Daxter (video game)

Daxter
North American box art
Developer(s)Ready at Dawn
Mercenary Technology (Android)[2]
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Producer(s)Naughty Dog
Designer(s)Michael John
Programmer(s)Andrea Pessino
Artist(s)Ru Weerasuriya
Composer(s)Jamey Scott
SeriesJak and Daxter
Platform(s)PlayStation Portable
Release
  • NA: March 14, 2006
  • EU: April 13, 2006[1]
  • AU: April 28, 2006
Genre(s)Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Daxter is a 2006 platform video game developed by Ready at Dawn and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable on March 14, 2006. A spin-off of the Jak and Daxter series, Daxter takes place during the two-year timeskip occurring during the opening cutscene of Jak II; unlike the other installments of the franchise focusing primarily on Jak, the game focuses on the adventures of his sidekick Daxter while Jak is imprisoned.

Daxter received generally positive reviews from critics and the game had sold more than 2.3 million units by June 2008.

The game was made available for purchase on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in June 2024.

  1. ^ "Sony PlayStation Portable - Release Dates // PlayStation Portable /// Eurogamer". Eurogamer. 2006-04-20. Archived from the original on 2006-04-20. Retrieved 2023-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Mercenary Technology". Archived from the original on 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-07-05.