Since its release a couple of months ago, God of War has been stunning players with its amazing gameplay and gorgeous visuals and sound. Last night, Santa Monica Studio teamed up with the Gnomon School of Visual Effects based in Los Angeles, California to do a very deep dive into the making of God of War. For those unable to attend, it was all livestreamed on Gnomon’s Twitch account.
Clocking in at just under four hours, the event definitely went in depth going behind-the-scenes in the creation of God of War’s incredible environments and character design. Santa Monica Studio also tweeted some of the visuals that were shared during the three panels.
Our Lead Character Technical Artist Axel Grossman is now breaking down the facial rigging for Atreus in #GodofWar. Watch LIVE @ https://t.co/8yCvScOQvZ#Gnomon pic.twitter.com/VWU9q3fwfi
— Santa Monica Studio #GodofWar (@SonySantaMonica) June 16, 2018
Our lead environment artist Nate Stephens is sharing a before/after pic of one of the first areas of the game
Check it out LIVE @ https://t.co/8yCvScOQvZ #Gnomon #GodofWar pic.twitter.com/LRQVeHYaZ7
— Santa Monica Studio #GodofWar (@SonySantaMonica) June 17, 2018
🧔 @rafagrassetti & Dela Longfish are chatting about some of the initial designs of Kratos
Check out more LIVE @ https://t.co/8yCvScOQvZ #Gnomon #GodofWAr pic.twitter.com/dbce5UFSC9
— Santa Monica Studio #GodofWar (@SonySantaMonica) June 17, 2018
“The Guardian Shield was a pretty fun challenge for all of us.” – @rafagrassetti
Check out a deep dive on the weapons of #GodofWar LIVE @ https://t.co/8yCvScOQvZ #Gnomon pic.twitter.com/mAmDSs17W1
— Santa Monica Studio #GodofWar (@SonySantaMonica) June 17, 2018
You can watch a recording of all of the panels below if you’re interested in learning more about the animation process of God of War.
The game got some more news at Sony’s E3 2018 Press Conference last week with the announcement of A New Game+ feature that will allow players to carry their progression into a new playthrough.
God of War is currently available exclusively for PlayStation 4. You can read DualShockers’ review of the game here, and if you have yet to pick up the game, you can do that right now on Amazon.
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