Codemasters

A real mixed bag from Codies this year. Reviewers certainly warmed to DiRT and Overlord, while Clive Barker's Jericho and Brian Lara International Cricket failed to muster much adoration at all. Other releases like Heatseeker, Maelstrom and Hospital Tycoon were tepid at best and certainly not enough to really fill the big TOCA-shaped hole in the 2007 release schedule.

Highest ranked game of the year: DiRT: Colin McRae Off-Road (PC) 84%

Lowest ranked game of the year: Heatseeker (PSP) 49%

Average review score for 2007: 68.7%

Above: How long can Eidos rely on Lara Croft to bring decent review scores home?

Eidos

A spectacularly unremarkable year for Eidos, with little more than a long list of lightweight releases to show for itself. It's highest scoring title, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary, is a remake of a decade old classic, while the just above average review scores for Battlestations: Midway and Kane & Lynch: Dead Men would have been a disappointment for the publisher. Other Eidos titles in 2007 - such as Pocket Pool, Infernal, Geon: Emotions, Nervous Brickdown and Ancient Wars: Sparta - are really only notable for being so easily forgotten.

Highest ranked game of the year: Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PC) 83%

Lowest ranked game of the year: Escape from Bug Island (Wii) 36%

Average review score for 2007: 65.5%

Electronic Arts

Truly a publishing colossus, EA is certainly the most prolific publisher in the business, with nearly 100 games ranked for the year on Metacritic. And contrary to what many gamers might believe, EA doesn't just churn out a load of old dump - looking back at the publisher's year in review scores shows that it has offered consistently decent titles throughout 2007. Highlights include The Orange Box, Crysis, Skate and Rock Band, while sports titles like NBA Street Homecourt, NCAA Football 08 and FIFA Soccer 08 also rake in respectable scores. Standing out like sore thumbs of mediocrity are, not surprisingly, two licensed titles - The Simpsons Game and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - and any one of the eight Sims titles EA cooked up in 2007.

Highest ranked game of the year: The Orange Box (PC, 360) 96%

Lowest ranked game of the year: The Sims 2: H&M fashion Stuff (PC) 48%

Average review score for 2007: 72%