Replace (August 18 at 12:02 a.m. CT): Following publication of this story, it turned obvious that the account in query is greater than possible deliberately inauthentic. Because of this, now we have trigger to imagine this information is probably going inaccurate. We apologize for this error. We’ve got reached out to Sony for additional affirmation, and can replace this story once more ought to we obtain remark.
Authentic story (posted August 18 at 9:27 a.m. CT):
Cory Barlog (pictured above being requested rapid-fire questions on God of Warfare), director of God of Warfare II and 2018’s God of Warfare, shared some imprecise particulars about what the group at Sony Santa Monica is presently engaged on. Sony Santa Monica is the developer, most lately, behind God of Warfare Ragnarök.
“I’d prefer to share a little bit bit about our new challenge,” Barlog wrote on Fb. “I’m extremely pleased with what the group at Santa Monica Studio has been engaging in. It’s a technically bold challenge, one thing that’s not simple to realize. This can be a new IP we’ve been engaged on for years, and if all goes effectively, we’re planning to point out it to you later this 12 months. I couldn’t be extra excited.” Barlog ended the submit with two coronary heart emojis.
Barlog’s submit does not specify that that is Sony Santa Monica subsequent challenge or that it’s its solely challenge. For the reason that launch of Ragnarök’s free rogue-lite mode DLC, it has been quiet about what’s subsequent.
By way of God of Warfare, 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 Warfare franchise. That recreation was publicly cancelled earlier this 12 months in keeping with a press release Sony shared with Bloomberg.
No matter this new challenge could also be, we are going to apparently be taught extra about it later this 12 months.
