While the Sony Santa Monica umbrella spans many games via its external development collaborations, its internal studio is best known for the God of War franchise. In fact, Sony’s “God of War team” has never worked on a game outside of that iconic franchise. Santa Monica Studio director Shannon Studstill talked about the studio’s attempt at moving away from Kratos, and what ultimately brought them back to the franchise with next year’s Ascension.Given how God of War 3 ends, it provided a perfect opportunity for the team to give Kratos a rest. However, when asked if the studio had explored creating a non-God of War game, Studstill frankly admitted “yes.” In fact, there were even prototypes developed “very early,” albeit “not in this development cycle.”Studstill was not shy admitting that the franchise’s tremendous success is one reason why the studio has yet to move on. “There are creative reasons and business reasons,” she admitted. Adding, “I think there was still some story… (God of War, PS2, PS3, PSP, Sony Santa Monica)
Original post: Sony Santa Monica’s ‘creative and business reasons’ for not moving away from God of War
