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New God of War in Development at Sony Santa Monica

Next God of War might be a reboot, but it won't be a prequel.

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A new game in the God of War series is in development at Sony Santa Monica, the studio's Creative Director Cory Barlog let slip today at the PlayStation Experience event in Las Vegas.

Barlog confirmed that the game was in development in response to a question from a fan during the God of War retrospective panel. According to a tweet from Santa Monica Studio's official account, he probably wasn't supposed to.

According to a report from IGN, Barlog said the game was definitely not going to be a prequel, but it might be a reboot for the series. Barlog also said the game is very early in development, and that he hoped to share more in the next year or two.

God of War III director Stig Asmussen left Sony Santa Monica back in march. He did not work on God of War: Ascension, the last game in the series released in 2013, and was reportedly leading development on a new IP that Sony canceled as part of a round of layoffs.

Santa Monica Studios announced several games at the PlayStation Experience today. You can read about them here and catch up with the trailers here.

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Kratos is probably the most bad as character in gaming. Who else could walk into a bar and say, "Well yeah I ripped this God's head off with my bare hands...."

Personally I want to see how they can top having the levels being on the titans bodies. The scale was crazy.

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Why do we need a reboot?

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I AM THE GOD OF WAR !!!!


-Bruce Lee, 4600p

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Norse or Egyptian gods. David Jaffe did say his final vision for God of War was Kratos facing gods of all mythologies after he defeated all the greek ones so they can easily go that route.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> That would make plenty of sense because Kratos has already fought a non-Olympian god in the God of War series and the series already went over that the different gods have their own realms. Plus it's fiction where there are no bounds. Your comment makes no sense

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I was just thinking the other day, this studio is a one hit wonder.

It's a glorious corner they've painted themselves into though.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> One hit wonder? Their track record of titles is damn good as the reception for most things they have ever made. God of War is just the only one to go mainstream but even then, several of their games are WELL known in the gaming community still being prevalent on many best of lists and top sellers for the PS Store.

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Urg I don't want a reboot, let the journey continue damnit.

Regardless, HELL TO THE FKIN YEAH, ANOTHER GoW!!

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"might be a reboot"

.........Why? Why not jump to a different God of War? That's the benefit of not having a game with a protagonist in the main title. You're not exactly locked down with having a character required to be played.

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Well, what about a sequel to War Gods?

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Everyone is pretty much dead but a reboot sounds wrong. You reboot something that things it but not counting the prequel this series was on top. I just hope they don't do anything that leaves a bad taste in us fans mouths.

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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!


Finally!!!


The game we have all been waiting for is finally confirmed!


Now i have a reason to buy PlayStation 4 :)


Let's hope for the Egyptian Mythology and Norse Mythology plot.


It should be very interesting.


All PS4 owners should be very happy that game is confirmed.


God Of War 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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God of war 4 might be a reboot, so it might just be God of War, I'm not excited about a reboot.

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better be 60 FPS & better than that cash grab of a last game

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I'd like to see Kratos fighting Egyptian Gods


the puzzles and art style would carry well into pyramids and the desert

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Even better, have it based upon Hindu deities with you overtaking Kali as the God of War.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I'd like to see something with Horus's revenge on Set for killing Osiris, and becoming the Egyptian God of War.

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Or maybe you would be the one that kills Baldur and cause Ragnarok.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> i had a black kitten named kali, she was a true destroyer of books toys and movie posters^^.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Then the game won't be called God of War, it will become Goddess of War...lol. But yeah, Kali would be awesome..

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a vita game ...

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I wish they would choose another mythology. Norse, Egyptian, or Roman would be nice.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Roman would be to similar to Greek.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> As a reboot, it would be possible and with the numerous mythologies out there, the potential is there. I think the only issue would be how to differentiate from the other myths in the series.

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I am all for new a new mythology. The ending of GOW3 did hint that it wasn't the end for Kratos, but it's hard to say where the hell they can take the plot after that cataclysm of events. Maybe they can get into some time-altering scenario or a war between gods of different mythologies etc.


GOW Ascension, although solid, still felt like a game that was kind of just going through the motions rather than carving an important experience.

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I hope the reboot is based on Norse or Egyptian mythology, like how Jaffe wanted the series to branch out.

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How disappointing. I thought it was a new IP. Going back to that well again.. It started out great, but they've totally killed any likeability the Kratos character had in GOW3. I no longer care about him or want to play any more GOW.

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i want more GOW!!!!!!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Yeah, they're making Gears of War, don't worry.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> to bad it's going to be held back by the x1's ddr3 720p


if that was on s4, then we would see a great game:)


GOD OF WAR is going to be amazing on the ps4!

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So it's confirmed, you're easily impressed if graphics are all that matter.

Damn, gamers like you are a disgrace.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> so if you go to a store and ask for a game, and the clerk says to you, we have two versions of the same game...one has better graphics but they both play the same...which one would you take?

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> The one with a stable framerate

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> then you should have bought a ps4 then

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<< LINK REMOVED >> When i buy the WiiU and i have money left,i will look how to upgrade my pc

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> ummm? ok? then maybe you can play WoW eh?

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Total milking. If there is another GOW game I don't want to play it. Burnt out on this series

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<< LINK REMOVED >> "he hoped to share more in the next year or two" well it sounds like it's a long ways off, maybe by then you'll be ready :).

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Hopefully it's Kratos Brother that will be the main character this time around ever since I saw the art work years ago, he was going to be in the future God Of War game.

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Could we maybe get a God of War with a new character? How many games do we need to see Kratos mope about his family in?

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<< LINK REMOVED >> He was moping about his family? All I saw are heads and wings being ripped off, eyeballs gouged, spines torn out, and humping skanks in bed.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> That's an interesting idea.

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