Developers choose their “heroes” in the industry

A poll involving over 9,000 video game developers was recently conducted. As you’ve probably assumed based on this post’s title, the participants were asked to list their top ten developer “heroes” on a scale from 1 to 10. The results can be seen below.

1. Peter Molyneux (score: 8 )
2. Shigeru Miyamoto (score: 7)
3. Jonathan Blow (score: 7)
4. Will Wright (score: 7)
5. John Carmack (score: 6)
6. Mike Morhaime (score: 6)
7. David Braben (score: 6)
8. Sid Meier (score: 6)
9. Masaya Matsuura (score: 5)
10. Dave Jones (score: 5)

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