God of War developer Santa Monica Studio is reportedly working on its next game, which could be a new intellectual property. The Sony-owned studio, whose last game was 2022’s God of War Ragnarok, has yet to confirm its next project. But the LinkedIn profile of a Santa Monica employee reportedly shows that the company is developing a new IP.
Next game in Santa Monica
According to a report from VGC (via ResetEra), Santa Monica Studio character director Glauco Longhi’s LinkedIn profile states that the developer is working on a new IP. Longhi’s profile reportedly reads: “Santa Monica Studio has offered the opportunity to return as character lead, responsible for the entire character development process on their new IP, so I’m excited to be back and work with the staff again to advance characters in video games.”
However, Longhi’s LinkedIn profile currently shows that he is overseeing character development for an unannounced project, but makes no mention of the new IP.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Longhi previously worked at Naughty Dog, another Sony-owned studio, as a senior character artist on Uncharted 4 before moving to Santa Monica Studios as a senior character artist on God of War (2018) and then as lead character artist on God of War Ragnarok.
Longhi left Santa Monica to join Striking Distance Studios as character director on Callisto Protocol and later as studio art director at Unknown Worlds Entertainment, best known for the Deepsea series. He returned to Santa Monica this past April, where he is currently working on unannounced projects for the studio.
The God of War developer has yet to reveal its next project, but studio creative director Cory Barlog has hinted in the past that the company is working on a game. There are rumors that Santa Monica is developing the next God of War game as well as a new IP. In March, Balrog vaguely mentioned a new project he was working on in a post on X, saying that “early things” in the game in development were “coming together”
First-party Sony Studios developed God of War Ragnarok in 2022 and released free Valhalla DLC for the game in 2023. Neither Santa Monica nor Sony have confirmed a release schedule for the studio’s next game.