Gathering of Developers
Gathering of Developers (aka God Games and Gathering) is an American videogame publisher based on Dallas, TX, established to serve as a "friendly" publisher for independent development companies.
Fueled by a strong dislike of the working conditions under giant companies such as Electronic Arts, GoD established as an understanding publisher: not rushing release dates and allowing developers to produce the game as they pleased. However, GoD did not last long as an independent publisher, and were bought by Take 2 shorty after their creation, in 1999.