It sounds like Sony Santa Monica Studio, the prestigious first-party developer behind the God of War franchise, is hard at work on its next project. That's not exactly news, since God of War Ragnarok came out last year and AAA game development has no real downtime, but we should probably be excited for whatever it is that the outfit's cooking up.
That's because Herman Hulst, the head of PlayStation Studios, has just paid a visit to Sony Santa Monica Studio — and the catch-up has clearly left an impression. "Thanks for having me @SonySantaMonica. Totally inspired by everything I saw today," Hulst writes on Twitter, seemingly beaming with pride.
So, what's Sony Santa Monica Studio got in development, anyway? Well, it previously stated that there were no DLC plans for the aforementioned God of War Ragnarok — so we can probably rule that out. But what about a smaller God of War title set after the events of Ragnarok? It's possible, but we do wonder whether the bulk of Santa Monica Studio's workforce would have simply moved on to the next big God of War project — assuming there is one.
The only thing we actually know for sure is that creative director Cory Barlog is working on... something. And that something was potentially in development alongside Ragnarok.
What do you want to see from Sony Santa Monica Studio? Give us some outlandish speculation in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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They’re working on Kinetica 2 obviously.
I’m sure he’d say this publicly even if they were hanging out the back playing ping pong the whole time. It’s just PR
@PlayStationGamer3919 Or my fat princess (the Pie in hand) + Warhawk --> Playstation all stars?
Well. It's not like Hulst will visit SSM and then write on Twitter: "I saw their new game and it looks like *****," right?
If sony don’t announce a showcase by the end this month we should really give them hell on twitter.
@PlayStationGamer3919 I would absolutely love for PS All-stars to be given a second chance personally if the miracle ever happens I think Team Asobi should handle it they'd absolutely knock it out of the park
@4kgk2 I agree I get annoyed with genuinely entitled people acting like they should have a big game showcase every bloody fortnight but after almost 2 years of silence it's gotten to a point of ridiculousness now like show something ANYTHING!!! After Spidey we have no idea what's coming for PS5 it's crazy
I would really dig a (local?) Coop game, with exceptional production values, and solid gameplay. Something that could play a bit like darksiders genesis, with kratos and atreus together, utilising their different styles and skills... or something like that!
I love how he thanks Santa Monica "for having them" like he's there boss, I don't think they had a choice. Though it would be funny if they just locked him out saying "not today".
I hope there new IP comes good because they tried before and it didn't work and it's been nearly 20 years since they themselves have made something new, not including collabs with Ready at Dawn or Giant Sparrow.
Another god of war would be nice but think Santa Monica should work on something non god of war related before returning to the franchise as they haven't really realised anything major outside of GOW for a while now.
Atreus solo game. Playing the NG+ and taking my time with it made me realise how heavily they allude to it. Not to mention the Tyr actor saying we'll be seeing more of him a couple months ago.
He's off to find the Giants!
Here's hoping it's a new main God of War game, set in Egypt, before the events Nordic events.
They could explore how Kratos goes through changes after Greece, from the always angry and merciless warrior to the more "calm and reasonable person", that we see in God of War 2018, capable of a lot of self restraint, of settling down and making a new family.
All of that while he's cleaning house in Egypt's pantheon, of course : )
I hope they don't make a God Of War main game centered around Atreus, it wouldn't make any sense to call it that sans Kratos as the main (anti)hero.
They could give the BOI a game of his own, a new IP under a different name.
Sounds intriguing, but if Sony have a showcase coming soon all I want is Astrobot on PSVR 2!!
How about a break from GOW and give us something new. Those games are good, but that seems too be the only games this studio can ship.
Anything other than GoW.
Please bring back Warhawk! To this date it's still the most fun i had with a online game. Always wished for at least a remaster.
“Son of God of War”
Really rolls off the tongue
Hogwarts was supposed to have no addons either.
Hopefully something really different before Atreus gets his own game(s).
I doubt it's another God of War game. It's whatever secret project Cory Barlog has been working on.
@AdamNovice
This is called "collaborative spirit" Herman knows he is the "boss" but he treats people in his employ like team members and not workers.
Besides the tweet is outward-facing PR. If things were going bad do you really think he would tweet "Just got through visiting those lazy jerks at @stinkomonicastupidos and if they don't get their act together we will sell them to Microsoft"
I would think a God of War set in Egypt. I would title it God of War - The Underworld. You could have Atreus and Kratos searching for the book of the dead and the book of the living. Kratos or Atreus can transverse into the land of the underworld. Maybe to save each other as one of them gets trapped there. You can have battles with Osiris, Anubis, Horus, Ra, Apopis, Sekmet, Nefertem, Seth etc. After you defeat each God you get a unique weapon 😉 or skill.
Basically the main Egyptian gods. All the Gods or deities have descriptions or hold scepters etc.. So can have weapons and special effects or moves. (Seth e.g. could have special moves based on lightning, storms, teleporting, lightning bolts etc.. ) I have not completed Ragnarok yet, but I'm sure they could tie the Story in or just create a new one. You could have an epic battle to save Atreus or Kratos not going into the afterlife etc.. and a gateway to the stars. You can have great weapons and locations. Temples with devious traps and puzzles like in pyramids or temples etc.. You can have Thoth similar to Mimir. You could have Bastet, similar to Freya. Also have Ptah similar to Brok. I could write a good script for this. I think this could be a outstanding 👌
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