BREAKING: Sony Santa Monica hiring for NEW project - God of War IV? New IP?

[teigaga]

JoeFlex said:

teigaga said:

GOW:A will probably struggle to reach 1m between now and E3.

I doubt they'll be in hurry to make another one. The team themselves will likely be bored and I think Accenssion was likely a result of Sony asking for another God of War.

"What awaits, only we know" I would assume this also means that this is infact not Ascension's team, but the team who have already began development on a new IP. I remember the ascension guys saying they don't know what they're doing next (i.e still in planning stages which normally involves downsizing of the core team).

Don't they have the choice in what projects to do (or not do in the case of the Vita)? I swore Yoshida san alluded to this with respect to SSM and ND. If true, then it was likely their choice to do GOW A and Sony gave their backing.

I'm not suggesting sony forced them to do it, but they suggested it whilst also facilitating a new project which is probably what the team wanted. So it was likely a compromise. When the Director or most senior guys leaves the team to work on something new (still within sony), thats normally a sign. The rest of the team don't necessarily have a say on what they work on..

I think a similar thing happened with gears judgement. But instead of spliting the team, Microsoft simply  hired another developer to make it.