10 Best Video Game Developers Working In 2016

5. Bethesda

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They might catch a lot of flak for releasing games with more bugs than a student's kitchen, but nobody out there is as mechanically ambitiouswhen it comes to open-world game design.

Both Elder Scrolls and Fallout are genuine worlds that can be explored, poked, prodded and unfolded right in front of you, the sheer depth of interworking AI systems that govern every square inch being interactive, conversed with, bartered with and more.

The €˜Bethesda jank€™ that€™s emerged alongside such ambitious projects most definitely polarises them the more we go forward, but tens of thousands of fans simply adore those exact same signature elements, if only because they prove the developers are foreverpushing their visions to the max.

As a publisher they€™ve started spreading the wealth to facilitate the likes of Doom, Wolfenstein, Dishonored and The Evil Within, but as a developer, they own both of the best open-world games of all time.

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Gaming Editor
Gaming Editor

WhatCulture's Head of Gaming.