Institutions

Developers and publishers

Rockstar Games
Background: Formed in 1998 and it's based in New York City
Owner/founder: Take-Two interactive
Most successful games: GTA series
Interesting facts about the institution:
Rockstar games develop and publish 
Rockstar games titles have shipped over 250 million copies (GTA - 157.5 million)

EA (Electronic Arts) 
Background: Formed in 1982 and is based in California
Owner/founder: Trip Hawkins
Most successful games:
Interesting facts: 
Responsible for action-adventure, role playing, racing and combat games 
EA developed their first game in 1987

Zynga
Background: Founded in 2007 and is based in California 
Owner/founder: Mark Pincus
Most successful games: Farmville 
Interesting facts:
Zynga is a provider for social game services (work on mobile phone platforms) 
Their games are used on Facebook 

Nintendo
Background: Founded in 1889 and is based in Kyoto, Japan
Owner/founder: Fusaijiro Yamauchi
Most successful games: Super Mario Bros
Interesting facts:
Nintendo translates to 'leave luck to heaven'  in Japanese 

Sony Computer Entertainment
Background: Founded in 1993 and is based in Tokyo, Japan
Owner/founder: Andrew House and Shuhei Yoshida 
Most successful games: 
Interesting facts: 
Sold over 400 million PlayStations