Who owns the best game developers?

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We find out which publisher wins in the battle of the studios

KONAMI

When you think "Konami", what do you see? Our guess - Snake or PES, depending on your inclinations. Konami does have interests outside these two gaming legends, though, flogging trading cards, slot machines, and toys to a mainly Japanese audience.

Surprisingly, given its main interest is in inert motionless entertainment (that's videogames, gym-o-phobics), Konami also operates health and fitness clubs in Japan. We reckon there's more than enough call for that part of Konami's business on this side of the world.

PUBLISHER SCORE: 82%

Kojima Productions | Founded 2005
MGS3, Metal Gear Acid and MGS: Portable Ops have already been kicked out by Hideo Kojima's personal studio, with - as you'll no doubt know - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots well on the way. The creation of the studio gave Kojima more time to work solely on games. And, we presume, working out his own verbose philosophies to put in them.
Studio score: 85%

Konami Studios | Original studio
Konami's Tokyo, Japan and Entertainment Studios have - in a style similar to Capcom's - now been grouped together as a single mass, containing the creative teams behind Winning Eleven, Silent Hill, Castlevaniaand other Konami franchises.
Studio score: 78%

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Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.