How can I go about finding contact information on Software Developers
who contract, and sub-contract for Video Game Publishers (ie. Capcom,
Tecmo, Sony).  It can be difficult just to get the names of these
subsidiaries / developers much less the addresses / names of important
people.  Often times, even when you know the name it is not straight
forward on finding their address in the phone book, and the web site
almost never contains the address unless they are a major corporation
like Midway.  I'm just looking for a straight forward way of getting
in touch with the right people in these (often very small) companies. 
Allow me to illustrate:  RedZone Interactive is a small developer who
has done some sub-contracting for 989 Studios.  989 Studios in-turn is
a slightly larger company who contracts for Sony, and for other
publishers.  If my friend hadn't been working for RedZone I would have
not the foggiest idea on how to contact them...(I've tried everything
I know).  The nature of this specialized and hush-hush business makes
awareness without inside info difficult.  One thing I thought MIGHT
work, but is a bit unrealistic would be to request an annual report
from the big publishers which MIGHT have at least names of their
contractors / developers.  So to conclude/summarize my question, I'm
looking for a way to obtain contact information on companies that
actually do the programming for video games (not the publishers which
are big and easy to find).
(Perhaps there's a such thing as a business registrar somewhere in the
city/county buildings which is public info?)

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Request for Question Clarification by webadept-ga on 18 Jul 2002 22:12 PDT

Hi, 

Just checking, but have you tried looking at Game Developer's
Magazine? The guys at Redzone got me a subscription to that, most of
the articals are written by working programmers for exactly the
compainies you are looking for. If this is not enough for you, please
let us know.

Thanks. 

webadpet-ga

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Clarification of Question by jcskid-ga on 22 Jul 2002 09:22 PDT

Yes, well that is a definitely a good lead.  No doubt that magazine
will have some important names of developers and developing companies.
 What about the addresses / other contact info though?  Will that
magazine give you that much info?

Actually, I work in the game industry. You are correct that it is
indeed difficult to find the actual developers names and contact
information. In fact, I've worked on several games for large
publishers and more often than not the only place the name of the
company who actually wrote the game is listed is in small print in the
back of the manual.

The best resource online is Gamasutra's company list  located at:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/contractor_display.php
(specifically developers:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/contractor_display.php?category=1)

The list contains a brief description and complete contact information
for each company. Separate lists are maintained for developers,
publishers, and contractors. You must be a registered user of
Gamasutra to access this list. Registering for Gamasutra is free.

Short of the company list on Gamasutra, the next best way to get
contact information for developers is to attend one of the developer
conferences and swap business cards. In fact, attending a developer
conference is probably even a better way to get contact information if
the quality of the contact information is important to you. (i.e. You
want a contact who will really talk to you.) Most of the hardware
manufactures host annual conferences specific to developing for their
hardware, although some are hard to get in to if you are not already a
licensed developer for the platform. The largest, most accessible
conference to attend is GDC, the Game Developer's Conference. You can
learn more about GDC at http://www.gdconf.com/

Hope this helps!

Hi jcskid-ga,

Sorry, but I cannot find anything regarding song etc software
developers. Maybe these websites could help with your google answers
query:

www.xeaglex.com/
www.developers.net/
www. swdevelopers.tripod.com/english/

or search google for software developers:
://www.google.com/search?q=software+developers&btnG=Google+Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1