BriareosGAF
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Poor guys, that's a pretty soul-less area of the west side. On the flip if any guys lived in northern Redondo like I used to it's a pretty nice bike/drive up Vista del Mar.
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SONY Santa Monica Studio is leaving Santa Monica. New studio name soon?
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TheSpaceBetween
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I'll miss the logo, it looked great.
Agreed. Hopefully the new one will rock too.
dragonbane
Member
Article mentions SSM has "around 240" employees and they like it that way. Considering they help out other studios so much they probably have only 200 or so employees left for their own games. Since the GoW team was about 160-180 people it's not surprising Stig takes so long to make his game. It was a very small team until Ascension shipped. Probably means we will get the game late 2015.
NinjaCarrot
Member
They just said the name will stay the same on Twitter.
NoMoreTrolls
Banned
Well that's that.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Fair enough. The name carries a lot of association and their logo is awesome, so it's not an issue.
Quadraphonic
Member
that's way too close to ELA. Or at least where it used to be.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
New building looks huge.
pharmboy044
Member
So do we know how large SSM is right now and are they working on another project besides Stig and Cory?
unholyrevenger72
Banned
"The House that Kratos Built"
Dark Octave
Banned
i think the (unconfirmed) consensus is that they have 3 teams.
Septimus Prime
Member
Playa Vista is right next to Santa Monica.
damn, was hoping for "sony near santa monica".
AuthenticM
Member
The new name should be taken from something in Greek Mythology.
TheRealTalker
Banned
great... wouldn't be use to a new change
Their building is unusually the home to whatever indy dev they have taken under their wing...like Giant Sparrow http://www.giantsparrow.com/blog/ ....wouldnt be surprised if the Chinese Room is curently there as well..... likely they have some other PSN games in th cooker
TheRealTalker
Banned
Top Left.... they know
Off-Kilter
Banned
Glad they're not changing the name.
SSM is too iconic
SSM is too iconic
pharmboy044
Member
Thats what I'm thinking too. There has to be a new GoW game on the PS4.
Ah, I didn't know SSM provided studio space to whichever indie team that they were working with. Thats a cool way to collaborate with devs.
Neuromancer
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Sony Sheryl Crow
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Does this include Stig Asmussen's team?
We know for sure that they have at least two full production teams and a substantial number of employees that collaborate with other projects.
Same here. I love their logo too. I can't wait to see what they have in store on PS4.
Corpsepyre
Banned
That's how big the studio is. Can anyone spot Stig to see if he's really alive?
LilWayneSuckz
Member
That's how big the studio is. Can anyone spot Stig to see if he's really alive?
All the way in the back, to the left (in a blue shirt)
captscience
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Triggerhappytel
Member
I did not know they housed their main indie partner - assuming this was the case for ThatGameCompany before Giant Sparrow then? Really cool idea to incubate and support indies in this way. Although I doubt The Chinese Room are there, as they're based in Bristol, UK, as I recall, and that's a hell of a shift to up sticks and move to LA.
Assuming Corey did not return to the studio to work on God of War, there should be three teams - GoW team, Stig's team and Corey's team. Corey heavily implied that he was working on something new and building a new line-up to manage it when he returned. There's also, I would assume, a division of producers and project managers who help with external developments.
TheRealTalker
Banned
there new place is huuuuge
JinjoUnchained
Member
Don't see the issue here. Playa Vista is just a few blocks away from their old building and it's more of a community than a city. They're still close enough to Santa Monica that the name works. Many pro sports teams play in a different city but in the same metropolitan area as the larger city in their official name. Heck, the San Francisco 49ers are moving to Santa Clara on the other side of the Bay but keeping their name. No reason Sony SM can't do the same.
there new place is huuuuge
I wonder if it's to also incorporate another studio if Sony was to acquire one - such as Ready at Dawn.
bigboss370
Member
RAD has already been in the same buildig as SSM, at least during the development of GoS.
Sword Of Doom
Member
They should keep the name. Already such a well known studio and Santa Monica is a nice name anyways
Sword Of Doom
Member
I think Ready at Dawn like being independent. Would be a great addition to the family of studios though