Developer of God of War: Ascension Refraining from Including Violence Against Women

<p>Sony Santa Monica&comma; currently developing God of War&colon; Ascension&comma; has reportedly &&num;8220&semi;pulled back&&num;8221&semi; from including violence against women in the upcoming title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Senior executive of Sony Santa Monica&comma; David Hewitt&comma; has explained that even though the series is noted for including brutal&comma; bloody violence&comma; there was always a limit to what the developers were comfortable about including&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hewitt explains to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ca&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2012&sol;07&sol;19&sol;where-god-of-war-ascension-draws-the-line-on-violence" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">IGN<&sol;a>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The team has a set of rules that define these sorts of things very clearly&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There are some things we&&num;8217&semi;ve pulled back from&period;&&num;8221&semi; explains Hewitt&period; &&num;8220&semi;I think where this has been an issue is with violence against women &&num;8211&semi; the team&&num;8217&semi;s pulled back from that and assessed that a little more carefully&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;There are certain things that carry a different kind of resonance that we don&&num;8217&semi;t want to get in to&period; This isn&&num;8217&semi;t about statement making in that regard&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s about fleshing out this character&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hewitt goes on to explain how even though Kratos destroys his enemies in brutal fashion&comma; there is no revering&comma; or pleasure in their demise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Where it shows itself is how the combat designers and animators have designed Kratos&&num;8217&semi; moves&period;&&num;8221&semi; says Hewitt&period; &&num;8220&semi;He&&num;8217&semi;s always leaning forward&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s always moving forward&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s seeking revenge and he&&num;8217&semi;s after his ultimate objective and he will tear through enemies &&num;8211&semi; rip them in half &&num;8211&semi; as quickly as he can&period; But there&&num;8217&semi;s not a lot of flourishes&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s not any kind of enjoying the moment&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s nothing about this that he&&num;8217&semi;s enjoying&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>God of War&colon; Ascension is currently set to release March 12&comma; 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2012-07-20-god-of-war-ascension-dev-pulled-back-from-including-violence-against-women" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;