According to a report on IGN, God of War veteran Stig Asmussen is no longer working at Sony Santa Monica. Asmussen who began working as an environment artist on the original God of War, advancing to become art director on God of War II and creative director on God of War III was rumoured to be heading up the team that worked on an original IP, which in turn was cancelled as Sony laid off a bunch of people at the studio. Asmussen did not work on the most recent God of War title, God of War: Ascension.