Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog is a video game company founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1986. It is part of Sony since 2001. They produced more successful games, including Rings of Power for Sega Genesis and Way Of The Warrior for 3DO.

Naughty Dog, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment
Industry	Computer and video games Interactive entertainment
Founded	1984 (as Jam Software) 1989 (as Naughty Dog)
Founder	Andy Gavin Jason Rubin
Headquarters	Santa Monica, California, United States
Key people	Evan Wells, Co-president Christophe Balestra, Co-president Amy Hennig, Creative director Bruce Straley, Game director Justin Richmond, Game director Richard Lemarchand, Co-Lead Game Designer
Products	The Last of Us (2013) Uncharted series (2007–2011) Jak and Daxter series (2001–2005) Crash Bandicoot series (1996–1999)
Number of employees	+800 [1]
Parent	Independent (1986–2001) Sony Computer Entertainment (2001–2005) SCE Worldwide Studios (2006-present)
Website	Official website

Rings of Power was created with a low budget. Universal Studios signed a deal with the duo to a three-title deal and fund the expansion of the company. Mark Cerny, who had produced Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for Sega, convinced Naughty Dog to focus on new resources on creating a character-based platform game in 3D. Crash Bandicoot was developed and became the first 3D video game by Naughty Dog. for the PlayStation on September 9, 1996. Naughty Dog would develop three Crash Bandicoot sequels over the next several years. In January 2001, it was announced Sony would acquire Naughty Dog. After developing the fourth Crash Bandicoot game (Crash Team Racing), the company began working on Jak and Daxter for PlayStation 2. In 2004, Naughty Dog's studio president and co-founder, Jason Rubin left the company^[2] to work on a new game named Iron and the Maiden.^[3]