Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Gaming companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Gaming industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top North Carolina Gaming Startups
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Epic Games
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Epic Games is an interactive entertainment company that develops games and offers its game engine technology to other developers.
Omni Creator Products
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Omni Creator Products empower every player to become a creator.
PROVEIT
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PROVEIT is a mobile trivia experience where players put up cash to compete for valuable prizes.
FYX Gaming
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FYX Gaming is an eSports infrastructure and technology provider that develops and implements blockchain technologies.
Stitch Golf
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To be the only company you will see with such precise attention to detail
RIDEPLAY tv
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RIDEPLAY tv provides rideshare advertising, entertainment and Digital Out of Home advertising solutions.
Plasma Games
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EdTech company making entertainment-quality games for STEM education
Primal Space Systems
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Primal Space systems protocol for streaming games & interactive tv.
XPAND Gaming
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XPAND Gaming is a social and monetization platform for gamers.
Puny Human
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Formed in 2007 and founded in 2011, Puny Human is a studio of talented video game developers headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Six Wing Studios
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Six Wing Studios is an operator of a gaming studio used to create engaging games with compelling narratives.
Destiny
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Destiny is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Activision.
Smart Game Systems
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Smart Game Systems works with organizations in the public and private sectors accelerate innovation through serious games.
PokerTek
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PokerTek is a NASDAQ-listed gaming technology company that develops and markets products for the gaming and amusement industries.
Grover Gaming
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Grover Gaming is a privately-owned company born from a commitment to quality and a desire to create visually stimulating and entertaining
Joulebug
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JouleBug is at the forefront of the gamification of environmental awareness and wellness for companies and their employees.
BitMonster
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BitMonster is a group of developers working to create and improve online games and related services.
Shrapnel Games
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Shrapnel Games is the publisher of premier war and strategy games and provides an e-commerce platform for games and merchandise.
Foursaken Media
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Foursaken Media produces mobile video games for iOS and Android devices.
All American Entertainment
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All American Entertainment was founded in 2011
iEntertainment Network
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iEntertainment Network develops and publishes internet games and services, including simulation, strategy, and action games.
XLOC
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XLOC is an application and tool developer focused on the international computer and video game industries.
Spark Plug Games
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Spark Plug Games is a games developer creating games for Web, PC/Mac, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS.
Project Reality
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Project Reality specializes in PC Game Development, Video Game Design, Sound FX Production, and 3D Modeling.
RESPAWN Products
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RESPAWN Products sells gaming furnitures and gaming accessories.
Art Bully Productions
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Art Bully Productions develops and produces art for game developers.
2ThumbZ Entertainment
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2ThumbZ Entertainment is a publisher of collegiate sports mobile applications.
Fairlady Media
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Fairlady Media develops educational apps for children and family games for the App Store like Grandma’s Garden and Grandma’s Kitchen.
Universal Practice
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Esports Tournament Organization & Entertainment Platform
Arcen Games
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Arcen Games is an internet company that provides AI War and aecenverse games.
The Powell Group
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The Powell Group is a boutique consultancy specializing in licensing and business development for the game industry.
Nakai Entertainment
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NAKAI Entertainment is a gaming company that provides a wide range of video games, such as shutter crash and ninja hammer.
GAMEWAVE
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Game Wave Inc is a company which mainly develops the gaming applications for iPhone and iPod touch.
SOF Studios
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Special Operations Forces Studios, Ltd. (SOFs) is a gaming and simulation development studio lead by elite Special Operations veterans.
Top Flight Computers
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Top Flight Computers specializes in custom-built computers to meet specific needs.
Opsive
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Opsive Indie game company made up of Justin Mosiman (developer) & Sarah Watson (3D artist).
BoardGameCo
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BoardGameCo is an online shop that sells board, strategy, and party games.
Pro Feet
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Pro Feet is a long standing provider of socks for team athletics.
OneSmartBunny
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OneSmartBunny is an independent game studio.
Empty Flask Games
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Empty Flask Games develops mobile applications for both the android and iOS users.
North American Esports League
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North American Esports provides an opportunity for Elementary and Middle School aged gamers to play each other in a competitive environment.
Sportslink
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Sportslink is an event organisation that offers social events, sports leagues, and corporate events.
Do2Learn
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Do2learn provides thousands pages of social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games,
Exit Strategy
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Exit Strategy is a gaming agency that offers themed room escape games that require players to decipher codes, solve puzzles, and find clues.
Adena Studios
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Adena is a high-end, boutique creative agency that offers design, marketing, and strategy.
UltraStar Multi-Tainment Center
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UltraStar Multi-Tainment Center is a bowling lanes game center.
Casino Party Aces
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Casino Party Aces is an event and casino theme party company.
Galaxy Fun Park
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Galaxy Fun Park is an amusement center for events, parties, and games.
Trifles Games
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Trifles Games is a game development studio that focuses on designing and producing casual and hyper casual mobile games.
Hazardous Software
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Hazardous Software is a consulting firm that offers game and simulation development solutions.
Tokyn
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Tokyn is a developer of an application used to empower and connect local board gamers.
Top Shelf Gamer
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Top Shelf Gamer is a retail website that provides tabletop games and accessories.
Wonderland Camp
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Wonderland Camp provides a safe camping experience for children, teenagers, and adults with disabilities.
datdota
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Datdota provides dota 2 professional statistics solutions.
HWC Studio
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HWC takes on all types of game development challenges and comes up with optimal solutions based on predetermined goals.
Bully Pulpit Games
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Bully Pulpit Games is a gaming company that makes tabletop and live action games.
Chapel Hill Tennis Club
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Chapel Hill Tennis Club is a tennis and social club that offers tennis, swimming, fitness, and recreational facilities.
Cam-Car College Collectables
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Online interactive ACC Trivia Game with daily, monthly, and yearly winners
White Metal Games
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White Metal Games provides miniature painting commission service and produces custom models for games.
CLT Esports
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CLT Esports is an organization that provides LAN tournaments as well as up to date esports coverage.
Footprints International
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Footprints International is a gaming company located in Hickory.
Pridestark Empire
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Pridestark Empire tests the limits of what the gaming industry has to offer.
iEntertainment Network
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iEntertainment Network is a game developer and publisher of online, mobile, and PC/Mac games company.
Chapel Thrill Escapes
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Chapel Thrill Escapes is an entertainment room that provides puzzles and games.
Divisional Media
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Divisional Media is a Charlotte NC based creative startup with a focus on web and mobile media applications.From game concept design,.
Botpocalypse
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Botpocalypse is a fast-paced, survival-style arcade game where you compete against friends for the highest score or longest survival time.
INVISI-ball Wall Mount
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The INVISI-ball Wall Mount is a line-of-sight mounting device for displaying sports collectibles.
LuDawgs
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Provider of online daily fantasy gaming space in terms of community, traffic, tools and other related daily gaming endeavors.
