{"id":513518,"date":"2026-03-02T08:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513518\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:42:08","slug":"rumor-cory-balrogs-unannounced-game-is-god-of-war-spinoff-starring-faye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513518\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: Cory Balrog&#8217;s Unannounced Game Is God Of War Spinoff Starring Faye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a lot of potential playing a character who could go toe to toe with Kratos.<\/p>\n<p>We have an interesting new rumor about Cory Barlog\u2019s next game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/God_of_War_Faye_Sony_Santa_Monica_3_39.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Last July 2025, Jason Schreier <a href=\"https:\/\/gameranx.com\/updates\/id\/544507\/article\/rumor-sony-santa-monica-studios-next-game-is-not-a-new-ip\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hinted<\/a> that Cory Barlog\u2019s game is not a new original title. While we know that Barlog has been working on a game for some time, Santa Monica Studio and Sony have not given the public any hints about it.<\/p>\n<p>Today, NateTheHate <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateTheHate2\/status\/2028243150368612378\" rel=\"nofollow\">drops<\/a> this bombshell:<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I have heard:<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the game is set within the God of War universe &amp; the lead character will be Faye. Gameplay is said to differ from the Norse God of War games with more of a focus on action.<\/p>\n<p>Current plan: Reveal this year\/release first half 2027 \u2013 barring any delay.<\/p>\n<p>Faye is one of the more interesting characters in God of War\u2019s mythology. After we have seen Kratos take down numerous mythological beings of incredible power, he found Faye, AKA Laufey, someone who could match his fighting skills.<\/p>\n<p>Fans who have seen her in the series are likely savoring the notion of being to play with her fighting style. But nothing\u2019s confirmed until Sony announces it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a lot of potential playing a character who could go toe to toe with Kratos. We have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,257021,145178,257022,34400,257023,9482,105],"class_list":["post-513518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cory-barlog","tag-god-of-war","tag-playstation-studios","tag-ps5","tag-santa-monica-studio","tag-sony","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}