Sony Santa Monica Shares Pictures of its New Studio and of the Developers of its Unannounced PS4 Game
The good folks at Sony Santa Monica have been keeping their upcoming PS4 game under tight wraps, but on the other hands they aren’t that secretive about their new studio at The Reserve business compound in Playa Vista (no, they aren’t going to change name), which saw its grand opening today.
To celebrate the occasion they gave us a small photo tour of the new location via their Twitter and Instagram accounts.
Our next great game for @PlayStation 4 will be created in this new studio right here #TheReserve pic.twitter.com/BsmoJKBBaV
— Santa Monica Studio (@SonySantaMonica) July 20, 2014
Big day ahead for Day 1 at our new studio! pic.twitter.com/INnqP4DPu7
— Santa Monica Studio (@SonySantaMonica) July 21, 2014
It’s our new employee 8-Bit wall pic.twitter.com/4cFcpwpbXn
— Santa Monica Studio (@SonySantaMonica) July 21, 2014
Below you can see the Cerbererus statue that greets visitors at the entrance: Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
They also gave the spotlight to those that are at the helm of their new PS4 game, including God of War II Director Cory Balrog:
2 of the Commanders on our next #PS4 project moving in! #thereserve
Balrog himself shared a picture of his new desk together with a few essentials (what would a game developer do without his coffee cup?):
First day at me Santa Monica studios office! Sweeeeet! Oh an I am working on th pic.twitter.com/Hqb9bLuZyG
— Cory Barlog (@corybarlog) July 21, 2014
The studio also organized a scavenger hunt of sorts to open the new studio in style. Of course it’s themed after God of War.
Scavenger Hunt Team War of the Monsters! #thereserve pic.twitter.com/FZaSIGZ1os
— Santa Monica Studio (@SonySantaMonica) July 21, 2014
Riddles and puzzles o my! Leading to a secret cavern #godofwar #thereserve pic.twitter.com/6MKtZnUzmH
— Santa Monica Studio (@SonySantaMonica) July 21, 2014
Interestingly, we learn that Sony will publish another video tour featuring the new studio next month. Hopefully now that they’re settled in their new location, we’ll hear something specific about the new game soon.
My money is on a new God of War, but you never know.