Replace #2 []: We really feel a bit responsible for parroting each phrase Bloomberg journo Jason Schreier writes, however the man is aware of his onions and he’s been dropping hints about Santa Monica Studio’s subsequent sport all day.
After suggesting earlier within the day that the crew’s subsequent title, led by veteran Cory Barlog, is not a brand new IP, he’s now clarified what he means.
Right here’s what he wrote on ResetEra:
“I’ll put it this manner: it’s not a brand new IP however it would possibly really feel like one. Perhaps that’s why persons are confused. Please do not ask me extra questions on this – if I wind up reporting extra info at any level sooner or later it’ll be in an article, not on a discussion board. And that the sci-fi stuff (that folks have apparently believed for years now?) is nonsense.”
So it’s not a sci-fi sport like beforehand believed, and it’s a contemporary tackle an current PlayStation franchise that might really feel like a brand new IP.
We suppose the pure conclusion right here is that it’s God of Warfare in a brand new mythos, maybe very similar to 2018’s reboot. We definitely can’t consider one other current PlayStation property that will warrant the eye of an all-star director like Barlog to proceed.
Attention-grabbing.
Thanks, Jason – now we’ve even extra questions.
Replace #1 []: Bloomberg scribe Jason Schreier has thrown an additional spanner within the works by asking: “Why does everyone suppose [Cory] Barlog’s sport is a brand new IP?”
The implication right here is that it’s not a brand new IP, though it’s unclear whether or not Jason is simply having a little bit of enjoyable, realizing no matter he says will reverberate across the internet, together with on web sites like ours.
It must be famous {that a} handful of Santa Monica Studio staffers have referred to the actual fact they’re engaged on a brand new IP of their resumes, whereas Barlog himself has not been shy about desirous to attempt one thing new.
Nevertheless, there’s at all times the likelihood the dev may very well be engaged on a licensed franchise, or revisiting one thing from PlayStation’s previous. Or it’s simply making extra God of Warfare…
Authentic Story: Cory Barlog, the veteran Santa Monica Studio director behind all-time PlayStation classics like God of Warfare 2 and 2018’s God of Warfare reboot, is toiling away on the studio’s “subsequent large factor”.
We’ve recognized for a while that the developer has been plotting a contemporary mental property, as Barlog stepped away from directorial duties on God of Warfare Ragnarok, passing the baton to Eric Williams.
However in a short replace from Bloomberg journalist Jason Schreier, writing on the ResetEra boards, progress goes effectively on Santa Monica Studio’s new sport.
He wrote in response to a fan question:
“Cory Barlog’s sport is Sony Santa Monica’s subsequent large factor. Final time I spoke to anybody about it (a month or two in the past) it was going effectively.”
We’d assume this challenge has change into the main focus of the studio’s consideration because it shipped God of Warfare Ragnarok in 2022, so it’s doable this will probably be formally revealed quickly – assuming growth is, as Shreier alludes, going effectively.
As for what it entails, that’s anybody’s guess. Barlog has alluded to the concept of a sci-fi sport previously, however it’s unclear whether or not that’s what he’s engaged on.
Between the likes of Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Saros, Marvel’s Wolverine, and no matter this seems to be, it’s wanting like there’s a singular and thrilling finish to the PS5 era forward.
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