Grave Gamer News & Views — santa monica studios
“If it’s 3am and you have to work the next day, but you’ve still...
“If it’s 3am and you have to work the next day, but you’ve still got the urge to play again, you know you’re doing something right. You only have to walk through SuperBot’s studio and see all the staff being scolded to stop playing their own game and get back to work to know that they’ve really got something special cooking.”
Seth Killian writing on the PlayStation Blog about his new gig with Sony Santa Monica and PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
A gamer turned designer, Killian spent years mastering Street Fighter’s inputs only to end up being paid by Capcom for his input on the series. Now, Seth has been courted by Sony and put to work on their crossover fighting extravaganza as the title’s lead game designer, and his influence just may push All-Stars into the realm of fighting game legitimacy…well, as close to legitimacy as a game where Fat Princess slaps around Parappa can get. Suddenly, I’ve got a keenly interested eye planted on Sony’s surefire cash cow.
Believe it or Not, God of War: Ascension is Multiplayer “We...
Believe it or Not, God of War: Ascension is Multiplayer
“We wouldn’t do multiplayer in God of War unless we knew we could do it right,” says Ascension’s director, Todd Papy. That’s right, Sony Santa Monica’s latest entry into the gore-drenched epic of revenge comes with the addition of multiplayer this time around. In the video preview, we’re specifically treated to Ascension’s...
Have Questions About Ascension? Santa Monica Studios Has Answers...
Have Questions About Ascension? Santa Monica Studios Has Answers
The PlayStation blog has been updated with word in regards to the latest God of War outing, announced exclusively for the PS3.
Ascension’s director Todd Papy invites fans to bombard PlayStation’s Twitter account with any and all questions centered on Santa Monica’s new game. Tag your question #godofwarascension, submit it by 3 P.M. Pacific this Friday, and then the best of your queries will be answered on the PlayStation Blog’s live stream event happening early ass in the morning, 8 A.M., April 30th.
I’ve already got a question lined up: if this is a prequel, is there a chance we’ll see a teenaged Kratos with a full, preferably blonde head of hair?
Amazon Lets Loose Our First Glimpse at God of War: Ascension...
Amazon Lets Loose Our First Glimpse at God of War: Ascension
Sony’s big reveal that they’ve been teasing for a week now be damned says Amazon. The online retailer has (likely accidentally) leaked the fourth God of War game and has revealed the beast to be a prequel to Kratos’ saga. God of War: Ascension depicts Kratos as a mere man, before he ever became the Ghost of Sparta in “a time where something other than rage consumed him.”
You can check out Amazon’s listing for the game, it being our only scraps to feed off of since Sony’s official announcement was beaten to the punch. We’ll be sure to hear more tomorrow given that all the teasers point to the 19th. Until then, set your eyes to stunned and scope out the new trailer.
I’m extremely disappointed that after viciously skewering all of Greek mythology, we’re given a prequel instead of a sequel that could’ve had Kratos maiming Norse mythology or even Biblical mythology (Kratos v. Goliath, man; it writes itself). Still, a prequel gives us insights into the all heads Kratos cracked open before…all the rest of the heads Kratos cracked open.