A survey conducted by the International Game Developer Association has named Valve as the top video game company that developers want to work for.

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1. Valve



2. My own company



3. Activision Blizzard



4. BioWare



5. Ubisoft



6. Current employer



7. Nintendo



8. Naughty Dog



9. Double Fine



10. Bethesda Game Studios

Valve beats out second place winner "my own company." That's right - apparently, more developers would prefer to work at Valve instead of running their own studios.Of course, it's not surprising that the Half-Life 2 and Dota 2 developer has taken out first place; leaking of Valve's employee manual revealed the company to have an innovative leadership hierarchy where there are no bosses and employees can work on whatever projects they want.Other companies named in the top ten dream employers include Naughty Dog Software and BioWare. Any surprises? Who would you want to work for? Check out the full list below.

Katie Williams is a freelance writer and games journalist. She tweets at @desensitisation and hopes that one day, a bird will tweet back.