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The Developer Behind God of War's Incredible Leviathan Axe Has Sadly Passed Away

George Mawle, a former gameplay engineer at Sony Santa Monica Studio who is credited with the handling behind God of War's Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos, sadly passed away last Thursday.

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victorMaje815d ago

I can't speak for what a loss he would be to family & loved ones but as far as the video games industry, a Huge loss. What this guy made in terms of gameplay mechanic with those weapons is nothing short of genius. May you never be forgotten.
RIP, Legend.

GhostofHorizon814d ago

Well said.

Rest in peace George Mawle.

zawepa814d ago

That sucks. Even though he did not originally create the mechanics. Dark Sector accomplished it many years before With the "Glaive".
https://m.youtube.com/watch...

But it was nice to see it return in some form.

S2Killinit813d ago (Edited 813d ago )

@zawepa
Same concept true, but not at all the same achievement. The Leviathan axe is on a different level from a believability and mechanics complexity perspective. Dark Sector’s glaive would not have been acceptable in a God of War game.

But very cool find, and also I remember really enjoying that game!

seanpitt23814d ago (Edited 814d ago )

Live life to your fullest.. you don’t know what’s around the corner

Crazyglues814d ago

Well Said, Indeed....

Condolences to his family & friends... May he rest in peace.

moriarty1889814d ago

Condolences to his family. May he rest in peace.

sourOG814d ago

Damn 😔 he’s with Odin now.

CorndogBurglar814d ago

Man, he deserves more credit. The Leviathan Axe in GoW has gotta be one of the best weapons ever created in a video games. It felt so smooth and fluid, and was just a cool weapon. Like Thor's hammer, but in axe form.

bloop814d ago

Recalling the axe was so satisfying and never got old. Legendary.

LordoftheCritics814d ago

It was a mini game in itself.

VerminSC814d ago

RIP
Wouldn’t be surprised if they hid his name on the axe in runes in GOW Ragnarok

TheDoomedGuy814d ago

He should totally be in the second game in some way

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LucasRuinedChildhood814d ago (Edited 814d ago )

He really doesn't seem that old. RIP.

It would be nice if his contribution was honoured with an easter egg like that, and perhaps they could acknowledge his passing in the likely Ragnorok trailer on Thursday too.

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Celebrating 10 Years of PS4 with Our Favourite Games

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Crows9012d ago (Edited 12d ago )

The best games of their generation too. Its incredible how great most if not all of playstations games are. Whether you like the stories or not you cant deny the quality of each title.

Hated tlou part 2. But im going to buy it when it is cheap enough because i want to play the remastered content for $10 extra dollars. Theyre adding a roguelike mode...thats going to be fun!

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Ranking Every God of War Game From Worst to Best

Cultured Vultures: Let’s delve into Kratos’ long and rampageous history and find out which games are worth the hype and which are better left buried under the weight of Kratos’s might.

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JL293023d ago

Both requels over 2 and 3? Clowns. Those are two of the most boring games I've ever played.

Snookies1223d ago

GoW 3 was amazing, but I personally hated just one thing. (This is on me alone, because I was dumb, lol.) I hated that you couldn't skip cutscenes on repeat playthroughs. I had to go back through the game a third time because I missed one trophy accidentally on my way to the platinum... The cutscenes were great the first go round, even the second... But the third was pretty agonizing.

Haven't played Ragnarok, but I still think GoW 4 is a wonderful game in its own right. Not sure how I would stack them up against each other honestly.