Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog is an American game developer based in Santa Monica, California and is a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Interactive. It is best known for developing Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, the Uncharted series and The Last of Us.

The company was founded in 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin as JAM software, before being renamed in 1989.

Games created include Crash Bandicoot in 1996 for PlayStation, followed by Crash Team Racing. Other titles include Dream Zone, Rings of Power, and Uncharted Series.

In 2001, the studio was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment due to the increasing costs of AAA video game development. Jak and Daxter was the first game developed with Sony.

Naughty Dog is home to the ICE Team, one of Sony’s central technology groups. The team focuses on developing core graphics technologies for Sony’s worldwide first-party published titles and supporting third-party developers.