I think some of you have missed the point.
The article is about the 10 most important studios to the future of PC gaming, not the ten most historically significant studios.
Epic was once important to PC gaming, but, as the author points out, it has switched its primary focus to console gaming. CB has even admitted to doing most of his gaming on consoles these days.
id was once important as well, but they have done little lately and the only thing they're working on right now, according to wikipedia, is a Wolfenstein remake. Same old, same old.
Stardock seems a strange request for a list of the most important PC game studios...
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