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God of War development team hiring online programmer

by Griffin McElroy on Mar 30th 2011 9:00PM

Sony Santa Monica isn't really known for creating games with compelling online user experiences, or ... um, any online user experiences ... but that might be changing with the developer's next project. The God of War developer has posted a hiring notice for a senior online programmer with experience in "Designing and implementing systems and tools to support networking needs," specifically in-game chat systems, matchmaking and leaderboards.

It would be irresponsible to jump the gun and say Sony Santa Monica's working on an online-enabled God of War game, but we'll be damned if that's going to keep us from coming up with a bunch of prospective titles. God of War: Kratos and the Gang. God of War: Massively Mythological RPG. God of War vs. Free Realms. Gods of Wars.

Via: Gamespot
Source: Gamasutra

Tags: god-of-war, God-Of-War-3, multiplayer, playstation, ps3, psp, sony, sony-santa-monica

Reader Comments (31)

Please don't.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Agree.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Ezio, the Brotherhood multiplayer - while not great - worked out so much better than I expected. You must become Kratos, if only for a few days and instruct the dev team that what they're doing is wrong. Use the... ball thing that makes people die.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Hey! No picture?

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Please, please, don't. Please let Kratos enjoy his rest. He's... he's earned it.

Please dont do this to him. Here's a thought:

"New" IP

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I wouldn't mind a Final-Fight style beat-em up with Kratos taking the place of Haggar, etc, except that I don't know who else would fill out the rest of the online coop MP cast...Ratchet maybe and other Sony IP characters?

GOW and "Multiplayer" doesnt seem compatible to me

Leaderboards.

http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/

Online GoW. For some reason, I'm thinking along the lines of Gauntlet Legend-ish gameplay, but on steroids.

@The black suit

That'd be nice, I loved Gauntlet Legends, but why couldn't they just start a new IP, since they'd (more than likely) be changing the core gameplay anyway?

I love God of War, I don't mind some online games, but the two together would be horrible. Let's just hope it's a new IP.

Exactly. It wouldn't even need the experience and leveling. I hate GoW (sorry), but I'd buy the hell out of God of Gauntlet, the idea just sounds so wicked fun!

If ever a game needed online multiplayer, it was God of War.

Wait, nevermind, I was thinking of something else.

Chea, I played the hell out of it at my friends house on N64. The game doesn't have to be re-skinned with a GoW theme, I was kinda hoping legends would be out on PSN by now with more stuff to do.
After all, there can only be 1 God of War, unless you add other God of... but that would make the last 5 games pointless.

why everything has to be with multiplayer ! Single player only games is fine too! it's better to put money in to developing good single player instead of dividing attention on to multiplayer!

I dont care as long as I get more God of War!!! ohh and in before "milk milk!!' for your info people there is only one God of War game for the PS3 not including GoW collection.

True, but it's still also six God of War games in the last six years, including on PS2, PSP, PS3, and the Mobile game, but not including GoW collection.

That's kind of a lot, and people have cried 'milk' for less.

Not saying that's what's going on here, milking and all, just playing the devil's advocate.

And so begin the rumors!!!

Everyone remember the "God of War III will have online co-op!" rumor? Ah, good times...

@The Harbinger of Pie I was thinking the same. CO OP

Er.. GOW team.. Jaffe... Twisted Metal? Online?

I wouldnt mind a co-op style GOW game. But i dont see how MP would work, unless its some kind of horde style mode.

@cuiof8d9sa Thumbing down a comment just doesn't seem to grey it out enough. :(

I wonder if their going to try to go the max aranchy route and create a game similar to platinum games.

I can't help but feel that a God Of War MMO would end up somewhere between the Matrix MMO and Wizard 101.

The idea is chilling...

Its probably for Starhawk/Warhawk 2 as they co-developed the first one with incognito entertainment.

@(Unverified)

Starhawk please. Leave God of War as a single player.

COD of War?

i have absolutely no idea how they would do this. don't friggin screw up a great game.

Wow, people are actually turning down this idea? God of War at it's core is a beat 'em up, and what great beat 'em up doesn't have co-op (besides the God of War series)?

Seriously, the series has been doing the same thing for 5 games now, having a multiplayer option could be the fresh thing that the series needed to not be "more of the same but good".

RTS style God of War :D? Be like a better AoM

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