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This month we've published the 2011 edition of the Develop 100 .
Sponsored by Gamecity: Hamburg and based on data compiled by Metacritic, the Develop 100 ranks the world's games developers based on their critical reception.
Below you will find profiles of some of the best studios that made the top half of the list.
For all Develop 100 coverage, and more studio profiles, go here . Pokémon Pearl (DS)
Having created over 12 Pokémon games in 15 years, Game Freak continues to defy those who figured they’d have run out of wacky monster ideas by now.
2010 releases HeartGold and SoulSilver are remasters of 10-year-old editions Gold and Silver. Game director Shigeki Morimoto took care to balance fond memories with originality. Both critics and fans warmed to the games, which have surpassed ten million sales worldwide.
Pokémon remains one of Nintendo’s biggest assets in the battle for handheld supremacy, and Game Freak’s 66 employees are at its heart. Expect their 2011 Pokémon releases to crop up here next year, as well as news on 3DS Pokémon titles in the near future. DJ Hero (360)
Arriving at the tail end of the rhythm game boom, few people expected DJ Hero and its plastic turntables to disturb the charts, let alone win critical acclaim.
Nevertheless, this fresh, well crafted take on the rhythm genre reignited interest. And last year FreeStyle upped the ante yet again with DJ Hero 2, offering a broader soundtrack and new layers of gameplay depth. The Wii version is in fact Activision’s highest Metascore of 2010.
Activision purchased FreeStyle in 2008. The studio narrowly avoided worldwide layoffs by their parent company earlier this year. Along with Harmonix, FreeStyle has the adventurous spirit to continue evolving the rhythm genre at this crucial time. Ninjatown (DS)
Some of the companies in Develop 100 this year are entirely new to the mobile market – Venan has been at it for years.
Founded by long time friends Philip Taksen and Brandon Curiel, the studio has had a long relationship with EA. It made a name for itself with the BAFTA-nominated DS title Ninjatown and, more recently, its self-published iPhone games.
The goal with Ninjatown was to inject ‘sophistication and strategy’ into chaotic survival. Space Miner was awarded game of the year by Touch Arcade and EGM.
Venan released an HD version for iPad and freemium edition in late 2010. They are currently hard at work on a full sequel to Space Miner that we should learn more about very soon.
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