This is not the first time we hear about Naughty Dog sharing development assets or code with studios like Guerilla or Insomniac, but when not-so-PlayStation-exclusive development houses like Bungie and Infinity Ward crop up into the mix, we can’t help but raise our brows.
In an interview with NowGamer, a developer at Naughty Dog had this to say:
“Yeah, I mean Sony’s first-party developers are all pretty good friends. Like, we know the guys at Media Molecule, Guerrilla and all these other people.” Said Justin Richmond, Game Director at Naughty Dog.
“But honestly, we’ll talk to anybody, not just Sony first-party studios. We want everybody to be making games that we want to play, so if people want to talk shop, we’re happy to do it.” he added.
Richmond then goes on to recount an anecdote about Naughty Dog and Guerilla working together in the past.
“Guerrilla actually came up with a few cool particle effects and they were like, ‘Oh, you should do it like this’, and we were like, ‘Oh, of course!’ (laughs) you know? And yeah we trade tech secrets and such, and we’ve spoken to Bungie and the guys at Infinity Ward.”
It’s nice to see these triple-a studios working in unison to raise the bar of quality in the video game industry.
Source: NowGamer