Todd Howard, Neil Druckmann and Sven Vincke are among the most influential people in the gaming industry

The list was compiled by Variety and also includes Shuntaro Furukawa, Sam Lake, Andrew Wilson and other notable figures

Variety compiled a list of the most influential people in the gaming industry, simply listing the heads of major studios and publishing houses, which also included Sven Vincke and Sam Lake.

• David Bazuki, founder of Roblox Corp.
• Sarah Bond, President of Xbox
• Doug Bowser, President of Nintendo of America
• William Ding, Founder of NetEase
• Neil Druckmann, co-head of Naughty Dog
• Joanna Faris, general manager of Call of Duty
• Hidemaro Fujibayashi, Development Manager of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Shuntaro Furukawa, President of Nintendo
• Ive Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft
• David Haddad, President of Warner Bros. Games
• Todd Howard, producer Bethesda Game Studio
• Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios
• Sam Lake, creative director at Remedy
• Gabe Newell, founder of Valve
• Mark Wren, President, Tencent
• Jim Ryan, CEO, Sony Interactive Entertainment
• Phil Spencer, CEO, Microsoft Gaming
• Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games
• Haruhiro Tsujimoto, President of Capcom
• Nao Udagawa, CEO of Bandai Namco Entertainmant
• Sven Vincke, founder of Larian Studios
• Andrew Wilson, CEO, Electronic Arts
• Strauss Zelnick, CEO, Take-Two Interactive
• Alexandre de Rochefort, CEO Gameloft

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