The Ready at Dawn Studios from Irvine, California should be a recognisable name for every well informed PSP owner since the advent God of War: Chains of Olympus. To remind people of old times they were even responsible for Daxter, which wasn’t a bad effort either. However, it was above all God of War that convinced me the game design studio would have more in store for the PSP. After all, the game’s ending didn’t seem completely concluded and was just begging for a sequel: or more optimistically, a sequel for the handheld. Unfortunately, the creative director at Ready at Dawn Studios has expressed himself to the contrary in an interview with Gamespot. There are currently no plans to develop additional games for the PSP:
I think that Sony, and other publishers for that matter, should take some chances on the system and allow for some big productions on the platform. More often than not, the PSP is seen as a secondary console with only a few great games developed exclusively for it. […] Again, whether the PSP, PS3, 360, Wii or DS, the systems will only be as successful as the games that are made for them and right now, not enough good stuff is available out there for some of the platforms.
So there is not enough stuff out there for the PSP. Let’s hope then that other developers, and much more importantly publishers (we’re thinking about you Sony) will step up to fill the gap of quality games available for the PSP. Who knows, if this happens maybe Ready at Dawn could return to the PSP with God of War 2 and a happy end for Kratos. The game remains one of the most enjoyable out there for the handheld, so it doesn’t hurt to hope.
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