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Valve.

Portal 1 & 2; L4D 1 & 2; TF2.  No-one else has come close.  I don't actually think they've put a foot wrong this generation (if we count the generation from ~2007-2013)

Special mentions:

Naughty Dog:  But I haven't played The Last of Us yet so it's still a while until I'd nominate them for the top spot.

Nintendo EAD Tokyo:  I don't know whether this is actually two separate studios, but whoever it was who made Mario Galaxy 1 & 2.

 

And just a few more I'd like to bring up:

Insomniac Games:  It feels weird listing them considering they disappointed me hugely in the past 3 years (All 4 One; Full Frontal Assault; Fuse).  But that's ignoring the fact that they put out 3 excellent Ratchet games (Tools of Destruction; Quest For Booty; A Crack in Time).  And I had a lot of fun with Resistance 2's co-op mode & Resistance 3's single player too.

Gust Corporation:  This might just be because I'm playing Atelier Ayesha at the moment, but I feel like they've made 3 excellent JRPG's in a row now (Totori; Meruru & Ayesha).  I haven't played Rorona & Ar Tonelico Qoga yet though; which might sour of my opinion of them.

Studio Liverpool:  WipEout Pure; Pulse & HD Fury.  3 fantastic returns to form for my favourite videogame studio of all time.  And technically all part of the 7th gen.  But their output could've been a lot better, so they don't hold a candle to some of the other teams I've listed.