Favorite Developers!

[Bodhesatva]

List them in any way you choose! Rather than pick an absolute favorite, I thought I'd put them in tiers:

Definitive Favorites:

Valve

Blizzard

Nintendo

Second tier:

Epic

Maxis

Ico

Third tier:

Id

Firaxis

Keep in mind that my "third tier" are still in my favorites -- just a couple notches below Valve etc. I'd put them above every developer not mentioned here. Anyone else?