Ready at Dawn

Ready at Dawn Studios LLC is a video game developer located in Irvine, California and is composed of some former members of Naughty Dog and Blizzard Entertainment. Formed in 2003, they released their first title, Daxter, to critical acclaim for the Sony PlayStation Portable.

Ready at Dawn finished working on their second PSP title, God of War: Chains of Olympus^[1] as well as a Wii version of Ōkami, with added motion controls.^[2] In June 2008 it was confirmed that the company have finished developing titles for the PSP, and that they have returned the relevant development kits to Sony.^[3] However, reports claim that the developer received new development kits after returning. They have recently finished developing God of War: Ghost of Sparta collaboratively with Sony's Santa Monica Studio for the PSP, with their new proprietary engine. Ready at Dawn released the God of War: Origins Collection for the PlayStation 3 on September 13, 2011. This collection is a port of their two God of War games for the PSP, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta, to the PS3 with high-definition graphics, DualShock 3 support, Trophies, and Stereoscopic 3D, the first God of War release to support this feature.

Ready at Dawn licensed ProFX, a technology to procedurally generate texture files, reducing their size.^[4]

As of October 2009, Ready at Dawn is working on a new game engine. The Ready At Dawn Engine is said to be a wholly console-centric platform, integrated with a suite of third-party tools that require no additional license. These tools include 3D content editing, audio, user interface and asset management systems.^[5] In July 2010, it was announced that Ready at Dawn had fired thirteen employees, citing the company's status as independent as the main reason behind the firings.^[6]

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External links

• Ready at Dawn
• New Info on Daxter and an Interview with President Didier Malenfant
• Ready at Dawn officially finished with PSP development