If sports can power rank teams and The Big Picture can power rank actors, then Jake and Sam can power rank game developers. The boys kick off a two-part episode to build 2025’s definitive power ranking of game studios by narrowing down their list to 35 contenders.

Timecodes:

00:00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping (Marc Maron’s Live Show) |

00:03:13 - Main Topic: The 2025 Game Developer Power Ranking (Picking The Top 35) |

00:27:40 - Main Topic: The 2025 Game Developer Power Ranking (The Eliminations) |

Shoutout to Mizuki Kuroiwa for the incredible podcast artwork and to Thomniverse Remix for the music.

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An explanation of Nintendo EPD: https://naavik.co/digest/nintendo-games-teams/

The Unranked Top 35 (in alphabetical order):

Arkane Studios

Blizzard Entertainment

CD Projekt Red

Capcom

Epic Games

FromSoftware

Game Freak

Housemarque

id Software

IO Interactive

Insomniac

Intelligent Systems

Kojima Productions

Larian Studios

MachineGames

miHoYo

Monolith Soft

Naughty Dog

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development

Obsidian Entertainment

P-Studio (Atlus)

Playground Games

Remedy Entertainment

Respawn Entertainment

Riot Games

Rockstar Games

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Sony Santa Monica

Square Enix Creative Business Unit I

Sucker Punch

Supergiant Games

Team Asobi

Treyarch

Ubisoft Quebec

Valve