Rumor: Jak coming to PSP?

by Andrew Yoon { Mar 27th 2007 at 2:15PM }

Daxter was a tremendous success on PSP, even without the presence of his broody, angsty teen co-star, Jak. Well, a rumor is circulating around the web, speaking about the possibility of a PSP Jak game. The (warning) oft-unreliable Wikipedia appears to have a record of the rumor: it began when the resume of voice actor Robin Atkins Downes revealed two unannounced titles: Jak PSP and Big. Since then, Big has turned into Naughty Dog's upcoming PS3 title, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Could Jak PSP be far behind?

The only other evidence supporting this rumor comes from a previous job opening at Naughty Dog, requesting PSP-specific developers. With Ready at Dawn working on God of War, it could be possible that Naughty Dog is working on a PSP Jak game internally. However, with no concrete evidence available right now, this rumor remains exactly that. But, a new Jak game would certainly be a good part of a revived effort to make the platform successful.

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Tags: daxter, jak, naughty dog, NaughtyDog, robin atkins downes, RobinAtkinsDownes, rumor

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Joe @ Mar 27th 2007 4:14PM

I wonder if there is any truth to this. If so I could see this selling well as long as it is not a car racing game.

Adam @ Mar 29th 2007 7:27AM

Wasn't the name: Jak: the lost frontier patented, although that might be for PS3, it's on IGN.
Anyway, I think that this was one of the greatest video gaming series ever, and I can't see naughty dog dropping it like they did with Crash

Colin @ Mar 27th 2007 4:53PM

@Adam

Here is the Patent Mark:

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=d663po.2.7

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier

Word Mark
JAK AND DAXTER: THE LOST FRONTIER
Goods and Services
IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: COMPUTER GAME SOFTWARE AND VIDEO GAME SOFTWARE

IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: OPERATING AN ONLINE REAL-TIME GAME FOR OTHERS OVER GLOBAL AND LOCAL AREA COMPUTER NETWORKS

Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Design Search Code
Serial Number 78867309
Filing Date April 21, 2006
Current Filing Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Published for Opposition September 5, 2006
Owner (APPLICANT) Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE 919 E. Hillsdale Blvd. Foster City CALIFORNIA 94404
Type of Mark TRADEMARK. SERVICE MARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

merc25 @ Mar 27th 2007 7:03PM

Andrew, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

With that said the only aspect not cited is the Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier coming to any of the systems listed in the article, but that is why the call it a rumor.

I remember Jak PSP being reported by other sites last year. Providing the same proof as Wikipedia.