llc type private industry game development founded 2003 founder ru weerasuriya andrea pessino didier malenfant headquarters irvine california usa key people paul sams ceo ru weerasuriya cco andrea pessino cto products daxter the order 1886 website http www.readyatdawn.com ready at dawn studios is an american video game developer located in irvine california and is composed of former members of naughty dog 1 and blizzard entertainment . 2 formed in 2003 the company has primarily worked on games for the playstation portable psp most notably the sony computer entertainment intellectual property god of war and daxter . contents 1 history 2 works 3 references 4 external links history edit ready at dawn was founded in 2003 in irvine california united states by ru weerasuriya andrea pessino didier malenfant and former members of the sony computer entertainment subsidiary naughty dog . 1 they released their first game daxter in 2006 . the company finished working on their second psp game god of war chains of olympus 3 as well as a wii port of kami with added motion controls . 4 in june 2008 it was confirmed that the company have ceased developing games for the psp and that they had returned the relevant development kits to sony . 5 however reports claim that the developer received new development kits after returning . their next game was god of war ghost of sparta collaboratively developed 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 . 6 in october 2009 ready at dawn began 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 . 7 in july 2010 it was announced that ready at dawn had made thirteen employees redundant citing difficulties in finding funding between projects behind the redundancies . 8 in early 2012 the company began hiring for the development of a third person action adventure game for a next generation home console game system . 9 ready at dawn and sony later revealed the game at e3 2013 as the order 1886 . in june 2015 ru weerasuriya the founder of the company announced that his position as ceo will be replaced by paul sams and will step down to become the company s president and chief creative officer . 10 works edit game title north american release date release date platform metacritic score daxter march 14 2006 playstation portable 85 100 11 god of war chains of olympus march 4 2008 91 100 12 kami april 15 2008 wii 90 100 13 god of war ghost of sparta november 2 2010 playstation portable 86 100 14 god of war origins collection september 13 2011 playstation 3 84 100 15 the order 1886 february 20 2015 playstation 4 63 100 16 de formers 17 tba playstation 4 microsoft windows xbox one lone echo 2017 oculus rift references edit a b naughty dog director lured to ready at dawn by new ip . joystiq.com . 2007 08 03 . retrieved 2014 06 10 . e3 2014 game developer ready at dawn rolls the dice with the order 1886 . latimes.com . 2014 06 10 . retrieved 2014 06 10 . roper chris march 13 2007 . god of war for psp confirmed . ign . retrieved february 28 2012 . bramwell tom october 18 2007 . okami confirmed for wii . eurogamer . retrieved february 28 2012 . martin matt june 10 2008 . ready at dawn officially finished with psp development . gamesindustry.biz . eurogamer . retrieved february 28 2012 . remo chris august 12 2008 . ready at dawn licenses allegorithmic s profx . gamasutra . ubm plc. retrieved september 1 2008 . crossley rob october 12 2008 . ready at dawn declares war with new engine . develop . intent media . retrieved february 28 2012 . thorsen tor july 14 2010 . god of war psp studio axes 13 . gamespot . cbs interactive . retrieved july 14 2010 . spencer february 28 2012 . ready at dawn ramping up for new third person action adventure game . siliconera . retrieved february 28 2012 . kato matthew june 8 2015 . the order 1886 developer ready at dawn expanding in new directions . game informer . retrieved june 8 2015 . daxter for psp . metacritic . cbs interactive . retrieved february 28 2012 . god of war chains of olympus for psp . metacritic . cbs interactive . retrieved february 28 2012 . okami for wii . metacritic . cbs interactive . retrieved february 28 2012 . god of war ghost of sparta for psp . metacritic . cbs interactive . retrieved february 28 2012 . god of war origins collection for playstation 3 reviews metacritic the order 1886 for playstation 4 reviews metacritic prepare for an epic battle . ready at dawn . june 2 2016 . retrieved 2016 06 17 . external links edit official website v t e ready at dawn god of war chains of olympus 2008 ghost of sparta 2010 origins collection 2011 other games daxter 2006 kami 2008 the order 1886 2015 v t e god of war series video games god of war 2005 ii betrayal chains of olympus iii ghost of sparta ascension god of war tba universe characters kratos comic series collections book category this united states video game corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ready at dawn & oldid 742998331 categories companies based in irvine californiacompanies established in 2003international game developers association membersprivately held companies based in californiavideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development 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