10 Best Video Game Developers Working In 2016

3. CD Projekt RED

They might only have been on the scene for nine years and 'only' developed various Witcher titles, but the progression within shows a level of potential and promise that no other developeris giving off. It feels like now is CD Projekt RED's time, and the truly masterful Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a landmark not only for the developer, but for the console generation overall.

Having bought the rights for the Witcher mythos from author Andrzej Sapkowski, they've spent the last decade simply making the perfect fantasy RPG. The Witcher 1 and 2 were lore-rich worlds purpose-built to give you the right amount of agency as the supernatural bounty hunter Geralt, tying in and adapting some incredibly moral-challenging tales from the source material along the way.

By the time Wild Hunt came around, Geralt's adventures had now gone open-world. With the power of next-gen hardware, CDPR crafted a world that just radiates quality. From the side missions that have more content that your average triple-A releaseto the beasts that all have specific tactics to bring down, you'lllose hundreds of hours to its world, only to take a breath and deep-divefor a hundred more.