Replace (August 18 at 6:07 p.m. CT): Sony has supplied a really quick follow-up to our outreach merely writing, “This account is just not related to Cory Barlog or Santa Monica Studio.”
Replace (August 18 at 12:02 p.m. CT): Following publication of this story, it turned obvious that the account in query is greater than seemingly deliberately inauthentic. Because of this, we have now trigger to consider this information is probably going inaccurate. We apologize for this error. Now we have reached out to Sony for additional affirmation, and can replace this story once more ought to we obtain remark.
Unique story (posted August 18 at 9:27 a.m. CT):
Cory Barlog (pictured above being requested rapid-fire questions on God of Battle), director of God of Battle II and 2018’s God of Battle, shared some imprecise particulars about what the group at Sony Santa Monica is presently engaged on. Sony Santa Monica is the developer, most not too long ago, behind God of Battle Ragnarök.
“I’d wish to share a little bit bit about our new mission,” Barlog wrote on Fb. “I’m extremely pleased with what the group at Santa Monica Studio has been conducting. It’s a technically formidable mission, one thing that’s not straightforward to attain. This can be a new IP we’ve been engaged on for years, and if all goes nicely, we’re planning to indicate it to you later this 12 months. I couldn’t be extra excited.” Barlog ended the put up with two coronary heart emojis.
Barlog’s put up does not specify that that is Sony Santa Monica subsequent mission or that it’s its solely mission. For the reason that launch of Ragnarök’s free rogue-lite mode DLC, it has been quiet about what’s subsequent.
When it comes to God of Battle, developer Bluepoint Video games (primarily identified for its remakes of Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls) was engaged on a live-service recreation related to the God of Battle franchise. That recreation was publicly cancelled earlier this 12 months in accordance with an announcement Sony shared with Bloomberg.
No matter this new mission could also be, we’ll apparently be taught extra about it later this 12 months.
