One of the nice things about the game industry is that it doesn’t take 10 years for a developer to earn respect. Great games don’t happen accidentally — there’s simply too much involved behind the scenes. If a developer’s good, it’s good, and it gets the credit. So when Daxter hit PSP last March and cemented itself as the system’s best platformer, startup Ready At Dawn instantly earned a loyal fanbase.
Of course, SCEA Santa Monica is no stranger to this kind of attention surge, having been in the same position a year prior. In March 2005, the original God of War shipped and catapulted the team from a group few had heard of to a triple-A developer, pretty much overnight.
So it’s only natural to see the two come together for the first PSP God of War title, Chains of Olympus. Developed primarily by Ready At Dawn — with Santa Monica peering over its shoulders — the game looks to be one of the first truly major releases for PSP.
