🤨 Ex‑Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra publicly panned God of War Laufey, calling the move to make Faye (wife of Kratos) the lead a weird, franchise‑endangering choice.
He warned devs must keep players tied to the series' central hero and pointed to Halo 5, where sidelining the Master Chief for Spartan Locke pissed off fans. Dropping Kratos is a huge RISK. David Jaffe has voiced similar criticism. No release date; insiders expect it in the...
🤨 Mike Ybarra slammed God of War: Laufey, the new lead will be Faye, Kratos' wife, and he calls the move a strange direction that risks breaking the franchise's bond with its main face, WILD.
He points to Halo 5, where Master Chief was sidelined for Locke and fans went PISSED; creator David Jaffe voiced similar concerns. There's no release date; insiders expect the action in the coming years, but not this year.
The guy who pissed away Blizzard Entertainment, one of the most valuable gaming brands in the world, selling to Microsoft so he could golden parachute his way down into the abyss: being CEO for a sports betting slop company, really isn't man enough to have an opinion about AI in games yet he has to sit here and Karen.
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