develop 100 £10.81m
YUKE’S« UK RETAIL REVENUE IN 2011
30 ABOUT
2011 RELEASE Homefront
WWE ‘12
STUDIO’S 2011 BESTSELLERS FORMATS
XBOX 360
WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2011
TOTAL XBOX 360
PLAYSTATION 3 WII
PLAYSTATION 3 PSP WII
UFC 2010: UNDISPUTED
WWE SMACKDOWN VS RAW 2010
UFC 2009: UNDISPUTED
PLAYSTATION 2 TOTAL
XBOX 360 TOTAL
PLAYSTATION 3 PSP
PLAYSTATION 3 XBOX 360 PSP WII
PLAYSTATION 2 TOTAL
XBOX 360
PLAYSTATION 3 TOTAL
PUBLISHER THQ THQ THQ
THQ THQ THQ THQ THQ
THQ THQ THQ
THQ THQ THQ THQ THQ
THQ THQ
RELEASE DATE TOTAL REV NOV 2011 £4.13m NOV 2011 £3.08m NOV 2011 £0.19m £7.41m
OCT 2010 OCT 2010 OCT 2010 OCT 2010 OCT 2010
MAY 2010 MAY 2010 OCT 2010
OCT 2009 OCT 2009 OCT 2009 OCT 2009 OCT 2009
MAY 2009 MAY 2009
£1.30m £0.92m £0.30m £0.08m £0.05m £2.66m
£0.33m £0.25m £0.01m £0.59m
£0.04m £0.03m £0.01m £0.00m £0.00m £0.09m
£0.01m £0.01m £0.02m
Founded: 1993 Independent Location: Osaka, Japan
www.yukes.co.jp
While it would be fair to assume that a US studio would be behind the WWEaction sports wrestling games, it is in fact Japanese studio Yuke’s, named after founder Yukinori Taniguchi. The company has made a
name for itself creating grappling fighting games, dressed with the WWE license for the West, and released as Exciting Pro Wrestling for Yuke’s local audience. The studio is also responsible for developing the popular UFC: Undisputed series, which was recently snapped up by EA after THQ claimed it had failed to break even as it needed to sell more than 2m copies. Yuke’s owes its Develop 100 position to the WWE ’12 game, but over the years has tackled projects as diverse as Gundam, The Incredibles, and a game that goes by the name of Dog Island.
THE WORLD’S BEST GAMES STUDIOS
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