Infiniminer, and Notch has been very up front about drawing inspiration from it. I haven't played it myself but several people on the Escapist forums have said the gameplay between the two is very different even if the aesthetics is similar. I haven't seen anyone counter that so I don't see any reason not to believe it.

I enjoy Mojang and I very happily voted for them in the first three rounds. Then again the last Nintendo system I owned was the NES, I've never done much with Namco Bandai, and the last time I played an Epic game much was the original Unreal Tournament demo. A developer I like versus developers I don't care about? Hardly a contest there.

I voted for Obsidian in round four but I may go back to Mojang for the semi-finals. I really like Valve and I can't wait to play Portal 2 but their release schedule leaves a lot to be desired and the Half Life games are painfully linear. I understand that a strong story requires a certain degree of linearity but the gameplay in between story points doesn't have to be so firmly on the rails, loosen up Valve!

I'll be voting for Bioware over Blizzard, no question there. When the Star Craft II's single player campaign in fully released I'll pick it up and may change my mind about them but here again is a developer I just haven't had much recent contact with.

Votes for Semi-Final-

Blizzard and Valve.

I want Blizzard to win now. They are the only company that I actually like in the running. They have always been there for me... :biggrin:

Valve deserves to win once again. With this win, Gabe may announce HL3. Okay, maybe not.

I have lost all respect for the internet community for voting Bioware over Bethesda, especially after the debacle that is Dragon Age 2.

Bioware fans seemed to forget it existed throughout this competition.
EDIT: A company that has released a beta is currently beating Valve. I'm going to go lay down for a bit...

Notch for King.

I lost all respect after Bioware made it out of the first round.

These 2 matches annoyed me.

"wah wah, bethesda games are buggy" DAO awakening is sill bugged, and left for dead, unpatched, an DA2 is buggy aswell, bethesda has more content and a bigger world, ofc its going to be buggier, DA has no excuse, not to menion BWs reaction to criticism, is childish at best, bethesda improves games, BW covers its ears, hands outs bans (bethesda hasnt got a "stop him/her using legaly purchased content" option) and they dont have emplyees review their own thing,s they aslo support the modding community. Also lot of people said "they havent released much lately" yet BW released DA2 and we all know how that cash grab ended up being buggy, recycled and just bad.

Also I finally have an answer thanks to the mojang and valve thread. What is more overraed than half life, Minecraft.
Its virtual lego, add in more grinding, and the fact it is just a sandbox infiminer.
I highly doubt Mojang will make another game that popular, I am guessing they will be a one hit wonder.

Wow, Mojang vs Valve? Seriously? Really? Let's see.

Mojang
Minecraft(Beta)

Valve
The Half-Life series

Portal

Portal 2

The Counter Strike series

The Left 4 Dead series

Team Fortress 2

And some others.

My respect for the Internet is now -9001.

If Mojang wins with a single unfinished game that they've barely supported I will kill myself.

The servers break often, the modding community is doing more than Mojang, MC isnt that original.

Bt if they win I vote Mojang all the way, Bioware rushed DA2, and they are EA, enough reason to vote them out for me.

Mojang are terrible developers. Minecraft is still incredibly buggy and unfinished, multiplayer still has enourmous issues and they release tiny updates months apart simply to keep their fanbase happy. If they actually sat down and worked on the game properly it'd be done by now. Instead we still have a game with very little difference from what it was 6 months ago.

BioWare impress me less and less with each game they make, I've never been into Valve's games (or Steam), and I simply don't get the whole Minecraft thing (3D and modding tools are a much superior Lego set). Blizzard are quality, but...

I lost interest when Bethesda lost. :down:

I don't mind Mojang coming this far really. After all it's just a sily internet competition.
And even though I don't agree with Mojangs way of business it's nice to see people supporting the indie companies, and Minecraft is a lot of fun.

Why? Don't get me wrong, Bethesda is a fantastic company but they are far from being the best :shrug:


I'm guessing Blizzard vs Valve in the finals, and Valve taking the cake (no pun intended)

Mojang AB

55.1% (15354)

Valve

44.9% (12497)

... Yeah not seeing it.

Yeah if anyone deserves to win its Valve or Bethesda.

i will say it again

[censored]

damn censorship can even say something that rhymes with VAN TOYS

All I know is that if Bioware, having beaten Bethesda and Blizzard, also beats Mojang, having beaten Valve, I am going to be very very confused.

I don't play many games, and Bethesda developed most of the (relatively recent) ones I like enough to spend a lot of time on. So I'm not very familiar with most of the other developers, regardless of how good or bad they can be considered to be.

After what happened last year I'm not going to get frustrated about this popularity contest especially with so many unfavorables on the Escapist forums. Hence why I don't really care that Bethesda lost and that Valve an overated developer gotten beaten by a more or less equally overated minecraft developer.

I don't really care or any of the remaining developers like Blizzard who's games I don't play but I'm hoping that Bioware after going full lapdog with EA and releasing underdeveloped Dragon Age 2 will just lose this petty contest.

Mojang even being in it, Nintendo and HAL Laboratory losing in the first round, Square losing to Blizzard, ICO losing to Epic, no sign of Atlus whatsoever.. You silly gamers.

Seriously. I hate, I mean absolutely HATE the finals this year. I also really don't know how BioWare won over Bethesda considering BioWare's past two games have been pretty much meh and that... Well... A little thing called TES: V was announced.

Blizzard is only in this bracket because of World of Warcraft.

Valve is only winning because of Steam. Seriously, their games aren't that great, nor do they really innovate at all.

BioWare... Eh... Other than TOR I'm not impressed at all.

Mojang is awesome just because of the programming at work. That and enabling all that creativity.

I voted for Bioware simply for KotoR and TOR being developed and made, if anything it's better than Fallout 3, New Vegas and Fallout 2.

Deus Ex wins against any of those RPG's anyday however.

Hahahahaha. I think your seriously under estimating some of those competitors.

Unbelievely underestimating I'de say.