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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).



You do realize God of War: Ascension sold about 700,000 units first week? Can somebody who's bothered to sign up to this site really have such poor analytical skills? I don't mean to be offensive but if you think it will struggle to reach 1 million by early June then you probably shouldn't share your estimates on here. God of War: Ascension could very likely hit 1 million next week, if not then it'll definitely pass 1m by it's 3rd week. The game will sell at least 2 million this year and 4+ million lifetime. How many hack 'n slashers have been that successful this generation or the past 10 years outside of the God of War franchise? Not many, I can only think of 1 game. And it's pretty common knowledge people, Sony Santa Monica ARE 100% working on a new IP, check out this developers bio on Twitter https://twitter.com/jonathanhawkins . Their next game will be a new IP for the PS4 which will probably launch in 2014 and God of War IV will launch in 2016. And to those saying God of War needs to take a long break, did you not realise that 3 years went by after God of War III released until we got another God of War game? Why should SSM have to wait 4+ years per new iteration release whereas franchises in other genres don't? This is why the genre is so small, it gets so much shit from people because you have a franchise like God of War where every critic/hardcore forum-dweller expects each new iteration to revolutionize the formula or the games become 'stale' and have to be rebooted to make it 'relevant' like DmC but games in other genres like FPS (COD,Halo), TPS (Uncharted, Gears of War [pre-judgment]) etc., get a free pass for not changing/evolving/revolutionizing at all and they release from more frequently. God of War gets far too much shit flung at it undeservedly, the games are consistently amazing but are judged a lot more harshly than pretty much everything else because the genre it's in isn't very beloved/popular. Yes I know that they're all critically acclaimed aside from GoW:A but they deserve a hell of a lot more praise for their quality and for keeping the genre alive.

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tontus 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).



You do realize God of War: Ascension sold about 700,000 units first week? Can somebody who's bothered to sign up to this site really have such poor analytical skills? I don't mean to be offensive but if you think it will struggle to reach 1 million by early June then you probably shouldn't share your estimates on here. God of War: Ascension could very likely hit 1 million next week, if not then it'll definitely pass 1m by it's 3rd week. The game will sell at least 2 million this year and 4+ million lifetime. How many hack 'n slashers have been that successful this generation or the past 10 years outside of the God of War franchise? Not many, I can only think of 1 game. And it's pretty common knowledge people, Sony Santa Monica ARE 100% working on a new IP, check out this developers bio on Twitter https://twitter.com/jonathanhawkins . Their next game will be a new IP for the PS4 which will probably launch in 2014 and God of War IV will launch in 2016. And to those saying God of War needs to take a long break, did you not realise that 3 years went by after God of War III released until we got another God of War game? Why should SSM have to wait 4+ years per new iteration release whereas franchises in other genres don't? This is why the genre is so small, it gets so much shit from people because you have a franchise like God of War where every critic/hardcore forum-dweller expects each new iteration to revolutionize the formula or the games become 'stale' and have to be rebooted to make it 'relevant' like DmC but games in other genres like FPS (COD,Halo), TPS (Uncharted, Gears of War [pre-judgment]) etc., get a free pass for not changing/evolving/revolutionizing at all and they release from more frequently. God of War gets far too much shit flung at it undeservedly, the games are consistently amazing but are judged a lot more harshly than pretty much everything else because the genre it's in isn't very beloved/popular. Yes I know that they're all critically acclaimed aside from GoW:A but they deserve a hell of a lot more praise for their quality and for keeping the genre alive.

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please be a game based on the aryan mythology as mithra or verathragna the aryan god of war
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asqarkabab said:
please be a game based on the aryan mythology as mithra or verathragna the aryan god of war
pleaseee

never heard of it




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ShadowSoldier said:
God of War needs to go on Hiatus. Make us Miss it. Im not too sure but Im pretty sure we've gotten a God of War game every year since GOW3 came out. The series needs some room to breathe...hell go to another pantheon we've done Greek Mythology lets try Egyptian

while I agree that they should leave Greek mythology.  It's been 3 years since 3 so Ascension was due.  I would recommend Norse in 2016




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platformmaster918 said:
asqarkabab said:
please be a game based on the aryan mythology as mithra or verathragna the aryan god of war
pleaseee

never heard of it


This is mithra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra

and it was hinted at in GOW:A. So wouldn't be surprised if they use that as the new settings



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badgenome said:

New IP, please.


Santa Monica Studios confirmed already in 2012 they work/plan for 2 NextGen Projects while one is a complete NEW IP.
The other one is probably God of War.

Maybe they hire now for another new game.
Most Sony 1st and 2nd Party is working on 2 IPs or has planned already more games.And as far as i know they don't work on Fruit Ninja Ultimate or something like that.They push for AAAA Quality games.
We will probably see more of such quality games cause now you don't have to study rocket science before you can develop for the console.



Bring kratos to the vita but leave god of war 4 for a year or two on the ps4. Hopefully he leaves Greek mythology behind and moves onto Norse or Egyptian.



M.U.G.E.N said:
platformmaster918 said:
asqarkabab said:
please be a game based on the aryan mythology as mithra or verathragna the aryan god of war
pleaseee

never heard of it


This is mithra

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithra

and it was hinted at in GOW:A. So wouldn't be surprised if they use that as the new settings

interesting...but I still really want Norse mythology and I think they could market it well with Thor and Avengers bringing that one to the foreground for the mass audience (obviously SSM would take it in a different direction from Marvel lol).  When I think of a GoW style fight against Thor, Odin, Loki, Heimdel, Baldr, and the gang I pretty much start drooling, especially when I start thinking about it in 1080p 60fps on PS4!




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make it aryan please
with veretragna and the daivas and mithra and ahriman as boss fight would be EPIC



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