#43: Nacon/Daedalic Entertainment (209.2 points)ģ5 products (20 titles): 26% good, 14% badġ8 products (9 titles): 22% good, 11% badīest 2023 game: Melon Journey: Bittersweet Memories (PS5)īest 2023 game: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! - Pirates of the Disturbance (NS)īest 2023 game: Bang-On Balls: Chronicles (PC) #44: PlayWay/Ultimate Games (183.8 points) Microids is the only publisher with 5 or more scored titles in 2023 that failed to release a single positively-reviewed game. (If multiple versions of a multi-platform title qualify, we only count that title once.)īest 2023 game: Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express (PC) † To qualify as Great (which earns the publisher 5 bonus points apiece), a game must have a Metascore of at least 90 and have at least 7 critic reviews. *** % Good / % Bad represent the % of those scored titles receiving a Metascore in the green range (75+) or red range (49 or lower), respectively.

** The difference between Distinct Titles and Scored Products, if any, results from multi-platform releases for example, if The Sims 4: Even More Tables and Chairs comes out on the Switch, PS5, and PC, that counts as 3 total products but just 1 distinct title. * Scored products are the number of products released last year with at least four reviews from professional critics (which is the minimum needed to have a Metascore calculated) iOS games are not included. Just one of the company's 2023 releases received positive reviews (and barely at that), while a few- Enchanted Portals and the dreadful PlayStation version of Greyhill Incident-scored well into the red. This year that company is Perp Games, which serves as a third-party publisher for small developers (in addition to publishing titles developed in-house at parent company Perpetual Europe). We don't delight in calling out our worst-ranked publisher, but each year someone has to finish last. #46: Perpetual (Perp Games) (161.5 points)Ħ scored products * (6 distinct titles **): 17% good, 33% bad *** Only publishers with five or more distinct titles released last year are included in our rankings. (4) Number of 'great' titles (Metascore ofĪwarded as 5 bonus points for each distinct title with a 90+ scoreĪs you can see above, the Metascore average (the first factor) counts slightly more than the other factors. Or lower in this case, a lower % is better)ġ00 possible points (ex: 20% bad = 80 points) (3) % of scored products with bad reviews ( (2) % of scored products with good reviews (Metascore of at leastġ00 possible points (ex: 80% good = 80 points) (1) Average Metascore for all games released in 2023ġ50 possible points (awarded at 1.5 x the average Metascore) Publishers are ranked from worst to best in the gallery above based on a points system, calculated (as in previous years) according to the following four factors: Sales and user reviews do not factor into these rankings only critic reviews (as captured by each game's Metascore) are used to evaluate performance.

Open pre-orders for standard copies of the title (pictured above) will commence on 11 August 2023 (10 am ET) for $34.99 USD.Īlong with this, the publisher also revealed a $84.99 USD Special Edition for the game (seen below) – which will contain extras like a Quake II SteelBook, Reversible 18″x24″ Poster, Briefing Document, and Dog Tags.Īdditionally, Limited Run Games will also be publishing a massive $149.99 Ultimate Strogg Edition (seen below) that contains even more extras such as a Mini Metal Adrianator Ship, Military Service Challenge Coin, and Combat Service Patch – all stored in a massive Strogg Collector’s Box.Which game publishers released the best games in 2023? For the 14th consecutive year, we sifted through 12 months of data to determine the best and worst game publishers of the year, based solely on the quality of their 2023 releases.

Limited Run Games recently revealed that they will be publishing physical editions for the enhanced version of Quake II that was recently released on modern consoles.

Quake II fans will finally get to own the timeless classic physically on Nintendo Switch!

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