Naughty Dog
In 1994, Naughty Dog founders Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin displayed their latest game "Way of the Warrior" at the Consumer Electronics Show in search of a publisher, which resulted in a bidding war breaking out between The 3DO Company, Crystal Dynamics and Universal Interactive Studios; Universal Interactive won the game's publishing rights by offering Naughty Dog a place on their lot and funding for three additional games, over which Naughty Dog would have creative freedom. In August 1994, Gavin and Rubin began their move from Boston, Massachusetts to Los Angeles, California. Before leaving, Gavin and Rubin hired Dave Baggett, their first employee and a friend of Gavin's from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Baggett would not start working full-time until January 1995.