Ex Naughty Dog & Blizzard Front New Studio News
Chris Leyton
22/01/2004
Senior members break away from Naughty Dog and Blizzard Entertainment to form a new development studio…
Ex senior members of Naughty Dog and Blizzard Entertainment, today announced the formation of a new console development studio, entitled Ready at Dawn Studios.
Founded by Didier Malenfant, Andrea Pessino and Ru Weerasuriya; respectively former Senior Programmer at Naughty Dog, Senior Software Engineer and Senior Artist at Blizzard Entertainment. Together the management team for Ready at Dawn Studios encompasses over 35 years of game development experience.
Known for their individual work on some of the best-selling console and computer games of all time, including âJak&Daxter: The Precursor Legacyâ, âJakIIâ, âDiablo IIâ, âWarcraft III: Reign of Chaosâ, âWarcraft III: The Frozen Throneâ, â World of WarCraftâ, âStarcraft: BroodWarâ and âStarcraft: Ghostâ, the individuals behind Ready At Dawn Studios bring with them a unique understanding on creating and developing multi-million selling franchises.
âThe opportunity was too good to pass up,â said Didier Malenfant, President and co-founder, âto get a chance to assemble a team composed of some of the most talented people in the industry, dedicated to pushing the limits of every game or platform we work on.â
âThe interest weâve already generated in the industry has been incredible,â said Andrea Pessino, Technical Director and co-founder, âand goes to show that, at the end of the day, itâs still about the individuals behind the games and their ability to deliver and turn solid concepts into successful titles.â
Ready at Dawn Studios is currently hard at work on their first, currently unannounced title; weâll have the full low-down on this and more from the team soon.