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There has most likely been made threads like this before, but here we go again. :P

Which are/were your favourite game developer(s) and which game(s) are your favourite made by them?

I will list my 10 favourites for console and PC, you can list as many as you like.

For consoles:
Nintendo: Zelda, Mario, Pokémon
Team ICO: ICO and Shadow of the Colossus
Naughty Dog: Uncharted, The Last of Us
Game Republic: Folklore, Dark Mist
Sonic Team: Sonic, Nights into Dreams, Ristar, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
Quantic Dream: Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls
Rare: Banjo, Conker, GoldenEye
Polyphony Digital: Gran Turismo
Insomniac Games: Ratchet & Clank
Media Molecule: LittleBigPlanet

For PC:
Daedalic Entertainment: Deponia, A New Beginning, The Whispered World
Frictional Games: Penumbra, Amnesia
Paradox Development Studio: Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron, Crusader Kings
Ensemble Studios: Age of Empires
LucasArts: Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Zak McKracken, Monkey Island
Adeline Software International: Little Big Adventure
DICE: Battlefield
Amanita Design: Machinarium
Telltale Games: The Walking Dead, Sam & Max, Back to the Future, Tales of Monkey Island
4A Games: Metro

This is more or less from the top of my head. Probably missed out on some great studios that could replace some spot on my lists. But this is pretty much it. :)



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DEAD:

Hudson (cripes I miss you): Kororinpa, A Shadow's Tale, Star Soldier, Bomberman
CiNG (I miss you lot too): Little King's Story, Another Code series, "Kyle Hyde" sagas
Maxis (I actually don't miss you at all but I still like your old things): SimCity (until 2004)

ALIVE:

Shin'en: Pretty much everything, but F.A.S.T. Racing League really pushed my fuckin buttons
The Voxel Agents (yeah, they're a mobile dev - FIGHT ME): Puzzle Retreat has made my phone its bitch.



WHERE IS MY KORORINPA 3

1. Valve: Team Fortress 2, Half Life 2, Portal 2
2. Retro Studios: Metroid Prime, Donkey Kong Country Returns
3. Kojima Productions: Metal Gear Series
4. Platinum Games: Metal Gear Rising, Bayonetta, Wonderful 101
5. Atlus: Persona and SMT Series
6. Nintendo EAD: Super Mario Galaxy, Animal Crossing New Leaf, LoZ: Twilight Princess
7. Capcom: Mega Man, MMX Series, Street Fighter, Resident Evil
8. Konami CET: Castlevania, Gradius
9. RareWare: Banjo Kazooie, Killer Instinct
10. Paradox Interactive: Victoria II, Europa Universalis



Creative Assembly: Total War franchise
Naughty Dog: Uncharted, The Last of Us
Blizzard: StarCraft, Diablo, Warcraft 3
Relic: Company of Heroes
Firaxis: Civilization, XCOM
Epic Games: Gears of War



Dem naughty gods



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Valve, Kojima and Capcom! I knew I forgot some great developers. :'(



Ubisoft: Splinter Cell series, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Assassins Creed series, Far Cry 3
I/O Interactive: Hitman series
Insomniac Games: Ratchet & Clank series
Kojima Productions: Metal Gear Solid series
Rockstar North: Grand Theft Auto series (yeah, lay the hate on me)
Naughty Dog: Uncharted series, The Last of Us



No doubt it's Nintendo (that's all of Nintendo including Retro).   LucasArts are second, and "Star Wars: Rogue Leader 2" was amazing.

 

Edit:  I would love to see a remake of that game in HD.



Old favourites, mixed with some current ones (will sort out if I can be arsed) -

Valve: Half Life, Counterstrike: Source, Portal, Team Fortress 2
Bioware: Baldur's Gate, Never Winter Nights, Mass Effect series
Rare: Donkey Kong Country, Killer Instinct, Goldeneye
Free Radical Design: Timesplitters
id Software: Doom, Quake III Arena
Epic Games: Unreal, Unreal Tournament series
Sonic Team: Sonic 2, Phantasy Star Online
Naughty Dog: Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted 2, The Last of Us
Rockstar North: Grand Theft Auto series from 3 onwards, Red Dead Redemption
Kojima Productions: Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders
Remedy Entertainment: Max Payne, Alan Wake
From Software: Armored Core, Demon's Souls, Dark Souls
Capcom: Street Fighter II, Resident Evil



wangjingwanjia said:
Valve, Kojima and Capcom! I knew I forgot some great developers. :'(


I forgot to add Bethesda, Game Freak and From Software in my list as well, theres a lot of great devs that I didn't list.