Stig Asmussen


Stig Asmussen is a video game developer, known for his work on the God of War series for SCE Santa Monica Studio. He is currently working for Respawn Entertainment.

Biography

Asmussen graduated from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1998 with an Associate of Specialized Technology in Computer Animation Media. He is the son of Jes Asmussen, University Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Center for Coatings and Laser Applications at Michigan State University.
Throughout the God of War series, he worked as a lead environment artist, art director, and was game director of God of War III after Cory Barlog's departure.
In an interview in April 2012, according to David Jaffe, Asmussen was "doing cool stuff" at Santa Monica, and did not work on '.
In 2014 Asmussen left Sony Santa Monica. He has since joined Respawn Entertainment as a game director. On May 4, 2016 – Star Wars Day – Asmussen announced Respawn Entertainment was making a third-person Star Wars game. This was announced as
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