Developer/Publisher Requests

[empovyle]

For reference, how should multiple companies be formatted? So far I'm seeing:

• Company 1 / Company 2
• Company 1, Company 2
• Company 1 & Company 2
• Company 1; Company 2
• Company 1 - Company 2
• Company 1/Company 2
• Company 1 &Company 2
• Company 1 Company 2
• And for first/last name combos: "Firstname Lastname and Firstname Lastname"

[tripredacus]

It has always been difficult to determine what is the correct info and what is not. Sometimes a game doesn't actually tell you which is which, or requires you to load the game to see the info, OR you have to view the credits to get the info. Using a site as a reference has always been the preferred option in general for here.

Typically for company names, Mobygames company history pages are the reference

No source is going to be complete or accurate, and MobyGames is no exception. Here is their page for Resident Evil Village. Despite all PAL copies of the game clearly listing CE Europe as the publisher, that name is not mentioned on MobyGames's site. You did not respond to my previous post's thoughts on the actual item being the best source of information. So, does this mean that Capcom Co. or Capcom U.S.A. is instead accurate only because some third-party site reports it as such?

In my opinion, the hierarchy for submitting this information should be:
1. Text found on item (physical) or official digital storefront (digital)
2. MobyGames
3. Game data
4. Other third-party sites

I am prioritizing information from the item itself because that is how we treat other fields typically, such as Item Number (albeit a huge exception to Sony items.) I would prioritize game data over MobyGames too, but that is not ideal for us who verify edit submission information.

[dhaabi]

It has always been difficult to determine what is the correct info and what is not. Sometimes a game doesn't actually tell you which is which, or requires you to load the game to see the info, OR you have to view the credits to get the info. Using a site as a reference has always been the preferred option in general for here.

Typically for company names, Mobygames company history pages are the reference

No source is going to be complete or accurate, and MobyGames is no exception. Here is their page for Resident Evil Village. Despite all PAL copies of the game clearly listing CE Europe as the publisher, that name is not mentioned on MobyGames's site. You did not respond to my previous post's thoughts on the actual item being the best source of information. So, does this mean that Capcom Co. or Capcom U.S.A. is instead accurate only because some third-party site reports it as such?

In my opinion, the hierarchy for submitting this information should be:
1. Text found on item (physical) or official digital storefront (digital)
2. MobyGames
3. Game data
4. Other third-party sites

I am prioritizing information from the item itself because that is how we treat other fields typically, such as Item Number (albeit a huge exception to Sony items.) I would prioritize game data over MobyGames too, but that is not ideal for us who verify edit submission information.

So, if someone were to send a Publisher edit submission to 129702 that proposes to update CE Europe to Capcom, it would be approved if you were handling it?
MobyGames page (Publishers list only mentions "Capcom Co., Ltd.")
back cover text (third line from bottom, "Published by CE EUROPE, LTD.")

[tripredacus]

They should not be added like this at all. We are working on the ability to add multiple Dev or Pub to an entry, so there is no reason to bother with adding any combined entries like this. And all existing combined entries are going to get merged down or renamed or removed once that function appears on the site.

For reference, how should multiple companies be formatted? So far I'm seeing:

• Company 1 / Company 2
• Company 1, Company 2
• Company 1 & Company 2
• Company 1; Company 2
• Company 1 - Company 2
• Company 1/Company 2
• Company 1 &Company 2
• Company 1 Company 2
• And for first/last name combos: "Firstname Lastname and Firstname Lastname"

[empovyle]

Small rant, it's so annoying that Google Play and the Apple Store only list the publishers and not the developers. Why don't they want to credit the people who actually made the games?  Lmao 
   
Developer: 
Evening Star (Penny's Big Breakaway) 
DH Games (Animal Restaurant) 
Guru Puzzle Game ("Sudoku: Classic Sudoku Puzzle" on Google Play) 
Elokence (Akinator) 
Square One Games (Oddworld games on Android) 
Zut Games (I Love Hue) 
Asobimo (Sword Art Online: Integral Factor) -- I believe there are other developers who worked on this but Asobimo is for sure one of them. 
Peak Games (Toon Blast) 
Xeen (Trials of Mana) 
Snoozy Kazoo (Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion) 
Brainseed Factory (Typoman Remastered) 
DokiDoki Groove Works (Various Daylife) 
Alike Studio (Very Little Nightmares) 
Snowprint Studios (Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus) 
Mighty Coconut (57 North) 
Matheus Valadares (Agar.io) 
Ride & Crash (Amon Amarth) 
Dire Wolf Digital (Elder Scrolls, The: Legends) 
Sparkypants Studios (Elder Scrolls, The: Legends) 
Syntaxity (Enchanted Worlds 2) 
ZigZaGame (Evertale) 
Jason Roberts (Gorogoa) 
Owlient (Howrse) 
Jay Avondoglio (Kisnard Online) 
Magic Digital Studio (MTG Arena) 
Games by Malcs (Melvor Idle) 
Good Catch (Mr Bean: Special Delivery) 
Whale Rock Games (Hell Division) 
Digital Goldfish (Bloons TD) 
 
