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MoHasanie on 22 July 2014

I like the new logo. Its a bit boring but its colorful.



    

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Raziel123 on 22 July 2014

Don't forget:

 

"Our new logo, with its bold, simple structure can become a frame to the world of our games, filled with elements of the game such as key colors, textures, game content and screenshots. When you see the new animated logo boot up with our next external dev games such as Fat Princess: Piece of Cake and Hohokum, you’ll further understand how we crafted a mark that allows our games to visually become part of the brand."



eFKac on 22 July 2014
kitler53 said:
eFKac said:
Not a fan of that new logo. I looks solid but uninspired. The old one was badass, good fit for the GoW studio. New one looks like an indie game studio logo.


i feel like that's almost the point though.  the old logo looked badass was really represented a studio that makes god of war.   ..but as a studio that makes god of war but also has it's hands in the order 1886, hohokum, playstation all stars, sound shapes, sorcery, journey, escape plan, starhawk, fat princess, pixel junk shooter 1 and 2, the unfinished swan, everyone's gone to rapture...

 

and that's all from the last 4 years (expect for fat princess,. i love that game).  they are a diverse studio making great games but also managing the colloborations with tons of other studios. 


Sure I think that is the main reason for a change and the "future" article as a company for it, SSM became the American version of Sony XDev Europe. And as much as I like some of those games I would take another God of War over all of them combined without a second of hesitation. So for me it's a shame, as it looks like they are going for this direction, maybe with more focus than before.



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TruckOSaurus on 22 July 2014
kitler53 said:

I especially like how the new logo can be used to present games from their library, with the left and right part serving as a frame and the middle part as the picture.



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goulibouli on 22 July 2014

The old one was horrible. The news one is good but lacks inspiration.

Also Hohokun and Journey are not Santa Monica games, just published by them.

As for God of War, they milked the franchise too much, so I hope they wait long before releasing a new next-gen one, and create a new franchise instead (The Order looks meh)



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Raziel123 on 22 July 2014
goulibouli said:


Also Hohokun and Journey are not Santa Monica games, just published by them.


No..they are co developers. Just like in The Order



DonFerrari on 22 July 2014

Too bland, I prefered the last one.



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Munkeh111 on 22 July 2014

Just release your Nordic spiritual successor to God of War and I'll be much more interested

(I'd take Egypt or sci-fi too)



Teeqoz on 22 July 2014

This just looks so......plain..



Porcupine_I on 22 July 2014

Now i want a t-shirt that says "I waited for a new God of War game, and all i got was this lousy logo"



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