9 Prolific Video Game Developers That Released Absolute Trash

9. Platinum Games

What a way to squander the talents of a developer renowned for providing consistent quality in the form of tight, deliberate combat systems à la Bayonetta and Vanquish. Activision, eager to get its name behind a similarly successful action title, chose Platinum to spearhead its game based on Avatar spin-off The Legend of Korra, naturally expecting a surefire winner.

Only, Activision neglected to consider the necessary funds and time requires by Platinum to craft something of the quality it had thereto been known for. The result, as if there could be any other, was an undercooked action brawler that very nearly stole the crown from M. Night Shyamalan for worst adaptation of Nickelodeon's famed series.

Next time it hires a reputable developer to do what it does best, Activision would do well not to smother its freedom with a tight budget and tight deadlines in order to make market in time for the lucrative holiday period.