Stig Asmussen is an American video game developer, known for his work on the ''God of War'' series for

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. He is currently working for

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Biography

Asmussen graduated from

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh The Art Institute of Pittsburgh was a private college in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shortly before closing in 2019, it was purchased by Dream Center Education Holdings (in turn a division of The Dream Center, a Christianity, Christian non-profit ...

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 ''God of War III'' is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. First released for the PlayStation 3 on March 16, 2010, it is the fifth installment in the ''God ...

'' after

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 ''God of War'' (2005), ''God of ...

's departure. In an interview in April 2012, according to

David Jaffe David Scott Jaffe (born April 13, 1971) is an American video game designer best known for creating the ''Twisted Metal'' and ''God of War'' series. Biography Jaffe is originally from Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in San Diego, Cali ...

(creator of ''

God of War A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in both monotheistic and polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been p ...

''), Asmussen was "doing cool stuff" at Santa Monica, and did not work on '' God of War: Ascension''. In 2014, Asmussen left Santa Monica Studio. He has since joined

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 '' Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order''.

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