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We are just a few days since the official release of God of War Ragnarok, and thousands of players are already enjoying the title and finding secret data within the game, such as a tribute to a Santa Monica developer who died during the production of God of War: Ragnarok, his name was Jake Snipes.
The game team decided to pay tribute in the game. The tribute is in a secondary mission that introduces us to the love story between two characters and tasks us with gathering ingredients for a recipe. In addition, it is linked to the various hearts painted throughout the world.
These elements are not there by chance, as they tell the story of Snipes and his partner, Sam Handrick, in a certain way.
GOD OF WAR: RAGNARÖK TELLS THE STORY OF A DEV WHO PASSED AWAY
Snipes and Handrick met in Santa Monica in 2019 and have spent most of their time together ever since. However, everything changed in 2020, as Snipes died due to epilepsy he suffered from. This happened in the middle of the development of the game.
The couple had dreamed of leaving their mark on God of War: Ragnarök, as it was the project that allowed them to meet and be together. After Snipes passed away, Handrick told the rest of the team their idea: to put a heart with his initials written in Norse runes as a token of his love.
The development team decided to honor his fallen teammate and give Handrick a way to remember their good times together. So they placed the hearts and designed a whole side quest based on their story.
"I told Eric [Williams, director of Ragnarök] and the crew about Jake's suggestion to carve our initials into a heart. And he and the crew returned with something even more special. A story of 2 men meeting in an often cruel world and finding a place to simply belong to each other.
"I wanted this story to be one that many queer people know: traveling through a world that doesn't always understand you to find a place where you truly feel at home. And sometimes, that place is just a person. And something as simple as a recipe can be a link to that home."
It's not a spoiler for the main story, but is a side-quest 'Favor' you can discover, so feel free to seek it out yourself first. You may have noticed the first sign of it in these hearts scattered across the realms.
— Sam Handrick (@MDSVeritas) November 18, 2022
The story of them goes back to a man I love more than anything. pic.twitter.com/mcO9tYZ5bZ
We'd talk about how much we'd love to leave some symbol of us in Ragnarok. Some indication within this game that had been the reason we'd first met, our first game made together. He once suggested simply a heart, with our initials in Norse runes, carved into this world we made pic.twitter.com/3QpcS5MMNu
— Sam Handrick (@MDSVeritas) November 18, 2022
This fire never stops burning. Through the coldest days, through the nights you don't want to live through. It will stand in this world we at @SonySantaMonica created for all of time, carrying the story of a man in whom I found something unnamable. Something I still carry now. pic.twitter.com/I9XbP5DGJZ
— Sam Handrick (@MDSVeritas) November 18, 2022
God of War: Ragnarök is now available for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4
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