God of War and Uncharted Remakes Were Being Explored by PlayStation

God of War received a remaster in 2022 and since then, information technology has continuously been at the forefront of gamers' minds every bit one of the best PlayStation games. Although we don't know a heck of a lot about its next installment at this stage, nosotros do know that the game plans to release next year on PS5. While God of War reveled in the spotlight of a remaster, the first iii Uncharted games were ported directly to the PlayStation 4 and that was that. However, a former Sony employee recently opened upward virtually his experience working for a item PlayStation studio and discussed that Uncharted 1 and God of War were in consideration for a remaster with a modern graphic upgrade.

Michael Mumbauer, a former caput at Sony San Diego Studio, was chatting toTwisted Metal andGod of Wardirector David Jaffe during 1 of Jaffe's most recent Gabbin+Gamin segments. Throughout the conversation, Mumbauer and Jaffe talked nearly different aspects of his function while an employee at Sony San Diego Studios and how his task saw him overseeing a visual arts group that provided support to other Sony gaming studios, but eventually, his role began to shift which saw him move more toward remakes and remasters.

When asked by Jaffe if he could explain it in a little more detail, Mumbauer replied "Remakes and remasters were the things I was chasing after. Then that'southward why the dev team was congenital. What I tin can tell y'all is that's what I was chasing because I believed that there was value in doing something like a remake of God of War at the visual fidelity of today. Or, a remake of Uncharted one." Even though Mumbauer is no longer working at the studio, the team in question still exists, which is comprised of around 200 people in full, and are currently working on an unannounced title. Whether the current squad has indeed taken over Mumbauer'south ideas or the studio volition release a new IP, or even a sequel some rumor to be Uncharted 5, remains to be seen.

As nosotros have seen, Sony dug deep and brought out ane of their classics into a fresh new era with the PS5's remaster of Demon'south Souls then it shows that this can be done well and maybe we could come across a God of War or Uncharted 1 remake simply until we know for sure on what the team is actually working on, it will certainly be up for speculation.

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