HEXWORKS Competitors

Bend Studio is a team of over 100 creative people, working together to create AAA games that are fun. We are engineers, artists, writers, designers, animators, character artists, video editors, recruiters, IT specialists, producers, directors, and office managers. It takes every one of us, working together, to create not just great games, but the great environment we share. Bend Studio is located in Bend Oregon, in the heart of the Central Oregon high desert, a premier resort and vacation destination for adventure seekers from around the world. Within a 10 minute drive of the studio, you can enjoy world-class skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing, golf, hiking, rafting, white water, paddle boarding. Located in the Old Mill District, our brand new, state-of-the-art facility is within walking distance of great breweries, restaurants, shopping, and more. Bend also boasts great schools, medical facilities, and a four-year college. Our people come here to make great games and they stay because it’s a great place to live. Founded in 1993, Bend Studio is famous for making fun games. From the original Syphon Filter series across three platforms, Resistance Retribution on the PlayStation Portable, and the award-winning launch title for the PlayStation Vita: Uncharted Golden Abyss, our games are known for their great gameplay, compelling narratives and awesome visuals and audio. Our focus has always been on 3rd person action / adventure games, and this focus continues with the massive, open-world game, Days Gone. We love creating and exploring new technology. We love making AAA games. But at Bend Studio, the most important thing to us is our team. Everyone contributes, everyone helps us grow, and together, everyone is Bend Studio.

For 40 years, Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games that constantly push the boundaries of interactive storytelling, gameplay, and technology. Naughty Dog recently released The Last of Us Part I and The Last of Us Part II Remastered for the PS5. We're also proud to say that both games are now available for the first time on PC. We’re currently busy at the kennel working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet and we'd love to find talented individuals to join us. Naughty Dog games have long been lauded for their evocative, character-driven stories and attention to detail. We are committed to innovation within our games and as such have curated some of the top creative and technically innovative minds in the industry. We welcome diverse candidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to the overall well-being and success of the studio and the titles we craft together.

Founded in 1990, Team17 is an award-winning leading international games label and developer headquartered in the UK. Team17 has released over 90 games to date across multiple platforms including: the Worms franchise, The Escapists, the BAFTA award-winning Overcooked, Yooka-Laylee, Aven Colony, Sheltered, Beyond Eyes. Currently Team17 is working alongside a varied range of talented developers from around the globe on games such as the forthcoming Yoku’s Island Express, Genesis: Alpha One, Sword Legacy: Omen and many more. Team17 are extremely dedicated and their passion for the label is to build sustainability for their partners, while allowing them to retain vital aspects such as their independence, identity and IP. On top of traditional services such as marketing, PR, sales, localisation and age ratings, Team17 can also provide funding and development support using its award winning internal development resources. The team can provide help with art, design, code, audio, production, QA, Certs and even usability testing using its dedicated lab. Team17 helps developers at all stages, from bedroom developers to start-ups starting their own studios to veteran studio’s. Team17 can even offer incubation services, housing developers internally within Team17’s development studio with a full dedicated team around them to support them. Team17’s offering is dynamic, flexible and completely unique in the games industry.