Uncharted 4’s commitment to making every moment matter
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-07-17-why-i-love-uncharted-4
Why I Love: The TrailerFarm’s Dan Porter says every aspect of Naughty Dog’s blockbuster is evidence of an ambitious dev team fully invested in the project
Naughty Dog marks The Last of Us’ fifth birthday with 17m copies sold
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-06-15-the-last-of-us-has-sold-17-million-copies
Combined sales of The Last of Us and the Uncharted series are now pushing 60 million units
Josef Fares hopes A Way Out inspires more risks in AAA games
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-03-23-josef-fares-hopes-a-way-out-inspires-more-risks-in-aaa-gam
The director also discusses his relationship with EA, and ambitions to follow in the footsteps of Naughty Dog
#Jobs Roundup: Drew Karpyshyn leaves BioWare (again)
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-03-12-jobs-roundup-drew-karpyshyn-leaves-bioware-again
Also, Naughty Dog promotes Neil Druckmann, Randy Pitchford joins Fig board, and key hires at Klang
Neil Druckmann named VP of Naughty Dog
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-03-09-neil-druckmann-named-vp-of-naughty-dog
Last of Us Part II creative director gets a new title to reflect his role on the studio’s management team
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Ex-Naughty Dog dev levies sexual harassment allegation
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-15-ex-naughty-dog-dev-levies-sexual-harassment-allegation
Developer accuses studio of firing him after he spoke up; studio says it has no evidence he ever notified it of inappropriate conduct
Accessibility on a budget
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-10-09-accessibility-on-a-budget
Naughty Dog’s Alexandria Neonakis offers a variety of easy (and some not so easy) things developers can do to make their games playable for more people
#Jobs roundup: Twitch switch for Wargaming’s Rahim Attaba
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-09-18-jobs-roundup-twitch-switch-for-wargamings-rahim-attaba
Telltale names its new CEO, Naughty Dog loses Bruce Straley, Pokémon promotes Dinsey and more
Naughty Dog’s Bruce Straley leaves the studio
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-09-13-naughty-dogs-bruce-straley-leaves-the-studio
Last of Us and Uncharted 4 co-director says today was his last day at Naughty Dog
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Uncharted 4 collects another GOTY award at SXSW
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-03-20-uncharted-4-collects-another-goty-award-at-sxsw
Naughty Dog’s haul amounted to five trophies, Overwatch trailed with four
Overwatch named Game of the Year at the DICE Awards
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-02-24-overwatch-named-game-of-the-year-at-the-dice-awards
Blizzard and Naughty Dog collected four awards each, Playdead took home three