Post what gaming companies, and games, you love dearly and why. I'll start.
From SoftwareFrom created
Armored Core in the early 2000's/late 90's. I picked up Armored Core 3 one day since I noticed it was in a small booklet of games that my family had at the house, put it in the PS2, booted it up, never stopped loving it since, especially the music tracks they use in their games.
Oh, by the way, they created the Dark Souls series.
Obsidian EntertainmentThese guys are founded by people who originally came from
Black Isle Studios, the guys who made
Fallout 2 and quite a lot of the
Baldur's Gate series. In particular, you might know Obsidian from
KOTOR II and
Fallout: New Vegas. My favorite of these guys games is
Neverwinter Nights 2. It's a really good sequel to the original, which I also loved(even though they didn't make the original). They're currently working on
Project Eternity, which got nearly four times the amount of money they asked for to make the game.