Who is your favorit game developer and why?

Ubisoft: Splinter Cell, Assassin's Creed and I feel like they put quality first in their games.

" Ubisoft: Splinter Cell, Assassin's Creed and I feel like they put quality first in their games. "

Either Nintendo or Gamefreak. Their games are all amazing.

Bioware.

Bioware, Bethesda, Valve, and Irrational.

I guess I'd say Bungie, Harmonix, or Valve, they've all made great games and are really in touch with their fans.

Harmonix, BioWare, Bethesda Game Studios, and a few others I can't remember right now (some favorites they must be. >.<).

Rockstar; every game they've made that I've played I've absolutely loved. Closely followed by Bethesda; for Oblivion, Fallout 3 and New Vegas.

Rockstar, Capcom, and Harmonix.

• Origins Systems
• Irrational Games
• Looking Glass
• Valve
• Capcom
• Konami
• LucasArts
• Naughty Dog
• Insomniac
• Red Storm
• Bungie (Haters gonna hate)
• Harmonix
• Black Isle
• Nintendo
• BioWare
• Rockstar North
• Sega (During their prime years, meaning before they went to shit in 2004)
• Blizzard
• West Wood Studios
• Double Fine

I'm usually a big fan of Harmonix, mostly for their determination to add more to a genre that's already flooded and dying out in popularity. It's unfortunate that they're being sold, but I'm glad that they were able to make the Rock Band franchise what it is today despite their mother company losing millions on them.
 
Valve is pretty good, too. I like the idea of extended support for most of their products, especially if you're playing on a PC. Although they get a lot of shit for having their own definition of time, I'm happy that they take the amount of time needed for the studio to be satisfied with what they release to the market. Sometimes the wait times are obscene, but it always seems to be worth it in the end.

Because they have given me fun memories and have inspired me. 
In no particular size or order: 

• Naughty Dog
• Rockstar
• Bungie
• Valve
• Irrational Games
• Relic Entertainment

Blizzard, because everything they put out is top notch quality and is practically an event.

Bioware, Rockstar, Introversion (all killer, no filler), Maxis, Criterion, Nintendo, Valve, and prolly Bethesda.

Telltale Games. They make games of my favorite genre; they work well with licenses; they write funny stories and clever dialog; they mastered the episodic format; they have a very good online store that gives you a free collector's boxed edition if bought a whole season digitally from them; they put a great deal almost every month; and they seem to have a tremendous appreciation for their fans and costumers. It's the only developer I'll pre-order a game from even if there's no discounts or exclusive incentives, just because I trust the quality of their games and want to support them while still in development.

BioWare! Why? ALL their games speak for themselves.

I have three: BioWare, Bethesda, and Nintendo. Bioware for the amazing interactive stories they make. Bethesda because it's just a whole ton of fun to mess around in the worlds they create. Also, although somewhat problematic, I must say that people tend to overexaggerate the glitchyness of their games. Finally Nintendo, just because.

" BioWare! Why? ALL their games speak for themselves. "

Blizzard - (Self-Explanatory) 

Atlus, because their games appeal to me, are unique and generally have excellent localization.

I used to love watching those videos you'd unlock in THPS, the videos of the guys from Neversoft dropping in on vert ramps and shit. Seemed like pretty cool dudes, and at the time they were putting out the best games, but I'm sure Neversoft is probably a shell of it former self.

Bioware and Rock Star for pushing storytelling in the medium like nothing else.  Fun ass gameplay too. 
 
Valve's cool too, but Steam's been bothering me lately, so blah. I also don't like their actual games, so they're just getting an honourable mention.

Nintendo, Bioware, and a little company that nobody else has mentioned, Grasshopper.

Call of Duty makers.INC

" @GhostlyEnigma: oh, right... I forgot that one :P But I've never played it, actually. I should rephrase what I said before about BioWare: ALL their PC games speak for themselves :) "  

" @kives34 said:

"Bungie because everytime I buy one of there games I feel like I got $60 dollars worth and more. "

 LOL!"

It used to be Westwood for making the greatest gaming franchise ever in Command and Conquer, but then EA killed them and took a big old steaming shit on their legacy.
 
Runner up would be Bioware, but I don't like the direction they have been taking their games in for a few years now- I hate how they are always going out of their way with each new iteration of their franchises to dumb down/straight up remove almost every RPG element in all their games- and I'm starting to lose interest more and more with each passing year. My love for them was reignited with Dragon Age and seeing them return to their RPG roots as much as anyone can in this day and age, but then seeing them go out of their way with the 2nd one to dumb it down to the levels of Mass Effect 2 felt like a real betrayal to me as a life long fan of their games and has really hurt my view on them. 
 
I'm still withholding judgment on them for after I play Dragon Age 2, but so far literally every thing I have seen or read about the game up to now has me shaking my head in disgust with what they are doing to that franchise.

Bioware, there hasn't been a game of their that i have played that i havent liked the games they make seem to fit my taste's.

Atlus' Persona Team and Valve.
 
Best JRPG maker and bringer of free (yet popular, high quality) content.

Holy shit you guys, 5 pages and no one has mentioned Team ICO. I would seriously pay $200 bucks for The Last Guardian.

valve make some good games.

Valve! The quality of the stuff they put out is always consistent, and the community integration they do with modding and the SDK is unmatched. I've yet to not get totally absorbed in a game Valve has created.  
 
Bioware would have to be second.

Bioware and ID

Blizzard and Naughty Dog

Rockstar 
Obsidian (yeah I know but I love 'em) 
Double Fine 
Old LucasArts 
Valve 
DICE

I have to say Rockstar. Most, if not all of their games are high quality. Plus they make GTA.