Ready at Dawn licenses Daxter engine

Developer of PSP platformer confirms that its engine will show up in other companies' titles as well as its own upcoming project.

When the 3D platformer Daxter saw release on the PSP, it earned high marks for its visual prowess and gameplay that retained much of the appeal of the game's PlayStation 2 parent series, Jak and Daxter. Now the engine that powered Daxter has been licensed to other companies, Ready at Dawn president and cofounder Didier Malenfant has confirmed for GameSpot. However, exactly how many companies are working with the Daxter engine is unclear at the moment.

"Unfortunately the list of our licensees is confidential and it will be up to them to announce their titles when they see fit," Malenfant said.

Ready at Dawn isn't about to abandon the engine it built, as Malenfant said the developers will use it for their next title. That doesn't necessarily mean the studio's next game will be more of the same, as the engine is supposedly quite versatile.

"The engine could be used to do a wide variety of third and first person games," Malenfant noted, "and it would actually produce quite awesome racing games too."

34 Comments

  • gamemaster749

    Posted Aug 4, 2006 6:54 pm PT

    ya the Daxter engine is a great step for the PSP. I think it si going to be a fresh and great start for more good games to come to the PSP. also look at the great game from Insomniac Games when they got some partnership with Naughty Dog they made some great games with that engine also sharing the engine like that give more choices for more great game. This is a nice step to see Ready at Dawn studios do and i hope to see more game from them soon cause Daxter Rocks!

  • Hoobasdude1890

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 1:14 pm PT

    yeah the game looked very well thats great that they are giving the engine to other companies more great games on the way

  • Dante200X

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 7:43 am PT

    Daxter was easily one of the best games to show off the PSP's potential. The engine they developed was perfect for 3-D games and i'm just glad to see they're sharing it to other devs.

  • ewjim

    Posted Aug 1, 2006 11:06 am PT

    Did't saw Daxter, is there good engine?

  • shamarke

    Posted Aug 1, 2006 9:47 am PT

    i heard they gonna make jak an daxter the movie i think it gonna suck!

  • Pastehunter

    Posted Aug 1, 2006 6:09 am PT

    Some nice things will happen to the PSP . An engine like that could kill the GC , not to mention the DS .

  • Gamer2174

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 5:30 pm PT

    Yeah it's nice the PSP finally gets a little hype. There list of games haven't been that exciting, maybe engine will begins a new wave of decent games

  • faridmon

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 5:06 pm PT

    the game was too short, maybe the engine suckes the length of the game, but am fine with the DS.

  • tricache

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 4:25 pm PT

    good to see the PSP still getting some of the big bucks and attention

  • SOLIDUS_SNAKE

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 3:54 pm PT

    sounds good for the psp

  • FaTcAt1785

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:50 pm PT

    Nice! After playing Daxter , I have to agree its one of the best engine for the PSP!

  • Admiral_T

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:20 pm PT

    "quite awesome"
    haha

  • rulo_rezn0r

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 2:01 pm PT

    cool
    naughty dog always create graphically outstanding engines on the console they create games, they know how to use the hardware they have with all the limitations and stuff, doing really nice
    good news

  • Cartman86

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 1:33 pm PT

    Daxter isn't really a cute platformer. The Jak, Ratchet, and Sly series are among the best of the past 5 years. They are in a league of their own.

  • DarknessOfFate1

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 1:15 pm PT

    Yytay another massmarketed cutesy platformer stinking up shops But ive never played Daxter but ve had my fill of crappy cute platformers.

  • Xanog1

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 1:04 pm PT

    That's good to see because the engine really can exploit the system's strengths and mask it's weaknesses better than almost every other game on the system.

  • Zeromind_Eric

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 1:04 pm PT

    Great engine to have for a game, too. Although it probably would never ever happen, it would be incredible to see this game (Daxter) on the 360. I am not going to get a PS3 so this is why I say this.

  • zeldaguy

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 12:01 pm PT

    Hell yeah

  • Piernik

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 11:56 am PT

    http://www.gamespot.com/psp/action/ratchetclank/

  • Piernik

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 11:52 am PT

    R&C is already comming: http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/ratchetclank/index.html !!!

  • arandomSOB

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 11:29 am PT

    make a R&C psp game with it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • DeathStar17

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 11:11 am PT

    All PSP games should use it...

  • Reetesh

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 11:06 am PT

    THe original Naughty Dog Engine was also Pretty awesome It was used in JA an Daxter and Ratchet and clank games. The backrougds are very interecxative and the characters are aloso very well detailed Good to see that thyey et up the standards.

  • smiley17O

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:59 am PT

    i here daxter was a good psp game so hopefully this engine will give there game more potential

  • WolfSkill5544

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:42 am PT

    cool, maybe the might use it to create more originals game. And hopefully it will work on the remake of old games.

  • downlink

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:35 am PT

    thats great, hopefully, more devs can use this, and maybe in some games(Smackdown) their will be less load times.

  • OmegaOrtega

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:21 am PT

    How about an RPG that uses the Daxter engine

    Hmm it would be nice to see a 3-D RPG on PSP in a large 3-D world and have virtually no in game longing times what so ever, just like Daxter.

  • MovieMan200x

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:07 am PT

    Great news! Daxter was a fantastic game and the engine that ran it made all the better. Can't wait to see what other developers will create with it!

  • slim_boi

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:03 am PT

    Nice......The PSP is really shaping up nicely of late with some really good games either out or on the way..keep em coming.

  • Muddypoof

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 10:02 am PT

    Bah. The PSP is dead as ding-dongs. I may hang onto mine long enough to try Jaffe's tear jerker. But if that doesn't fly, I'm selling the dumb thing.

  • Hellisunreal

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 9:56 am PT

    nice

  • etmaul

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 9:53 am PT

    the game did look quite good and licensing an engine really opens the doors for more psp games to look really good. perhaps this will help increase psp sales?

  • Bombbay12345

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 9:37 am PT

    That's a good idea, considering how good Daxter did. I think we should look out for their next title, it'll probabaly be as good if not better.

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 9:33 am PT

    Well thats cool for them. Even though I think it was not that great of an engine it was great for the PSP. Almost no load times and I like that. Its not like I did not like it I just am more of a fan of engine's like Unreal,Quake and Offset.But it is cool to see it being licensed.So I think its good to see it licensed that way they bring in more money and that way they can make more games.

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