He described their contentious work relationship in a September 2026 live stream while reacting to footage for God of War Laufey<\/a>, where he claimed their personalities clashed and that he didn\u2019t feel as though she was truly passionate about the games they were making.<\/p>\n God Of War Laufey Reveal \u201cI have no problem with female directors at all,\u201d he began. \u201cThis woman started as an assistant producer back when we were making the first God of War. Her and I never got along. She thought I was kind of obnoxious and I thought she was pretentious. She didn\u2019t put the audience first. <\/p>\n \u201cPeople that I didn\u2019t get along with on God of War were people, in my opinion, who were more about, \u2018I wanna do well in the corporate world\u2026 I want to play the game,\u2019 versus, \u2018I\u2019m here with a vision and I will f**kin\u2019 fight you for that vision.\u2019 There was a lack of passion I felt from her, and she was also kind of a judgy asshole, to me.\u201d<\/p>\n Jaffe also slammed Cory Barlog for making Laufey in the first place \u2014 which he called a \u201cstupid\u201d game \u2014 and asked why he couldn\u2019t \u201csit Ariel down and say, \u2018This isn\u2019t ready.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/xkPvif83KY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ahmadkb (@ahmad_kb) September 29, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Jaffe\u2019s comments unsurprisingly went viral, sparking a debate within the God of War fanbase and the broader gaming community in general. Not long afterward, Jaffe took to Twitter\/X to expound upon his remarks, where he called out those using his statement to harass Lawrence online.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, I personally didn’t like Ariel and I don’t THINK she cared much for me back when we worked together. Oil and Water, just very different types of people. And honestly, she was probably more liked on the team than I was. You see, if you haven’t noticed, I can be, as my ex-wife says, ‘a lot,\u2019\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so in this video, I was responding\/sharing that aspect of our time working together. That’s the only way I would ever talk about former colleagues, be it good or bad experiences. For people to use my experience with Ariel as an excuse\/launching pad to make personal attacks on her is just low and s**tty. <\/p>\n “She’s a real person \u2014 just like you \u2014 with a life and feelings and people who care for her and who love her, and it just seems really f**king cruel to do that. Plus, have you looked in your own mirror? I’ve looked in mine; that s**t’s scary! You see this f**king beard?!? Good lord, I’m days away from moving to the North Pole\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Look, I personally didn’t like Ariel and I don’t THINK she cared much for me back when we worked together. Oil and Water, just very different types of people. And honestly, she was probably more liked on the team than I was. You see, if you haven’t noticed, I can be, as my\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/kw0g4JGnMf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 David Jaffe (@davidscottjaffe) September 29, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n Laufey has, unfortunately, been a target for the online rage machine, and Jaffe’s remarks are adding more fuel to the fire. Trolls\u2019 remarks about Deborah Ann Woll\u2019s appearance and their outrage over the fact that a woman is leading a God of War game totally overwhelmed gaming circles on social media when it was first revealed in June, and this finger-pointing doesn\u2019t appear to have stopped, but rather simply slowed down.<\/p>\n Other games have since taken the brunt of the internet\u2019s apparent boredom, as evidenced by the debate surrounding Insomniac\u2019s Wolverine<\/a>. But still, Laufey has managed to catch strays in this regard, with The Last of Us director Bruce Straley using it as an example of why modern AAA games no longer \u201cexcite\u201d him<\/a> (though he later apologized for this comment<\/a>).<\/p>\n God of War Laufey releases on February 16, 2027, exclusively for PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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