Oh fuck yes. Holy shit, I want this so bad now.
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Stig Asmussen (God of War) joins Respawn
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Oh fuck yes. Holy shit, I want this so bad now.
BoboBrazil
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Apparently the game he was making was horrible.
They canceled the project he was working on for 3 years. There's really nowhere for him to go after that. He probably quit.
TheSpaceBetween
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Where did you hear that?
SEGAvangelist
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Great news for both Respawn and Stig!
Dragonborn
Member
Wasn't it in development hell for the longest time and Stig couldn't get it together?
No, the game he was making was too similar to Destiny. They supposedly tried changing it but pretty much broke the game in the process.
LostInNoise
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Does Respawn even have enough manpower to make another IP while working on the inevitable Titanfall 2? I would guess he's there to help create a SP campaign.
Captain_Cold
Member
Good hire! Hopefully this hints at the inclusion of an epic single player campaign in the next Titanfall, based on his previous experience.
Neuromancer
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I imagine that means we're getting a proper campaign this time, thank goodness!
bigboss370
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Off-Kilter
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Holy shit good pick up.
Looking forward to what he brings to the table
Looking forward to what he brings to the table
No, 343i should. Marty should be making more Halo music.
anexanhume
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Now he gets to make his shitty Destiny clone for someone better suited to make it!
(kidding)
Hopefully Respawn branches out and doesn't become a titanfall factory.
(kidding)
Hopefully Respawn branches out and doesn't become a titanfall factory.
Source?
anexanhume
Member
Supposedly the game he was making was way overbudget, had been rebooted at least once, and one source alleged it was too similar to Bungie's Destiny and they didn't think it could do well on the market because of that.
It was canceled.
He was heavily involved in the God of War series, right? Like game director and other important stuff.
If so, Titanfall 2 SP campaign is going to be an amazing roller coaster. I'm sure you can do some amazing setpieces using Titanfall traversal mechanics.
That was said by famousmortimer in that post, right? After what happened with the DriveClub guy I won't use that post as a reliable source.
He said the game he was making didn't pass any QA tests iirc. Maybe his vision about that project was flawed, but even if that's true that doesn't change the amazing job he has done in the past.
GarciaHotspur
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Good for im and good for Respawn !
Sad for SSM to let him go :/
Sad for SSM to let him go :/
hmmm sony should of just released the game. Especially if they already poured money into it. The game must have legit looked like a destiny clone.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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They have some former Sony guys on the staff so this makes some sense.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
Holy shit it just hit me that these studios are like a freeway away from my school...thats crazy.
OT: Good for him and Respawn hopefully TitanFall 2 has a crazy single player mode
OT: Good for him and Respawn hopefully TitanFall 2 has a crazy single player mode
El-Pistolero
Member
Good news for both parties!
Delta Assault
Member
Titans with dual chain blades?
The Xtortionist
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Titanfall 2's campaign is going to kick unimaginable amounts of ass.
anexanhume
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It sounded like it wasn't really in a good showable state at the time, so there was still a lot of time/money left to be put into the game.
â Narayan
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Huge grab. Good for him and Respawn.
dragonbane
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Good to see him landing a nice job. Feared worse for him.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
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I hope his old project at Santa Monica gets a reboot at some point.
The Last Guardian. I mean, the guy did get GOW3 out.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
Cool. Get him working on a single player campaign.
I'm don't know a lot about Stig, but his Wikipedia page says he was a lead environment artist and art director before he took over for Cory Balrog as the lead director of God of War III. Might be a little early to assume that he's being brought on for single player, though it would still be very cool if that was the case.
dragonbane
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It's probably true considering even DemonNite said the project wasn't talked about internally and didn't generate any hype. So probably wasn't looking too hot.