New PlayStation Exclusive IP in the Works by GOW Team, Possibly Open World
With God of War 3 having released back on early 2010, it’s a safe bet that Sony Santa Monica are quite far along with the development of their next game. No one is really sure what the studio is working on, with many speculating that they are developing a new GOW, perhaps set in a different mythological setting. However, a recent job listing now confirms that they are working on a new IP, although no platforms are specified.
Over on Gamasutra, the job listing states:
The Sony Santa Monica Studio is hiring for an unannounced new IP!
Additionally, the advertisement reveals that “Experience in designing or contributing to the development of an “open world” game is a plus.” This backs up previous job listings that looked for experience in open world games, as well as vehicular combat and shooting games. As no platforms are mentioned, the game could be for PS3 or Vita (or even PS4), but we’d guess PS3 is most likely.
What would you like to see Sony Santa Monica develop? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
8 Responses to “New PlayStation Exclusive IP in the Works by GOW Team, Possibly Open World”
Open world in ancient times would be something really astounding and original !
it’s an open world shooter. All the evidence points to that, additionally they’ve been working with Lightbox on Warhawk which could very well be some kind of testing ground for the team that is developing this new IP.
Open-world shooter with vehicle combat… could be looking at something along the lines of Borderlands+Elder Scrolls?
And frankly, I’m glad they’re working on a new IP. I love God of War, but I feel like we’re done with Kratos, at least for awhile. I do like the idea of taking him through new mythologies (Norse, Egyptian, etc.), but I’m also feeling like they’re run out of ways to develop him. He was a fantastic character in the first game, but every installment since has just watered that down in some way. There are directions the series could be taken that DON’T focus on Kratos…
I was never a fan of Dave Jaffe’s theoretical vision of Kratos making trips through all forms of Mythology beyond Greek.
I just think it would be stupid to shoe horn such an epic character into Norse or Egyptian mythology. Those themes should be explored by a whole new character with whole new motivations. If Kratos just shows up in Egypt, what is his driver? Like does he know of his Greek family? Do any of the Egyptians look at Kratos as a Greek or Egyptian?
If Santa Monica is going to do any more GoW it will have to be in the Multiplayer Realm. Just because they are hiring people with shooter and vehicle experience doesn’t mean this will be a modern day game. Long before the bullet there were various deadly weapons that utilized some sort of missile to spell doom on their enemies. There were various vehicles to traverse the land beyond the horse. Chariots and Seige vehicles come to mind, as well as the various sea faring vessels that would have existed in the time of Kratos.
With so many rumors coming out of SCEA while GOW3 was in development about Multiplayer it would not surprise me if they left that portion out of the game to generate a whole new game with a focus on MP. I highly doubt they would just call it GoW4, since that would signify the continuation of the GoW Series. Not sure if a Multiplayer Game in the GoW universe counts as a new IP though.
Now if this is some sort of Digital Pet game I am totally going to be pissed LOL.
What’s an IP???
Intellectual Property. “New IP” is how they like to refer to a new game that is not part of an existing series or franchise, just to make clear it’s something really “new”.
Sounds great to me! I still want another God of War game in 2012 though. They could still be developing another God of War game and this new IP, Santa Monica is developing multiple games already.
And it’s definetly not for PS4, it seems more and more that the new PlayStation or Xbox won’t come until at least 2015 and I hope that’s the case, later would be even better.
OH I LOVE THOSE WORDS! ! !
i.e “PlayStation Exclusive”! ! ! 
