Naughty Dog, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Santa Monica, California. Naughty Dog developed three Crash Bandicoot sequels over the next several years. This lasted until Naughty Dog announced a new intellectual property called The Last of Us at the Spike Video Game Awards on December 10, 2011 for the PlayStation 3, which was in development by a second team at the studio and was released in June 2013 to overwhelming critical acclaim.