Naughty Dog Co-Founder Talks Leaving Company
If there’s one thing that always happens in the video game industry, it’s change in regards to game developers. Studios close, heads of certain divisions leave or are replaced, and new teams are brought in to bring new life to games or studios. That’s what happened to Naughty Dog last decade just before the release of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. As Naughty Dog’s founders were set to leave the company. In an interview with IGN Unfiltered, Co-Founder Jason Rubin talked about what it was like during that time of transition where he and fellow founder Andy Gavin were set to leave the company: “For two years, Andy [Gavin] and I transitioned out of Naughty Dog, knowing we were leaving after having announced we were going to leave and having chosen successors. It was very important to us that Naughty Dog survive and Naughty Dog go farther. Most people don’t realize this, but probably the year or two after Andy and I left and before Uncharted came out, that was probably the