Cory Barlog

Cory Barlog born September 2 1975 is an American video game designer director and writer who is the current creative director of video game development at Santa Monica Studio He is best known for his work on the God of War series Barlog was born in Sacramento California on September 2 1975 the son of fantasy novelist J M Barlog In his early career Barlog worked as a lead animator at Paradox Development on Backyard Wrestling Dont Try This at Home and XMen Next Dimension After joining Santa Monica Studio he was the lead animator for God of War 2005 and directed God of War II 2007 for which he won a BAFTA for his writing work on the game He also served as game director of God of War III 2010 for the first eight months of its development Although not part of Sony at the time he helped in writing God of War Ghost of Sparta 2010 Barlog was a keynote speaker at ECAROcon 2008 and later worked at LucasArts In an interview he announced that he was working on a tiein video game for the 2015 film Mad Max Fury Road He was reported to be in Sweden to develop the title with Avalanche Studios best known for Just Cause Despite various gaming websites confirming that the game was in development over the coming years Barlog had left Avalanche Studios early in its development and the game never materialized In March 2012 it was announced that Barlog had joined Crystal Dynamics to direct the cinematics for the new Tomb Raider game and direct an unannounced game However he left the company in April 2013 In August 2013 it was announced that Barlog would return to Santa Monica Studio He currently serves as the studios creative director and directed God of War 2018 For the game he won the Game Award for Best Game Direction while the game itself won Game of the Year and the BAFTA Games Award for Best Game He also wrote the foreword to the novelization of the game which was written by his father He also produced the sequel God of War Ragnarök 2022