Publisher: 
Private Division (Penny's Big Breakaway) 
DH-Publisher (Animal Restaurant) 
Guru Puzzle Game ("Sudoku: Classic Sudoku Puzzle" on Google Play) 
Elokence (Akinator) 
Zut Games (I Love Hue) 
Peak Games (Toon Blast) 
PID Games (Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion) 
Brainseed Factory (Typoman Remastered) 
Snowprint Studios (Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus) 
Mighty Coconut (57 North) 
Ride & Crash (Amon Amarth) 
Behaviour Interactive (Dead by Daylight Mobile) 
Syntaxity (Enchanted Worlds 2) 
ZigZaGame (Evertale) 
JayAvondoglio (Kisnard Online) 
GameBake (Mr Bean: Special Delivery) 
Whale Rock Games (Hell Division)   
Digital Goldfish (Bloons TD) 
 
I've reached the end of the Android category, so this last batch should cover mostly everything in the database so far. 

[empovyle]

Developer cleanup: 
"Croteam" and "Croteam, LLC" 
"Crystal Dynamics" and "Crystal Dynamics Inc." 
"Cyan" and "Cyan, Inc." 
"Cyanide Studio" and "Cyanide Studios" 
"Day 1 Studios" and "Day 1 Studios, LLC" 
"Deep Red Games" and "Deep Red Games, Ltd." 
"Deibus Studios" and "Deibus Studios Ltd." 
"Digital Illusions CE" and "Digital Illusions CE AB" 
"Digital Leisure" and "Digital Leisure Inc." 
"DMA Design" and "DMA Design Limited" 
"Eighting" and "Eighting Co., Ltd." 
"Electronic Arts" and "Electronics Arts" and "Electronic Arts Inc." 
"Enlight Software" and "Enlight Software Ltd." 
"Epic Games" and "Epic Games, Inc" 
"Epyx" and "Epyx, Inc." 
"Exact" and "Exact Co., Ltd." 
"exDream" and "ExDream GmbH" 
"Exidy" and "Exidy, Inc." 
"Experience Inc." and "Experience Inc." 
"FAKT Software" and "FAKT software GmbH" 
"Firaxis" and "Firazis" and "Fireaxis" 
"FreeStyle Games" and "FreeStyleGames" 
"FromSoftware" and "From Software" and "FromSoftware, Inc." 
"Frozenbyte" and "Frozenbyte, Inc." 
"G Artists" and "G-Artists" 
"Game Arts" and "Game Arts Co., Ltd." 
"The Game Designers Studio" and "Game Designer's Studio, The" 
"Game Freak" and "gamefreak" 
"Genius Sonority" and "Genius Sonority Inc." 
"Genki" and "Genki Co. Ltd." 
"Gremlin Interactive" and "Gremlin Interactive Limited" and "Gremlin Interactive Ltd." 
"Haemimont Games" and "Haemimont Games AD" 
"Hal Corp." and "Hal Corporation" 
"HAL Laboratory" and "HAL Laboratory, Inc." 
"Halcyon Media GmbH &Co. KG" -- This one can probably be simplified 
"Harmonix Music Systems" and "Harmonix Music Systems, Inc." 
"The Critical Thinking Company" and "he Critical Thinking Company" 
"Head Games" and "HeadGames" 
"Heliogram" and "Heliograme" 
"Hi Tech Expressions" and "Hi-Tech Expressions" 
"High Voltage Software" and "High Voltage Software, Inc." 
"HipSoft" and "Hip Soft" 
"HitMaker" and "Hitmaker Co., Ltd."

[tripredacus]

"Head Games" and "HeadGames" 

These seem to be two different companies.

