Sony has confirmed that God of War Laufey will release on February 16, 2027, as the series\u2019 creative lead confirms Kratos will return in the next instalment.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend, Sony<\/a> Santa Monica Studio<\/a> creative head Cory Barlog<\/a> announced that the next God of War<\/a> will connect directly to the Laufey story, and star Kratos.<\/p>\n No further details were revealed during the panel. PlayStation 5<\/a> entry Laufey is the first mainline God of War title to star a protagonist other than Kratos in Faye (Laufey the Just), Kratos\u2019s Norse wife and the mother of Atreus, who dies in the events leading up to the 2018 God of War.<\/p>\n Speaking during the Comic-Con panel, Barlog said he wanted to create Laufey to expand the world of God of War.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to show an extension of this world where the characters you\u2019ll encounter are unexpected. Laufey is a continuation of what came before and to prepare and expand what comes next,\u201d he said.<\/a><\/p>\n God of War Laufey was announced during a State of Play live stream in June<\/a>, where Santa Monica Studio debuted more than 20 minutes of gameplay footage.<\/p>\n \u201cAwakening unexpectedly in a strange land after her funeral, Faye discovers the plans she put in place to protect Kratos and Atreus are now at risk,\u201d a synopsis for the game reads.<\/p>\n \u201cTo save the ones she loves, Faye must fight through the afterlife of the gods \u2014 the Everywhen \u2014 where ruthless gods from across mythology vie for power in a land overflowing with dangerous magic.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Sony Santa Monica confirmed that God of War Laufey will be available on disc<\/a>, following Sony\u2019s controversial announcement that PlayStation<\/a> will soon end physical media production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sony has confirmed that God of War Laufey will release on February 16, 2027, as the series\u2019 creative…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-710197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}