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God Of War 3 Director Stig Asmussen Explains How He Almost Accidentally Named Kratos After Himself

While visiting Respawn to learn about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Game Informer took some time to chat with Stig Asmussen about his time with God of War.

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IamTylerDurden12183d ago

I have little interest in deserters, unless of course they come back and make a Game of Gen like the recent GoW. Dr Marks, Stig, Adam Boyes are all dead to me. I kid.

CaptainIronbat2183d ago

So Hironobu Sakaguchi too and Amy Henning perhaps? Bit harsh dont you think?

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TheColbertinator2182d ago

Deserters?

He is a developer and seeks new opportunities for himself wherever they might be. Nothing wrong with that.

Additionally Stig stepped out but as we can all see after both him and Jaffe left, the God of War franchise is in good hands.

Melankolis2182d ago

Fortunately, only a few companies are affected by a person or two left (even the important ones).
- Sony Santa Monica, David Jaffe & Stig Asmussen left.
- Naughty Dog, Amy Hennig left.
- Sony, Phil Harrison left.
The companies still okay though.

UltraNova2182d ago (Edited 2182d ago )

And yet all studios made far far better games after they left... coincidence?

No single person is so important that the general direction and focus of the studio can be derailed as long as they have one.

hulk_bash19872182d ago

One of the biggest reasons I have faith that Fallen Order is gonna be is is in large part because Stig is involved. GOW3 is one of the best action games to come out of the PS3 generation.

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Blank2183d ago

This was an interesting backstory of how the names came about for the game and Kratos. Although the fact marketing can effect artistic choices irks me a bit which I assume is the norm. It makes me wonder what other artistic changes were changed in other game franchises this was a good light article.

Sirk7x2182d ago

Almost anything you've ever enjoyed as far as entertainment has had higher-ups with their hands in it. Some of the best ideas that people have ever had, that they poured their hearts into, someone told them it wasn't marketable and crushed it. Money money.

AK912182d ago

It's weird for me at this point as a fan of the GOW series I can't imagine any other name for Kratos other than well Kratos also they were really planning to call the series Dark Odyssey? That would have been so lame.

TopherMan2182d ago

Says "Sophisticated_Chap" . lol

Knightofelemia2182d ago

Glad they went with Kratos the name suits him and he looks like a Kratos. Stig sounds more like some biker name used in Sons of Anarchy.

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Interview: Diablo Immortal’s Druid Class Is ‘Trying So Many New Things'

Game Rant chats with Diablo Immortal developers about the new Druid class, a versatile hybrid that can transform into various animal forms.

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anast10h ago

Everyone is waiting on POE 2's druid class.

Relientk776h ago

Diablo Immortal is still a thing? Ewww

What an out of season April's Fools joke

Christopher3h ago

It's quite popular on mobile since there isn't a lot of competition for games of its type that aren't even less engaging and just 'stare at your phone' games. Not to say Immortal is good, but for mobile, it's better than most.

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Sakurai May Have Been Offered Kirby Air Riders To Direct Another Smash Bros, Claims Insider

Nintendo allegedly let Masahiro Sakurai work on his passion project, Kirby Air Riders, in order to convince him to direct another Smash Bros.

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Yesyes23h ago

If that is true then it sounds like it would be more substantial than just Ultimate Deluxe plus a few new characters.

gold_drake7h ago

wow ha.

hes literally the creator of Kirby and responsible for one of the biggest fighter games we have, amd nintendo is like "oh ... well if u wanna make a new Kirby game, u need to make a new smash too"

i can see it ha.

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Atomic Heart 2 Q&A - 'It's a Few Years Out, We're Taking the Time to Make It Tighter'

Wccftech interviewed Mundfish's Robert Bagratuni about the freshly announced game Atomic Heart 2, the sequel to the successful first-person shooter.

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-Foxtrot1d 10h ago

A few? Then why show it now then…