Playground games are definitely exciting and full of potential. They've already proven they can craft an amazing open-world racer with Forza Horizon and I hear rumors they're making a massive RPG in the same vein so that'd be great to see.
Obsidian makes some solid RPGs - a bit on the buggy side at times but they're akin to Bethesda in that the gameplay is such that it's usually worth a few blemishes.
Not ready to entirely give up on Rare yet. They were my favorite non-Nintendo developer for the N64 and created probably my favorite all-time series in Donkey Kong Country. Even though I don't play much of their new stuff they were the initial reason I made the leap from strictly Nintendo to Nintendo + Xbox. I've gotta believe they still have a little something left, or can have something of a renaissance.
Coalition somewhat lost me with the new Gears games, which just aren't as compelling as the old ones. Still I guess I'd be interested to see some original projects from them.
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