DarkLordMalik
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That's all there is to it. There is no other way to interpret it.
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IGN: ~50 Layoffs at Sony Santa Monica, Project Canceled [Up2: Was Stig's New IP]
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TheSpaceBetween
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This is what's so fucking stupid. I hate when people shit on Pappy and Stig's GOW, yet they were team leaders from the very first game, but Barlog is the man because he made the "best" one, as if he didn't have an existing template to build off of. I think Jaffe deserves the most credit for conceiving the idea for the series in the first place (and the first GOW remains my favorite), but obviously all four of those guys as well as the rest of SSM were important to the series.
Corpsepyre
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For whatever its worth.
Hmm, Ok. I doubt they'd come out and say 'Yeah, our game was a lot like that other game, so that's why it was cancelled', but this is interesting nonetheless. I feel we might never know what happened at SSM and why the game was really cancelled and people laid off.
Sapphire Dreams
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New IP cancelled ? Now I am depressed...
Cow Goes Moo
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NONESENSE??!
What difference does that make though?
Because GoW2's art direction is impeccable, I can't make fun of Guitar Hero mini games?
There is definitely stuff in there that makes sense. Doesn't make it true, though. For all we know, the rest of team is already working on another ip (as demonnite hinted) and not GoW. Thanks Cory! I just wasted my evening processing and accepting that rocket + chainsaw = sense!
EatChildren
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If it's false, it's false. Not like I made it up. If Cory wants to be included in the report, he's welcome.
I miss that, where?
SEGAvangelist
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Time to dig into your post history a little more...
Nightengale
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Europeans may not care for baseball, but regardless, MLB is still one of the bigger exclusives from Sony's line-up. It may not cater to you, but that doesn't exclude Sony talking about the game and pushing it.
Helldivers, PSN, yes. Hohokum as well. Both are Sony-published 'indie' titles, and part of their 2014 line-up.
And of course, there is The Order, where they've just showed gameplay recently. Also, inFamous as well.
They've also talked about some Vita games, some other non first-party indies, but the 5 games above are what Sony's been talking most about in recent months.
Corpsepyre
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Has there been any word if Stig's still around SSM?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Alright, edited in Cory's tweet. Still not buying it as a total dismissal of everything in the report, but we'll see.
Nightengale
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It's fascinating how different stories are popping up from different sources, looking at the various tweet stories, etc.
I was just joking with him, lol. I don't wanna get our only trustworthy insider from Sony to be in trouble.
If it was canned because it was similar to Destiny, my bet is that it could be an FPS. But we don't have an official confirmation of it.
It was third person. I heard a couple tidbits about it a couple weeks ago, which is why I was so shocked initially when it got cancelled and the studio got downsized. Looking back it kind of makes sense because the info I got didn't hype the game much, just mentioned that it was sci-fi, was supposed to be unveiled at E3, and the main thing they talked up was the UI. It sounds like most of the work and promise went into the UI. I don't know about any similarities to Destiny.
I usually go out of my way to avoid talking about the very few things in the industry I come across, I care about my account too much and it's usually minor stuff, but since this was cancelled, I'm not too worried about Bish's hammer. Now I'm joining everyone else in wanting to hear about some new games from Sony. A new IP from SSM was one of the main things I was looking forward to and knowing that it was supposed to be shown at E3 led me to believe it wasn't too far off. Sounds like that wasn't the case at this point.
ie. nobody knows shit except for sony and SSM
Could be a red herring. But I see it as a hint that we might be completely wrong about what we thought the rest of the team is doing. In light of Cory's tweet, it makes sense
shinobi dropping the facts:
Random info: That SSM IP was also third-person, had a sweet Dead Space-ish UI.
Random info: That SSM IP was also third-person, had a sweet Dead Space-ish UI.
I posted before Shinobi did
I only trust shinobi's say-so.
I didn't see your post there
DarkLordMalik
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Seems like you guys have the same source.I posted before Shinobi did
Thanks for clarifying the third person part.
Freeman
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Seems like you guys have the same source.
He actually told was the one that me a while ago but I've since heard the same from a couple other places. Just funny timing with his tweet.
EL CUCO
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This, initially sounds nothing like Destiny.
Im going to stick with my "4 year in development, still 1-2 year out, over budget, big Sony didn't think the returns would be there" theory.
A new mythology and setting could do wonders for the GoW franchise. I'd be absolutely floored if they used Greek again.
Nightengale
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But your source said that the stuff cancelled was in early pre-production, whereas shinobi said the project was quite a fair way in, I recall.
You are easily pleased.
Different person, I don't know what was up with that. Not really going to try talking to them any more. I don't have any clout or many connections in the industry and sometimes people have given me bad info, another part of the reason why I don't share much. What I did share in the past few pages, I'm very confident of because multiple, credible people have told me.
Freeman
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Quite the contrary, if I was easily please I would be asking for the seventh GoW.
But you said it sounds great based on being third person and having a projected UI.
It could be the Avatar video game by that criteria.
SEGAvangelist
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lovely ladies
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The last 3 posts :lol
RedAssedApe
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with kratos avatar no less haha
Don't blame me,he was the one to 'announce' GoW 3 and Dualshock 3.
illmatic22
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Don't do it Cory.
Bomb-Threat
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Not if he have balls of iron like Jaffe
Freeman
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Than the Avatar game sounds great. DS UI was great and SM has enough history to allow for a little bit of trust.
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