A former Sony employee recently opened up about his experience working for a particular PlayStation studio. According to him, Sony was interested in recreating some of its older flagship titles for the modern era. There was an idea that some of these titles could be remade from the ground up with modern technology to give them present-day graphical fidelity, and God of War 1 and Uncharted were possible candidates for this process.
The employee in question is Michael Mumbauer, a former head at Sony San Diego Studio. He revealed his news to Twisted Metal and God of War director David Jaffe during one of Jaffe’s latest Gabbin+Gamin segments. Mumbauer claims that Sony originally had him overseeing a visual arts group that provided support to other Sony gaming studios, but eventually, his role took on a new form geared more toward remakes and remasters.
Mumbauer wanted to create things like TV shows to expand IPs but couldn’t, so he pursued remakes and remasters instead. His timing was perfect because Shawn Layden was head of SIE World Studios at the time. Layden also shared an interest in remakes and remasters and actually participated in the reveal for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. Mumbauer wanted to remake games such as Uncharted and God of War with modern-day graphics, but such things sadly never came to fruition.
It’s important to note that the idea of a God of War and Uncharted remake was just that — an idea. Both titles might have been successful if they got something like a Final Fantasy 7 Remake treatment, but there’s no guarantee how Sony San Diego would have approached the projects. It’s also unclear if the projects were even pitched and why no one at the studio felt like they couldn’t get off the ground.
That said, Sony had such an interest in remastering and remaking games that it seemingly created a dedicated development team for it at Sony San Deigo. Said team still exists, is over 200 people strong, and is currently working on a new title, which some believe to be the rumored Uncharted 5. Maybe in the future, Sony will invest in remaking the original Uncharted games along with the God of War trilogy, but it doesn’t seem like that is happening any time soon.
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