![]() Wells said: “At the end of Uncharted 2, Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann went off to start designing The Last of Us, although they did spend a good, solid three or four months working on Jak and Daxter before they decided to shelve it and focus on something new.”Įlsewhere in the interview, Wells claimed that the projects Naughty Dog decides to work on are “really driven by the team”, and suggested that this means the studio is likely to gravitate towards new types of games, rather than endless sequels. Naughty Dog had briefly worked on a PSP title following the completion of Uncharted 2, but that game was ultimately cancelled and passed over to High Impact Games, who created The Lost Frontier (2009). Despite an HD collection on the PS3 and Vita in 2012 and a similar re-release bundle on PS4 in 2017, there hasn’t been a new game in the series in 12 years. On October 14, 2003, Naughty Dog released Jak II for the PlayStation 2 system, and something amazing happened for the Jak and Daxter franchise: Jak was able to speak for the first time, enabling players to hear and experience Jak’s own point of view using his voice, instead of relying solely on Daxter’s witty banter and exposition. Three main Jak & Daxter games were released on the PlayStation 2 in the early 2000s, followed by a racing spin-off and a couple of handheld adventures. “But we still love the characters and I see what you guys are doing with Ratchet and that makes me wish that we did, and we would have one in development, because there’s still a lot of love for Jak & Daxter in the studio.” “And I hate to break it to them, we do not have Jak & Daxter here in development right now.” 2009’s Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier on PSP and PS2 was the last completely new game in the series. “We’ve had a couple of Twitter campaigns where people have been tweeting us every single day ‘I want a new Jak & Daxter, I want a new Jak & Daxter’, and they aren’t just simple 280-character tweets, they have Photoshopped memes and everything they’re including on a daily basis, and the effort has got to be significant. Speaking during a chat with Insomniac‘s Ted Price as part of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Science’s Game Maker’s Notebook series (transcribed by VGC), Evan Wells was asked if Naughty Dog continues to get fan requests for a new Jak & Daxter game. "These binders dive into the world and characters in a depth fans have never seen before and offer a glimpse into how the games were formed.The co-president of Naughty Dog has made it clear that the studio isn’t currently working on a new game in the Jak & Daxter series. "For each game, we will be producing a hardback foil-stamped book containing images from Naughty Dog’s original Jak and Daxter production binders," explained Limited Run Games CEO Josh Fairhurst. Additionally, never-before-released documents of the series' history will also be included in each game's Collector's Edition. It's the first time the Jak and Daxter soundtrack will be officially released. Included in the Collector's Edition is a decorative metal Precursor Orb, a PS2 memory card-shaped USB drive, a trading card pack, an exclusive poster, and a CD soundtrack. ![]() A second run of 2,500 Standard Editions and 1,250 Collector's Editions will go on pre-order tomorrow at 3 pm PST. 5,000 copies of the Standard Edition are being sold for $25, while 2,500 copies of the Collector's Edition are also available for $75. The Precursor Legacy will be the first game re-released, and those who pre-order it through Limited Run’s website will receive the game by Feb. ![]()
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