[empovyle]

Developer: 
Hive (Aggretsuko: The Short-Timer Strikes Back) 
D3 Go! (Alien: Blackout) 
King or King.com (Candy Crush) 
Illumix (Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery) 
Glu Mobile (Paperboy: Special Delivery) 
Ketchapp (The Pit) 
Liv Games (Stellar Wars) 
GameClub (Stellar Wars) 
Pearl Abyss (Black Desert Mobile) 
 
Publisher: 
ACT Games (Aggretsuko: The Short-Timer Strikes Back) 
Hyper Hippo (Adventure Capitalist) 
Sandbox Interactive (Albion Online) 
505 Go (Alien: Blackout) 
Century Games Publishing (Among Gods! RPG Adventure) 
Wei Wang (Animal Restaurant) -- Translated from 伟 王 (https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/%E4%BC%9F-%E7%8E%8B/id1460564683) 
Illumix (Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery) 
King (Candy Crush) 
Glu Mobile (Paperboy: Special Delivery) 
Ketchapp (The Pit) 
Liv Games (Stellar Wars) 
GameClub (Stellar Wars) 
Hempuli (Baba Is You) 
Pearl Abyss (Black Desert Mobile) 

[empovyle]

Developer: 
Lima Sky (Doodle Jump) 
 
Publisher: 
Lima Sky (Doodle Jump) 
Bossa Studios (I am Bread) 

[empovyle]

Developer: 
Scopely (Monopoly Go!) 
 
Publisher: 
Scopely (Monopoly Go!) 

[pfogel]

Developer:
Dimfrost Studio (Bramble: The Mountain King)

[empovyle]

Doing work on the Epic category today. 

Developer:
Batterystaple (20XX) 
Funselektor Labs (Absolute Drift) 
Mischief (Adios) 
Microwave Games (Against All Odds) 
The Wandering Band (Airborne Kingdom) 
Jankenteam (Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX) 
Tindalos Interactive (Aliens: Dark Descent) 
Team Alto (The Alto Collection) 
Grey Alien Games (Ancient Enemy) 
Gabe Cuzzillo (Ape Out) 
Dragonest (Auto Chess) 
Rhombico Games (Automachef) 
Mothership Entertainment (Aven Colony) 
Team Colorblind (Aztez) 
Turning Wheel (Barony) 
E-Line Media (Beyond Blue) 
AdamVision (Black Widow: Recharged) 
SneakyBox (Black Widow: Recharged) 
Mythical (Blankos Block Party) 
RedRuins Softworks (Breathedge) 
The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild (The Bridge) 
Out of the Blue (Call of the Sea) 
Sysiac Games (The Captain) 
Asmodee Digital (Carcassonne) 
Playwing (Century: Age of Ashes) 
Ripstone (Chess Ultra) 
Manticore Games (Core) 
Butterscotch Shenanigans (Crashlands) 
Flight School Studio (Creature in the Well) 
Ingame Studios (Crime Boss: Rockay City) 
Dreams Uncorporated (Cris Tales) 
Alt Shift (Crying Suns) 
Long Hat House (Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition) 
Three Fields Entertainment (Dangerous Driving) 
Sword & Axe (Dark Deity) 
Acid Wizard Studio (Darkwood) 
Unfold Games (Darq: Complete Edition) 
Phoenix Labs (Dauntless) 

Publisher: 
Batterystaple (20XX) 
Funselektor Labs (Absolute Drift) 
Mischief (Adios) 
Focus Entertainment (Aliens: Dark Descent) 
Snowman (The Alto Collection) 
Grey Alien Games (Ancient Enemy) 
Meta Publishing (Armored Warfare) 
Dragonest (Auto Chess) 
Team Colorblind (Aztez) 
Turning Wheel (Barony) 
E-Line Media (Beyond Blue) 
Mythical (Blankos Block Party) 
Twin Sails Interactive (Carcassonne) 
Playwing (Century: Age of Ashes) 
Kasedo Games (City of Gangsters) 
Manticore Games (Core) 
The Bearded Ladies (Corruption 2029) 
Butterscotch Shenanigans (Crashlands) 
MWM Interactive (Creature in the Well) 
Three Fields Entertainment (Dangerous Driving) 
Acid Wizard Studio (Darkwood) 
Unfold Games (Darq: Complete Edition) 
Phoenix Labs (Dauntless) 

[montgocloud]

Please add Qube Software (LEGO Creator Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)!

[tripredacus]

Please add Qube Software (LEGO Creator Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)!

Added as Developer (please note this next time)
Also, make sure that Lego is not in all caps on item entries.

[empovyle]

Developer: 
Ubisoft Ivory Tower (The Crew Motorfest) 

Publisher:
Terrible Posture Games (3 out of 10 series)