Your favourite current publisher.

[Dark Knifer]

There has been a lot of talk about EA and bad publishers and general so I thought it wold be interested at looking at some actual good publishers.

Currently my favourite would be 2k games for publishing, xcom enemy unknown, spec ops and bioshock infinte.

 

[madwarper]

Atlus developed and published Etrian Odyssey. ETRIAN ODYSSEY! And, SMT as well.

 

[Doom972]

Before they announced Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut for the WiiU, Square Enix was my favorite publisher. Some of my favorite games are from Eidos, and for the most part I think they did a good job reviving Eidos franchises.

So right now it would either be 2K or Bethesda Softworks. Can't decide which.

 

[Tom_green_day]

I don't want to seem like the Devil's advocate but with 3/4 of the games I've bought from EA, they've given me a better deal than they needed to:
Mass Effect 1. They released it on PSN even though they really didn't need to, and priced it at only £7.99
Mass Effect 2. Cerberus pack was cheap and gave loads of free DLC
Mass Effect 3. Extended Cut was free (but expected to be that) however multiplayer DLC was also free.
and Battlefield 3 is the only other I've got from them in recent years, but I haven't played that too much.

But if I'm going to avoid saying that because of the hate I'll get, I'll go with Bethesda Softworks. TES, Fallout 3 and NV, Sea Dogs & Pirates of the Caribbean, and a few others. Great games, and as far as I know they don't force their devs to do stupid things or create annoyingly close release dates.

 

[Tactical Pause]

Chalk another one up for 2K. Sure they've done some silly publisher things (such as forcing multiplayer into Spec Ops: The Line), but at least they are willing to fund things that other publishers would definitely shy away from. Plus, from what I've learned from watching many interviews of Ken Levine, they seem willing to give complete creative control to a proven developer.

 

[Entitled]

Paradox Interactive.

They sure get greedy with the DLC, but the niche games that they are supporting from that are totally woth it.

 

[Dead Seerius]

Definately Take-Two - or 2K or whatever the hell they're called - simply because I haven't played a game by them that made me feel like an accused pirate and/or just another wallet.

They seem to give their developers a lot of free reign in taking 'risky' innovative decisions while also allowing them to take as long as they need to make their games the best they can be. And you know what kind of results these practices turn out?

We get games like GTA, BioShock, Borderlands, Red Dead and XCOM. I like that.

 

[Ralen-Sharr]

Paradox Interactive.

They sure get greedy with the DLC, but the niche games that they are supporting from that are totally woth it.

+1 for Paradox. At least they are willing to take a chance on a game that's not a clone of the flavor of the month. I think around 50% of my total game time clocked in Steam is on Paradox games.

Special mentions for Bethesda/Zenimax for building worlds to get lost in, and CD Projekt for showing that games can be profitable without putting shitty bits of DRM on them.

 

[Doom972]

Before they announced Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut for the WiiU, Square Enix was my favorite publisher. Some of my favorite games are from Eidos, and for the most part I think they did a good job reviving Eidos franchises.

OMG, they are going to make a special edition of a loved classic AND make it exclusive to the most powerful console in the market? What a crime.

They fixed almost everything that was bad about that game (not that much bad about it, but it's there), improved on it, and then made it exclusive to a console that 90% of the fans won't buy. It's not a crime (since it's legal), but it's a dick move. The most powerful console? Yes, a bit more powerful than the other two is technically the most powerful. Talk to me in a few months when the PS4 comes out, and we'll see how that excuse hold.

 

[axlryder]

Atlus I guess. Maybe NIS, but I'm mostly just nostalgic for them during the PS2 era.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

Paradox, followed by 2k and CD Project.
They publish risky games and for the most part aren't douchey in their business practices.

 

[lacktheknack]

CD Projekt.

Simply because they run gog.com, and every game they HAVE released (admittedly not many) actually put their money where their mouth is: No DRM.