Videogames creation : The most competitive states ?

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^ Probably, this is a hard question though, don't most video game companies have multiple locations?

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Originally Posted by The_Fairfaxian

And Washington, particularly the Seattle area, hasn't been referred to as a hotspot for the video gaming market & job industry?

I was thinking the same. Microsoft and Bungie.

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Southern California has a strong scene:

Activision Blizzard (Largest Video Game Company in USA), Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA:
-Has following subsidiaries in L.A. Area (and some notable games)
-Activision (Santa Monica): Guitar Hero, Call of Duty, Tony Hawk Series, Star Trek Series Games, etc...
-Blizzard Entertainment (Irvine): World of Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo Series
-Infinity Ward (Los Angeles): Call of Duty 1-Modern Warfare 2
-Neversoft (Los Angeles): Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk
-Seven Studios (Los Angeles): Movie based games like Shrek, Fantastic Four, Pirates of Caribbean, etc...
-Treyarch (Santa Monica): .Spider Man, Quantum of Solace, etc...

Other companies headquartered in L.A. Area:
42 Entertainment (Pasadena): Dark Knight, etc..
Artificial Life Inc(Santa Monica): Mobile Phone Apps/Games
Disney Interactive Studios (Glendale, CA): All video games based off Disney character/films
Double Helix Games (Irvine): Silent Hill, GI Joe Rise of Cobra, etc..
Epicenter Studios (Los Angeles): Critter Round Up, Rock of Dead, etc...
Electronic Arts Los Angeles Studios (Wholly owned subsidiary of Bay Area's EA Games):Lord of the Rings series, Medal of Honor, Command and Conquer, etc...
FarSight Studio (Big Bear Lake): Game Party, Respect, etc..
Insomniac Games (Burbank): Ratchet and Clank, Spyro, Resistance Series, ect...
Interplay Entertainment (Beverly Hills): Earworm, Descent, Fallout, ect..
Javaground (Irvine): One of the largest mobile phone app companies
Kush Games (Camarillo, Subsidiary of NYC Take-Two): Sport video games based on MLB, NHL, and NFL
Legacy Interactive (Los Angeles): Animal based game series and television based games
Mattel (El Segundo): All video games based on Mattel toy products like Barbie and Mattel's on video products
Naughty Dog (Santa Monica, subsidiary of Sony): Crashbandicoot, Jak, Uncharted, etc..
NovaLogic (Agoura Hills): Military Games like F-22 Lightning, Delta Force Series, etc..
Obsidian Entertainment (Irvine): Fallout, Neverwinter, etc..
Papaya Studios (Irvine): Movie based games
Realtime Associates (El Segundo): Kids games based on characters like Elmo, Movie games, and sports games
Reflexive Entertainment (Lake Forest): Big Kahuna, Star Wars games, etc..
SuperVillian Studios (Santa Ana): flOw, Crash of Titans, Order Up!, etc..

Northern California has an additional 15 developers, San Diego has a few, and central California has some making CA have the most video game developers by far!