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Bruce Straley has apologized to the God of War Laufey team after his Edge interview comments went viral. He says naming the game was a mistake, and that the team isn’t to blame for his broader concerns. In a follow-up thread, Straley pinned the industry’s risk-aversion on platform holders chasing games-as-a-service hits. Bruce Straley, the former Naughty Dog director behind The Last of Us and Uncharted 2, has apologized to the team behind God of War Laufey after his recent comments to Edge about triple-A stagnation spread well beyond their original context.
Straley posted the apology in a thread on X on September 18, days after telling the magazine that “the verbs and experiences we’re delivering in the triple-A space are… I wanna say boring,” and naming Sony Santa Monica’s upcoming game as an example of technical craft without excitement.
I want to apologize to the Laufey team for dragging you all into this uninvited & unnecessary negative attention. I was trying to illustrate an industry concern & my mistake of naming your game is being used out of context & for clickbait. You don’t need this. I’m sorry.” – Bruce Straley
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