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Jak & Daxter Return

Feb06


A couple of weeks ago I went back to Naughty Dog to do some interviews for the Jak & Daxter Collection, which releases tomorrow (February 7). And of course you should go buy this right away, only one click AFTER you buy my novel, The Darkening Dream. But my thoughts about the visit have been logged on the Naughty Dog blog:

While I’m still good friends with many Naughty Dogs and frequently see them socially, it’s been a couple years since I was in the office itself – and this was my first time in the new gigantic Watergarden 2.0 space.

Wow! My baby is all grown up and popped out a helluva pack of rugrats. When I left, the office was 25,000 sq/feet and we had about 80 people – which at the time, seemed enormous enough – now it’s over twice that big with more than twice the folks. From the walls hang giant murals of Naughty Dog masterpieces. It’s enough to make you feel small…

You can find the full post here!

I also got the chance to catch up with all my friends, virtual and real.

Pack leaders old and new! Left to right Christophe, me, Jason, and Evan.

Related posts:

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Posted in: Games
Tagged as: Jak & Daxter, Jak & Daxter Collection, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Naughty Dog, Playstation 3, PlayStation Blog, Uncharted, Video game
  • Joe

    I would  prefer a Crash Bandicoot HD collection of the orignal 5 psone games, who do i contact to make this happen, does naughty dog have a say or is it just Sony`s choice?

    • Andrea Marino9

      I think a Crash Bandicoot’s collection of the first five games could be possible: Sony still holds the rights of those games and the graphic could be awesome if it will be made in HD (an example: http://i41.tinypic.com/donuo5.png ), but I think it depends on Sony, at the end.

      • Gabriele

        From Activision we can only expect an horrible sequel with redsesign, strange gameplays and something that hasn’t nothing to do with Crash Bandicoot at all. I think they should sold the rights to someone that know what’s perfect for Crash instead of ruins his career more and more.

        However I’m happy about this new collection for Jack and Daxter, they didn’t get ruined from other companies like Crash.

        • http://all-things-andy-gavin.com Andy Gavin

          J&D collection is the same game / same code. It’s just remastered to run on the PS3 with better graphics.

          • Gabriele

            As Andrea showed in a comment also Crash could have a HD collection with better textures and graphics.
            One question: Why in Naughty Dog site there is no Crash Bandicoot stuffs? I know that Activision owno the fanchise at the moment but the first four games are part of the Naughty Dog history, so Why in the game page there is any reference to those games?

          • http://all-things-andy-gavin.com Andy Gavin

            I don’t know why.

    • http://all-things-andy-gavin.com Andy Gavin

      It’s probably both Universal and Sony — not sure

      • Joe

        Andy
         Do you know anyone in high places at Sony, Please make this happen

        plus Universal dont exist anymore so I dont know weather they will have a say

        • http://all-things-andy-gavin.com Andy Gavin

          Activision has Universal’s rights

  • Thomas

    Excellent!

    I somehow missed these games when they were first released on PS2 (I know,  how silly of me). Great to get a second chance to play through them. Looking forward to the European release.

  • Matteo Mazzarini

    There’s nothing positive in the situation of Crash Bandicoot, nowadays. even Spyro had his great appearance within “Skylanders”, but Crash just died the day the idea of the titans barely crossed Radical developers’ minds. I seriously hope they (Activision) will do something for the series.
    Mr Gavin, do You think is it possible to create a Crash trilogy with the same epic tone and the same narrative depth as those in Jak and Daxter series?Or would it completely contrast with the style of the character?

    • http://all-things-andy-gavin.com Andy Gavin

      Crash can’t ever feel epic in the same way because it’s always a little tongue in cheek :-) It can feel BIG though

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