We know that Sony Santa Monica’s working on the next instalment of the God of War franchise, but it’s also recruiting a lead writer for an “unannounced” project. The developer advertised the role on its Twitter account earlier today, and while there are few details in the job listing itself, it stresses that candidates will be “embarking on a new journey”.
“The ideal candidate has a mastery of storytelling, and deeply understands the marriage between gameplay and narrative,” the listing explains. “This individual will be responsible for crafting powerful storylines, strong character arcs, and compelling dialogue, while maintaining an equal focus on building and developing the writing team.”
This does sound like a new project to us, with responsibilities including “leading, building, and guiding a team of writers through the project lifecycle”. It’ll probably be a good while before we learn what the studio has in store, but we do know that God of War director Cory Barlog expressed an interest in creating a new franchise a few years ago. Exciting times ahead.
[source twitter.com, via boards.greenhouse.io]
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Sony’s next moves are some new IPs in their catalogue then, woo.
Assuming GOW gets delayed to 2022, it's still relatively close (early 2022?), so it makes sense they're already starting to work on their next project after GOW.
A horror game🤔.hmmm could be.word up son
@playstation1995 Sci Fi Horror Would Great.
@itsfoz Doesn't have to be. Could easily be a third GOW game. Or maybe they're doing multiple project at the same time, who knows!
Looking forward to whatever they are cooking over there... It is also nice to see a possible new IP in the works.
@itsfoz Agree.
Just imagine that job interview! I'd love to sit in the back observe their process to recruit someone like a lead writer!
@Areus. Definitely with gameplay similar to dead space.word up son
If its not a new IP, it could always be God of War 2.
Makes sense that they would start hiring for that now for a 2024 ish release
It's sad nowadays that most studios don't have more good writers already on staff. While graphics have steadily improved in games, I feel the quality and depth of storytelling has headed in the opposite direction. (Not in GOW, just in general)
With all the focus being on games-as-service, I guess it's cheaper and easier to just fill a game with grind instead of plot points. To me, the best part of gaming has been and always will be the quality of the story and how well it's implemented with gameplay. Writers need more respect.
This makes me suspect they plan to end the new God of War arc with Ragnarok.
The guy sucessfully relaunched GoW. He deserves a go at a new project.
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