One of Sony’s biggest points in its Playstation 4 reveal was that they’re catering to developers. Sony has always been good at dealing with many publishers, often times locking in exclusive titles for the Playstation family.
Here is a list, published Sony, of publishers who are confirmed to be working on PS4 games.
Japanese Publishers:
- ACQUIRE Corp.
- ARC SYSTEM WORKS CO.,LTD.
- ARTDINK CORPORATION
- ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc.
- Bethesda Softworks, LLC
- CAPCOM
- Chara-Ani Corporation
- CRAFTS & MEISTER CO.,LTD.
- CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.
- D3 PUBLISHER Inc.
- Dimps Corporation
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- FromSoftware, Inc.
- GANBARION Co., Ltd.
- Genki Co., Ltd.
- Granzella Inc.
- GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
- GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
- GUST CO.,LTD.
- IDEA FACTORY Co., Ltd.
- IMAGEEPOCH INC.
- Index Corp.?ATLUS)
- KADOKAWA GAMES,LTD.
- KADOKAWA SHOTEN CO., LTD.
- Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- LEVEL-5 Inc.
- MAGES. Inc.
- MarvelousAQL Inc.
- NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
- NAMCO BANDAI Studios Inc.
- NIHON FALCOM CORPORATION
- Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
- O-TWO inc. (peakvox)
- PlatinumGames Inc.
- SEGA Corporation
- SPIKE CHUNSOFT Co.,Ltd.
- SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.
- SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
- TECMO KOEI GAMES Co.,Ltd.
- TOSE CO., LTD.
- tri-Ace Inc.
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- WILL CO., LTD
- XING Inc.
- YUKE’S Co.,Ltd.
Asian Publishers
- BLUESIDE Inc.
- Ratloop Asia Pte Ltd
- Red Hare Studios
- XPEC Entertainment Inc
North American Publishers
- 17-Bit
- 5th Cell Media LLC
- Activision Publishing, Inc.
- Armature Studios
- Behaviour Interactive
- Bethesda Softworks, LLC
- Blind Squirrel Games®
- Certain Affinity, Inc.
- Darkside Game Studios, Inc.
- Devolver Digital
- ©Disney
- Double Fine Productions, Inc.
- Double Helix Games
- DrinkBox Studios Inc.
- Edge of Reality, Inc.
- Electronic Arts Inc.
- FarSight Studios
- Gaijin Games, Inc.
- Gearbox Software
- HB Studios Multimedia
- Heavy Iron Studios, Inc.
- High Voltage Software, Inc.
- inXile Entertainment Inc.
- Iron Galaxy Studios, LLC
- JETPACK Interactive Entertainment Ltd.
- Klei Entertainment Inc.
- Lab Zero, Inc
- LucasArts, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company
- Metanet Software Inc
- Minority Media Iinc.
- Nicalis, Inc
- Panic Button, LLC
- Psyonix Studios, Inc.
- Slant Six Games
- Sony Online Entertainment LLC
- Spark Unlimited
- Spry Fox LLC
- SuperVillain Studios
- Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
- Telltale, Inc.
- Tribute Games Inc.
- Turtle Rock Studios, Inc.
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- vBlank Entertainment Inc.
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
- WayForward Technologies, Inc.
- Zombie Studios, LLC
European Publishers
- 4A Games
- 505 Games
- Abstraction
- Beatshapers
- Big Ant
- Big Bit
- BitComposer
- Bloober Team S.A.
- Boss Alien
- Bugbear
- Cauldron
- City Interactive
- Criterion Games
- Croteam
- Curve Studios
- Dakko Dakko Ltd
- Deck 13
- Double Eleven
- Eko Software
- FatShark
- Flying Wildhog
- Four Door Lemon
- Frozenbyte
- FuturLab
- Gaijin
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- Green Hill Studios
- Kalyspo Media
- Laughing Jackal
- Ludosity
- Mediatonic
- Milestone
- Mojang
- Onmi Systems
- Prodigy Design
- Ripstone
- Roll7
- Ronimo
- Rovio
- Shortround
- Sperasoft
- Sproing
- Stormbasic
- Straight Right
- Targem
- Tate
- Techland
- Tonika
- Torus Games
- Vector Cell
- Virtual Toys
- Vlambeer
- Wizarbox
That’s a total of 149 publishers, worldwide, working on Playstation 4 games. Nicely done, Sony.
Furthermore, the follow game engines and middleware has been officially listed as being used for Playstation 4 game development.
Game Engines:
- Bitsquid
- Blitz Games
- Crytek
- Epic Games
- Terathon LLC
- Vicious Engine
Physics/AI/Animation:
- Babelflux
- Havok
- NaturalMotion
- Nvidia
- xaitment
Art/Graphics:
- Allegorithmic
- Autodesk
- Confetti Effects
- Geomerics
- Matchlock
- OC3 Entertainment
- Rad Game Tools
- Silicon Studio Corporation
- Simul Software
- Speed Tree
- Umbra Software
Audio:
- Audiokinetic
- CRI Middleware
- Firelight
Network:
- Agora Games
- Jenkins Software
Other:
- Deja Tools
- Xoreax
We’re sure this list will expand, especially considering engines like Square Enix’s Luminous Engine isn’t listed. Furthermore, rumors of id Software’s Doom 4 being ported to next gen hardware could indicate IDTech 5 potentially being Playstation 4 compatible.