With the 2015-2016 award season approaching for the GDC, BAFTA, DICE, GANG, and NAVGTR award nominations, here are the developers ranking high on the “buzz meter.”  Do you think a developer should be listed higher?

Rocksteady Games
Bethesda Game Studios
343 Industries
CD Projekt RED
Kojima Productions
Crystal Dynamics
Ubisoft Quebec
From Software
Treyarch
Ready At Dawn
Dontnod Entertainment
Supermassive Games
Brace Yourself Games
Nippon Ichi Software
Omega Force
Telltale Games
Freestyle Games
Avalanche Software
NetherRealm Studios
Visceral Games
Telltale Games
Moon Studios
Telltale Games
Turtle Rock Studios
Square Enix
The Odd Gentleman
Traveler’s Tales
Monolith Soft
Avalanche Software
Techland
Nintendo
Ubisoft Montreal
Double Fine Productions
Media. Vision
Eden Industries
Intelligent Systems
The Chinese Room
Nippon Ichi Software
HAL Laboratory
Psyonix
Media Molecule
Acid Nerve
Other Ocean Interactive
Thomas Happ
Colossal Order
Arrowhead Game Studios
Sam Barlow
Blizzard Entertainment
Dennaton Games
Avalanche Software
EA Tiburon
SCE San Diego Studio
Koei Tecmo Games
Obsidian Entertainment
Slightly Mad Studios
Vicarious Visions
EA DICE
Nintendo
Lumenox Games
Knapnok Games
Alientrap Games
League of Geeks
HAL Laboratory
Convoy Games
Behaviour
EA Canada
17-Bit
Ivy Games
Gearbox Software
Klei Entertainment
Squad
Visual Concepts
Ghost Games
Frictional Games
Nintendo
Rain Games
Terrible Posture Games
Double Fine Productions
Ubisoft Reflections
Ubisoft San Francisco
Roll7
Harmonix
Tomasz Wacławek
Climax Studios
Sports Interactive
Defiant Development
Nintendo
PES Productions
Joel McDonald
Firaxis Games
Marvelous
Creative Assembly
Nadeo
Level 5
Kalypso Media
Stardock
Nintendo
Gamious
DropForge Games
Stainless Games
Capcom
Flying Mollusk
EA Canada
Rare
Capcom
EA Tiburon
Failbetter Games
RiverMan Media
Croteam
Platinum Games
Mike Bithell
EightyEight Games LTD
Renegade Kid