Thats a tough one to answer...... the first God of war is David Jaffe's creative brain child. He left the God of War team after the first installment. Then Cory Balrog who was a concept artist for the first game took over as creative Director. I thought he wasn't going to do a good job, but he did, and to boot was able to make a game that in my opinion surpassed its predeccesor in every way imaginable. Cory was hand picked by David Jaffe before he left which was a good sign for any fan of GOD of War. Then not to long into the preproduction of God of War 3 Corey Balrog just up and left the company...... so now I have no Idea who the heck is working on three. I can already tell the tone has changed with newest trailers, and I hope they don't screw it up.

As far as Santa Monica studios working on Heavenly sword while the thought is nice. I just don't think it would amount to anything possitive. Ninja Theory did a great job on such a short game because they had a passion for what they were working on. If there is no passion from the developer I think that the game ultimately will fall flat and fail...... thats my gist of the situation.