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God of War / Devil May Cry love letters
by Derek Daniels on 06/05/13 12:18:00 pm Featured Blogs

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I happened to find something while cleaning my house and with E3 coming up next week seems like a good time to share this.

When I was on on God of War - one of our main competitors was Capcom's Devil May Cry. After God of War 2 shipped, our creative director Cory Barlog, sent basically a care package to their team. It included a copy of the game and a letter saying how awesome the whole team thought their games were and how strong of a team they were. I unfortunately don't have a copy of the letter that was sent but I do have the response from the Devil May Cry team.

I think as game developers we really need to communicate and share with one another more often. It makes all of us better at our jobs.

Note: You can find me at derekdaniels.com

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Josh Bycer	5 Jun 2013 at 1:23 pm PST

	Great story, it's always interesting to hear different teams communicating with each other. I would love to see developers collaborating with each other on projects instead of things being viewed as a major competition for sales.
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John Polson	5 Jun 2013 at 10:35 pm PST

Thanks for sharing this. I think there is so much to be gained from camaraderie or even friendly competition. Cross-cultural appreciation could even help promote distinction/diversity among JP and US markets.... Not to mention this could give fanboys and girls more to talk about, creating healthy, long-lasting social media buzz etc. This kind of behavior is also exemplary for how players can learn to treat each other.