advertisement

Crash Bandicoot creators start new shop

By Matthew Peters, GameSpotPosted May 14, 2009 1:30 pm PT

Naughty Dog founders Jason Rubin and Andrew Gavin start Monkey Gods, a new casual game development company specializing in 360, PS3, Wii, iPhone, and Facebook games.

The founders of the game company Naughty Dog--known for its hit series Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter--have teamed up to form a new game development company specializing in games for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, iPhone, and Facebook.

Founders Jason Rubin and Andrew Gavin have teamed up again to form Monkey Gods, a new development company whose first two games will include Monkwerks, a multiplayer word challenge game on Facebook and the iPhone, and Snood for the iPhone, a remake of the 1996 puzzle game.

Jason Rubin left Naughty Dog in 2004 after giving an impassioned speech during that year’s D.I.C.E. Summit, calling for developers to demand more respect from their game publishers. By working outside of a major game developer, he hopes to empower developers in a climate where publishers have ignored developmental talent. "I want to lead by example and take a real risk. I hope other developers take my message to heart," he declared.

Rubin and Gavin teamed up in their adolescence in the mid 1980s to form Naughty Dog, releasing their first game for the Apple II computer. Their most acclaimed games, the Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter series, were hits on the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2. The Crash Bandicoot series has sold more than 40 million copies, then-publisher Vivendi’s president of retail services, Pascal Brochier, said in 2007.

Rubin is also a professional comic book creator, writing the script for Iron and the Maiden by publisher Aspen Comics, which was released in September 2007. His series' Web page says the comic is “destined to go beyond the printed page” and might be adapted into a video game series.

32 Comments

  • Tylsamzx

    Posted Dec 18, 2009 2:25 pm PT

    Crash Team Racing and Crash Tag Team Racing Collection please and create Crash TRIPLE THREAT Racing ... LOL

    Of course ... FOR THE PS3 !

  • xspboy06x

    Posted Aug 19, 2009 6:44 pm PT

    It's unfortuante, because instead of just focusing on developing games, Jason Rubin has to make sure it's all done the way he wants it. That's just one of everything that makes it a good thing Radical has Crash now. The Rubin-Gavin combination simply aren't that talented at making video games.

  • 64basher

    Posted Jul 7, 2009 1:49 am PT

    how do you an avatar

  • 64basher

    Posted Jul 7, 2009 1:47 am PT

    put the old crash games like wrath of cortex on ps2 or ps3

  • danielwd

    Posted Jun 23, 2009 11:42 am PT

    i want old style crash games with good grafix

  • legogamerfan

    Posted May 30, 2009 2:54 pm PT

    at least there still making crash right if ya'll agree then thank you for agreeing.

  • cortexfan

    Posted May 23, 2009 9:23 pm PT

    If they got the crash bandicoot or Jak and Daxter licence...mabye they could come up with some new ideas for both series.

  • danny412

    Posted May 21, 2009 7:50 am PT

    i love crash bandicoot series and i'll start play jak series

  • xspboy06x

    Posted May 16, 2009 2:13 pm PT

    They really need to fade away into the background now.

  • shinian

    Posted May 15, 2009 1:31 pm PT

    fingers crossed for a decent pack of PSS/XLA games.

  • jmangafan

    Posted May 15, 2009 10:17 am PT

    Rubin I'd expect this from. But Gavin? Dude is a programming genius. A snood remake and a facebook word game is clearly a waste of his talents. Normally I'd be all for developers wanting to do different types of games (Jaffe moving away from "epics" or Carmack making cellphone RPGs), but this is pretty extreme. I'm sure there's a lot less stress for these guys now that big developments aren't happening, but I'd love to see them go back to the company they started and give us a Jak that will blow our socks off.

  • DDR_Midian

    Posted May 15, 2009 7:39 am PT

    Fingers crossed for some decent iPhone games, picking up my Touch in about 3 weeks time.

  • keggerz

    Posted May 15, 2009 6:38 am PT

    classic platforming spinnin' smashin' crash was the best. they should do puritan crash and whoever complains that it's not creative can go die because most of the new games have been horrible. when i want to play a crash game i want to play as CRASH not a group of weird monsters (i dont mind playing as any of the other MAIN characters though)

  • StarlightHunter

    Posted May 15, 2009 4:11 am PT

    "These games look like crap.... off to go play Crash Bandicoot Warped..." Now that was a good game.

  • bendick44

    Posted May 14, 2009 11:43 pm PT

    he should buy the rights for crash, and make a real crash game.... again

  • -Katsuri-

    Posted May 14, 2009 9:20 pm PT

    I miss the older games.

  • halojp23

    Posted May 14, 2009 7:15 pm PT

    i love jack games they are cool.

  • Pete5506

    Posted May 14, 2009 5:31 pm PT

    I hope he dose well, and yes I like the older crash better

  • DarkProwl

    Posted May 14, 2009 4:33 pm PT

    I think people should do what Crash has done: grow up. If you absolutely don't want to accept the new style then stick to Twinsanity and shut up already. You all say the same damn thing all the time.

Crash Tag Team Racing Quick Links

Summary | Reviews | News | Images | Videos | Answers | Hints & Cheats | Forum | Check Prices

Check Prices: $14.99 – 38.99

GameStop $14.99 SHOP ›
Deep Discount.com $38.99 SHOP ›
advertisement
advertisement
Click Here
Crash Tag Team Racing Boxshot Enlarge the boxshot
Crash Tag Team Racing

Game Stats

Full Game Details »Close
Also on

Games you may like…

Users who looked at content for this game also looked at these games.

See More Similar Games
advertisement