In September 1984 Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin founded a small game studio in Santa Monica, California, called Jam Studios. The developer would letter change its name to Naughty Dog and is today one of the premier game makers in Sony's first party line up behind hugh franchises such as Uncharted and The Last of Us.
To celebrate this 30 year legacy, the studio has released a promotional video looking at the studio's history and has announced that they will be hosting several art shows later in the year.
On the PlayStation Blog, community manager Eric Monacelli revealed the shows will take place at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles and possibly in the Netherlands as well.
A Tribute to Naughty Dog: 30th Anniversary is a full length anniversary video looking into the studio's history and will run at Gallery Nucleus from October 4th to 12th. The video will later be made available online.
From now until October 12th, Naughty Dog is also looking to get fans involved with the celebrations. Monacelli writes: "we’re asking you to tweet out your favorite Naughty Dog memories as a way of celebrating our anniversary online with us. Just use #NDMemories and tell us your favorite moment from a game or a story you’d like to share with us. Post up a photo or screenshot. Make us an anniversary GIF. We’ll retweet the best memories and possibly send you something really cool."
In April, Naughty Dog detailed a special artbook which will be made available later this year to celebrate their anniversary.
Since its foundation the studio has sold more than 70 million games. Early games included Rings of Power for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and Way of the Warrior for the 3DO before the studio made Crash Bandicoot in the 90s. Sony then acquired the studio which, having lost the rights to Crash, went on to make Jak and Daxter, and eventually Uncharted and The Last of Us.
