicroProse										Spectrum Holobyte						Hasbro Interactive			Infogrames						...					Microprose
					Ocean															Infogrames UK											Atari UK
					Psygnosis										SCEE Studio Liverpool
79	1980	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	1990	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	2000	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	2010	11	12	13
							Rainbird
					Rainbow Arts
										Reflections																Ubisoft Reflections
								reLINE
				Spectrum Holobyte
											Team 17
							Thalamus
						Titus
										Traveller's Tales
							Ubisoft
					U.S. Gold
79	1980	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	1990	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	2000	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	2010	11	12	13

Details

Company	Founded	Fate
Accolade	1984	1999 acquired by Infogrames with assets going to Atari Inc.
Activision	1979	Active
Argonaut Software	1982	1996 split into Argonaut Technologies Limited (ATL) and Argonaut Software Limited (ASL) 1998 ATL renamed to ARC 1999 ASL renamed to Argonaut Games PLC. 2004 Argonaut Games PLC. was disbanded
Bitmap Brothers	1987	Active
Bullfrog Entertainment	1987	1995 acquired by Electronic Arts 2004 merged into EA UK
Core Design Ltd.	1988	1996 acquired by Eidos Interactive 2006 disbanded
Cryo Interactive	1992	2002 disbanded with assets going to Dream Catcher Entertainment
Delphine Software International	1988	2002 disbanded
Digital Illusions CE	1988	2006 acquired by Electronic Arts and renamed to EA Digital Illusions CE
Digital Image Design	1989	1998 acquired by Ocean Software
Eidos Interactive	1990	2006 acquired by SCi Entertainment Active
Electronic Arts, Inc.	1982	Active
ERE Informatique	1981	1987 acquired by Infogrames Entertainment SA and created EXXOS Label 1989 disbanded with team members leaving to form Cryo Interactive
Factor 5, LLC.	1987	1994 relocated from Cologne (Germany) to San Rafael, California (USA) 2009 disbanded US studios
Firebird	1984	1989 acquired by MicroProse 1990 disbanded
Graftgold	1983	1998 disbanded
Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd.	1984	1994 renamed to Gremlin Interactive Ltd. 1999 Aquired by Infogrames and renamed to Infogrames Sheffield House 2003 disbanded
Hewson Consultants	1982	1991 disbanded with team members leaving to form 21st Century Entertainment
Housemarque	1995	Active
Image Works	1988	1992 disbanded
Interplay Productions Inc.	1983	1998 renamed to Interplay Entertainment Corp. 2002 acquired by Titus Interactive 2004 partially disbanded 2008 re-emerged
KAIKO	1990	1995 disbanded
Kingsoft	1983	1995 acquired by Electronic Arts
Loriciel	1983	1993 disbanded
Microdeal Electronic Publishing	198?	199? acquired by HiSoft 199? disbanded
MicroProse Software Inc.	1982	1994 acquired by Spectrum Holobyte 1998 acquired by Hasbro Interactive 2001 disbanded when Infogrames acquired Hasbro Interactive
Mirrorsoft	1983	1992 acquired by Acclaim
Ocean Software	1984	1998 acquired by Infogrames and renamed to Infogrames UK
Psygnosis	1984	1993 acquired by Sony and renamed to SCEE Studio Liverpool 2012 disbanded
Rainbird	1986	1989 acquired by MicroProse 1990 disbanded
Rainbow Arts	1986	19?? acquired by Softgold 1999 acquired by THQ
Reflections	1989	1998 acquired by GT interactive 2004 transfered to Ubisoft and renamed to Ubisoft Reflections
reLINE Software	1987	2004 disbanded
Spectrum Holobyte	1983	1998 acquired by Hasbro Interactive 1999 disbanded with assets going to Infogrames
Team 17 Software Ltd.	1990	Active
Thalamus Ltd.	1986	1993 disbanded
Titus Software	1985	2004 disbanded
Ubisoft Entertainment	1986	Active
U.S.Gold	1984	1996 acquired by Eidos Interactive and disbanded