Cory Barlog Makes a “Crazy” Return to Santa Monica Studios

Cory Barlog teased a “crazy” announcement late last week, and it did indeed turn out to be something nobody could have expected. The God of War 2 director has returned to Santa Monica Studios. For those that aren’t sure why that’s a big deal, he also wrote and did the original design for God of War III, and did the script for God of War: Ghost of Sparta. In many ways, his vision led one of the most popular franchises under the PlayStation brand.

So with Barlog back in a creative postion, building something that will no doubt be a defining force on the PlayStation 4, just what is it that we can look forward to? why has he returned after years of flitting from company to company, most recently working on the cinematics in Tomb Raider.

In a post on the PlayStation Blog, he explains.

I felt that I was ready to come back home – home to where it all started, Santa Monica Studios (SMS). There I would use my newly-honed powers of awesome to create something that will rock the free world. In an instant I decided to move my family, my wife (who is nothing short of a superhero every day) and our newborn son, Helo (named after our favorite character in BSG as well as our shorthand for the Sun God Helios – nerd family for sure) down to the sunny Shangri-La that is Santa Monica, California.

What am I working on, you ask? Good question. Sadly, I cannot tell you… yet. But I can say that it is freaking huge, and it will live up to the standards that I helped establish here at SMS.