Ready At Dawn Studios LLC (RAD) was an American video game developer located in Irvine, California that was composed of former members of Naughty Dog[1] and Blizzard Entertainment.
[2] Formed in 2003, the company was closely affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment, developing games in the God of War series and Daxter.
Ready At Dawn had a satellite campus in Portland, Oregon, to assist with future PC and console game development, but closed the office in 2022 as they adapted a hybrid work model.
[3] Ready At Dawn was founded in 2003 in Irvine, California, United States by Ru Weerasuriya, Andrea Pessino, Didier Malenfant, and former members of the Sony Computer Entertainment subsidiary Naughty Dog.
The company finished working on their second PSP game, God of War: Chains of Olympus[4] as well as a Wii port of Ōkami, with added motion controls.
The Ready At Dawn Engine is said to be a wholly console-centric platform, integrated with a suite of third-party tools that require no additional license.