Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Rumorong: Ready at Dawn not going Wii-exclusivehttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/rumorong-ready-at-dawn-not-going-wii-exclusive/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/rumorong-ready-at-dawn-not-going-wii-exclusive/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/rumorong-ready-at-dawn-not-going-wii-exclusive/#commentsFiled under: , ,

A snippet from the latest issue of GamePro claims that Daxter and God of War: Chains of Olympus dev Ready at Dawn has ditched PSP development in favor of producing Wii-only titles. Joystiq contacted RAD (pretty cool acronym, huh?) president Didier Malenfant, who was quick to squash the report (although we can't be sure he didn't thwap it with a Wii remote left over from porting Okami to Nintendo's console).

Malenfant further tells Joystiq that his company "[doesn't] have any Wii titles currently in development." RAD had previously hinted at plans to create games for current-gen consoles after finishing Okami Wii, and just today confirmed that it has two all-new games underway. So, two new games in development, none for Wii ... rumorong!

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]]>chains-of-olympusdaxterdidier-malenfantokamipspready-at-dawnwiiRandy Nelson2008-06-11T20:10:00+00:00Ready at Dawn talks abandoning the PSP, piracy and being originalhttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/ready-at-dawn-talks-abandoning-the-psp-piracy-and-being-origin/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/ready-at-dawn-talks-abandoning-the-psp-piracy-and-being-origin/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/11/ready-at-dawn-talks-abandoning-the-psp-piracy-and-being-origin/#commentsFiled under: , ,


When it comes to developer Ready at Dawn, creating games for the PSP is just so last week. But while the company has closed the book on any PSP aspirations, going so far as to mail its entire stock of dev kits back to Sony, the developer of both Daxter and God of War: Chains of Olympus has played the reason for abandoning PSP development close to its chest.

It's a mystery, but mysteries give us headaches, so we tracked down Ready At Dawn's president, Didier Malenfant, to find out why exactly the studio has turned up its nose at developing for Sony's sexed-up portable. "We feel like we've done everything we wanted to do with the PSP," admitted the exec. "We have new projects on other platforms and we like to focus on one thing at a time."

Even so, Didier championed the state of PSP development, stating matter-of-factly "Good games sell. Who would have thought?"

Following news of Ready at Dawn's PSP plans, or rather lack thereof, some suggested that piracy might have been a contributing factor in driving the developer away from the platform. We asked Didier if he considered piracy on the PSP to be a real problem.

"We sold over 2.3 millions copies of Daxter and are on track to beat that with Chains of Olympus so we're pretty happy with our sales," he responded. "Could we sell more games if piracy was non-existent? Maybe. But we don't target the market that could be, we target the market that is."

Didier wasn't ready to offer specifics concerning the company's upcoming projects, though he told us that Ready at Dawn is now working on original IP, a first for the now five year old studio. "We have two original IPs in development and some neat ideas with an existing IP. Most of that stuff is next-gen, but we'll see as we move forward what turns into games and/or what goes in different directions."

Wrapping up, we'd be remiss if we didn't question Didier on the off chance Ready at Dawn might want to revisit PSP development in the future, though the exec was noticeably coy. "You can never say never so we're not going to say you won't see any ports of our future games on PSP," he commented, adding that "as far as targeting the PSP specifically like we did in our first two games, we currently don't have any plans for that."

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]]>chains-of-olympuschainsofolympusdaxterjoystiqfeaturespspready-at-dawnreadyatdawnJason Dobson2008-06-11T05:00:00+00:00Ready at Dawn ceases PSP developmenthttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/09/ready-at-dawn-ceases-psp-development/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/09/ready-at-dawn-ceases-psp-development/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/06/09/ready-at-dawn-ceases-psp-development/#commentsFiled under: ,


Developer Ready at Dawn has turned its back on Sony's handheld, with a short post on the company's website confirming that the studio is "now officially done with PSP development." Ready at Dawn is best recognized for two of the PSP's more landmark titles, namely Daxter and last year's God of War: Chains of Olympus, though the company's recent success in bringing Capcom's Okami to the Wii may have more than a little to do with the dev's shifting priorities.

Calling the decision "the end of an era," the move has an air of finality about it, with Ready at Dawn packing up all of its PSP dev kits and sending them back from whence they came. The news echoes comments from Ready at Dawn's Ru Weerasuriya earlier this year, with the Chains of Olympus director noting back in March that "our work on the PSP has come to an end." As for what the devs have in store for us next, your guess is as good as ours, though we've dispatched Joystiq ninjas to the Santa Ana-based studio for more information.

[Via Aeropause]

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]]>breakingnewschains-of-olympusDaxterokami-wiiready-at-dawnJason Dobson2008-06-09T23:05:00+00:00Rumor: Daxter and Wipeout Pulse porting to PS2http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/08/rumor-daxter-and-wipeout-pulse-porting-to-ps2/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/08/rumor-daxter-and-wipeout-pulse-porting-to-ps2/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/05/08/rumor-daxter-and-wipeout-pulse-porting-to-ps2/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,


French site Jeuxvideo.fr states that PSP games Daxter and Wipeout Pulse are being ported to the PS2. The story seems probable considering how many PSP to PS2 ports there have been, but at this time it's an unconfirmed rumor.

Given the history of high-profile PSP games like R&C: Size Matters and the GTAs being ported to the the PS2, we have to wonder if GoW: Chains of Olympus and Secret Agent Clank will make the leap at some point; the Chains of Olympus port rumor is already old news.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

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]]>daxterportwipeout-pulsewipeoutpulseAlexander Sliwinski2008-05-08T13:57:00+00:00PSP's Daxter sells 2 million copies in 2 yearshttp://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/psps-daxter-sells-2-million-copies-in-2-years/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/psps-daxter-sells-2-million-copies-in-2-years/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/04/psps-daxter-sells-2-million-copies-in-2-years/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Developer Ready at Dawn, currently preparing God of War: Chains of Olympus for March 4 release, announced its freshman effort Daxter has sold over two million copies worldwide. Sure, two million sold for a game which released in 2006 isn't an insane sprint in terms of sales, but it's a marathon victory. The game certainly benefited from being bundled with new PSPs last year, but the developer says Daxter saw its best sales in nearly two years during December '07.

Ready at Dawn notes that it can only look forward to GoW: Chains of Olympus doing better than its first project. Considering our experiences with Kratos' handheld adventure so far, there's not too much Ready at Dawn needs to worry about.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

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]]>daxterjak-and-daxterjakanddaxterready-at-dawnreadyatdawnAlexander Sliwinski2008-02-04T16:25:00+00:00