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More than three years part of the Bungie(net) community and almost five years of part of Bioware's. These are basically the only two developers that I "follow". And this is mostly because of the way they communicate with the fans. Most developers don't really bother.
The cool thing about the Bungie.net forums is the personality, despite all the jerks, it's fun. It has a face of it's own. the Bioware forums, even with all the maturity, feels a bit bland it misses personality. However, when it comes to interaction between community and developer, Bioware does a few things better than Bungie. Both companies are always tight lipped about games (although is quite open about multiplayer stuff), but Bioware appears much more open.
Plenty of times do you see the BW employees post on the forum, and they happily tell you some of the things they just ran in during development, even though they make sure they don't reveal any secrets. A while ago, an employee even came to the Mass Effect forum, asking if we had any cool ideas for a mini game. Bungie just doesn't seem to do that. Also, they really help out with the modding community and are really supportive when it comes to implementing new patches and community ideas in one of their current games.
Still, when it comes to having fun with the community, Bungie gets a heads up. The humpday challenges, the interviews, reports, etc. I don't think too many developers do that.