He does not deal with Sony rumors or info.
You dont know what the IP or the reason why it was cancelled.No, one of new IPs being sacrificed in an industry that's in trouble.
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New IP was canceled, because unknown reasons.
But what happened to the GoW team then?
The director left (for Crytek was it?) but only fifty people have just lost their jobs, and Barlog's been staffing up, so there's about a hundred and fifty people not working on anything?
I would have imagined it was three teams, Stig, GoW and Barlog, in which case I'd have guessed Barlog was on a new IP.
I'm guessing. I can't be an insider, I don't even have a twitter account.This is a guess or you know? My guess would also be God of War.
What do you people think they hired Barlog and let him create his own team for?
So what are they working on?
The game had been in development for 4 years of development and still wasn't finished. And the staff size grew 82% in the span of 4 years. There's no way that the studio could have sustained itself. Sometimes you have to cut your losses. It sucks that 50 people lost their job and the project cancelled, but it is the reality of business. They have to stay profitable somehow.
Yep,wait didnt ND release the Last of Us last year?Sony getting Nintendofied. GoW and Uncharted games till the end of times! A shame imo.
Some of these people are working with Ready At dawn don't they?
Sony want SSM to turn into ND with how there are run and i can't blame them .
ND are 250 people now but they also have the ICE team since the PS2 era they have brought out 4 games and 5th one next year over 20 million sales in house .
SSM had 220 people and since the PS2 era they brought out 2 games ( one that did not do great ) and help with many that under perform less that 10 million in sales in house .
People talk about PD but they now only have 140 people and since the PS2 era they have brought out GT PSP , GT5P , GT5 , GT6 with sales near 20 million all done in house .
Sony getting Nintendofied. GoW and Uncharted games till the end of times! A shame imo.
Yeah, Respawn has some GoW3 staff for sure.SSM is usually helping with multiple projects. I know they have people on hohokum, the order, and Everyone has gone to the rapture. I also assume that some of the people that Barlog tagged for his team was from the ascension staff. They also lost some good people to Respawn.
The hate here for another God of War is frightening.
DO WE NOT WANT MORE OF THIS? TELL ME DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Browsers be damned LOL
And GoW3 sucked
Lets look at the main output of some of Sony's other studio's.
Naughty Dog
-Uncharted 2007
-Uncharted 2 2009
-Uncharted 3 2011
-The Last of Us 2013
Guerilla Studio's
-Killzone 2 2009
-Killzone 3 2011
-Killzone SF 2013
Evolution Studio's
-Motorstorm 2006
-Motorstorm Pacific Rift 2008
-Motorstorm Apocalypse 2011
-Motorstorm:RC 2012
-Driveclub 2014
Suckerpunch
-InFamous 2009
-InFamous 2 2011
-InFamous Festival of Blood 2012
-InFamous SS 2014
Media Molecule
-Little Big Planet 2008
-Little Big Planet 2 2011
-Tearaway 2013
Now lets look at Santa Monica
-God of War 3 2010
-God of War Acension 2013
Maybe it was time for a shake up.
Where are our legit insiders (CBOAT) to tell us what's going on?
Sony getting Nintendofied. GoW and Uncharted games till the end of times! A shame imo.
how many people were working on this new IP? there are other projects underway at Santa Monica for PS4?
So wait... Stig's new IP is dead, but Cory Balrog is back with SSM and is creating another game, probably God of War?
Sucks that SSM won't be expanding with another IP, but I definitely don't mind more God of War -- especially from the director of GoW2.
-Ascension shippedBut what happened to the GoW team then?
The director left (for Crytek was it?) but only fifty people have just lost their jobs, and Barlog's been staffing up, so there's about a hundred and fifty people not working on anything?
I would have imagined it was three teams, Stig, GoW and Barlog, in which case I'd have guessed Barlog was on a new IP.
Your hyperbole spins out of control my friend.And GoW3 sucked
Well, he wasn't working at Sony just a short time ago, but doing okay. So they hire him back and give him huge amounts of discretion to lead one of their most important studios? No way that's a new IP. That's bringing back someone who contributed to a solid entry in the series and has ideas for where it should go next.I'm guessing. I can't be an insider, I don't even have a twitter account.
Just because he made GoW2 doesn't mean he can't do anything else for the rest of his life.
Sony getting Nintendofied. GoW and Uncharted games till the end of times! A shame imo.
If it was shit it was shit.
You don't get rid of vets tho. That's pretty bad. Could be more to the story.
Lets look at the main output of some of Sony's other studio's.
Naughty Dog
-Uncharted 2007
-Uncharted 2 2009
-Uncharted 3 2011
-The Last of Us 2013
Guerilla Studio's
-Killzone 2 2009
-Killzone 3 2011
-Killzone SF 2013
Evolution Studio's
-Motorstorm 2006
-Motorstorm Pacific Rift 2008
-Motorstorm Apocalypse 2011
-Motorstorm:RC 2012
-Driveclub 2014
Suckerpunch
-InFamous 2009
-InFamous 2 2011
-InFamous Festival of Blood 2012
-InFamous SS 2014
Media Molecule
-Little Big Planet 2008
-Little Big Planet 2 2011
-Tearaway 2013
Now lets look at Santa Monica
-God of War 3 2010
-God of War Acension 2013
Maybe it was time for a shake up.
It came out, it's trash.
What? It was two in six years. GOW III took three years but it's understandable due to new hardware and Barlog bailing out on them, and Ascension was created in three with a fractured team while the other part of the team was working with Stig.
Those small projects I imagine only had a few people on them since the studios they were helping did most of the work.You're not taking into account that they're also a publishing house and help to develop some other Sony games. Somebody already posted a full page of the work they've done, but you can check on Wikipedia yourself.
lol that game came out and I don't believe did very well.
Good, more resources to Druckmann to keep making GOTYs
Layoffs not always are bad (except for the fired people obviously), there could be a redistribution of resources inside Sony.
Some of these people are working with Ready At dawn don't they?
Is there a chance of that? Sure. It doesn't make any sense though. The easy answer with the least assumptions is usually the correct one (aka occam's razor). If a game isn't good no matter how hard you try, you cancel it.
We only really know for sure that they're working on one game (GOW 4 and Corey's team oculd be the same project). They're also publishing the Order 1886 and a few digital titles.
Everyone assumed that was Stig's game. Sounds like it.There was a interview once with the battlestar galactica writer who was working on a script for a new ip for years and that the whole 150 dev team started the full production.
I can't find the interview though.
Really not liking current Sony at this rate, gone back to arrogance for me.
Good, more resources to Druckmann to keep making GOTYs
Layoffs not always are bad (except for the fired people obviously), there could be a redistribution of resources inside Sony.