Metacritic's #1 ranked publisher last year was...

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1. Square Enix (330.5 points) – 84 (last year: 6th)
2. Gamirror Games (322.4 points) – 82 (last year: 6th)
3. Capcom (322.2 points) – 83 (last year: 2nd)
4. Thunderful (306.8 points) – 78 (last year: N/A)
5. Microsoft (305.7 points) – 80 (last year: 9th)
6. Take-Two (304.0 points) – 79 (last year: 12th)
7. Sega (303.9 points) – 80 (last year: 1st)
8. Electronic Arts (302.9 points) – 79 (last year: 23rd)
9. Dotemu (302.2 points) – 81 (last year: N/A)
10. Raw Fury (301.0 points) – 79 (last year: 8th)

 

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