Given this information though, it’s unlikely we’ll see God of War at any upcoming events Sony puts on, especially given the timing of this announcement as we enter the summer event season. This means it won’t be used as a “showpiece for PS5” the way Returnal and Ratchet are but that doesn’t mean it won’t be an impressive use of next-gen hardware. Whenever the next God of War game does come out it will be available on both the PlayStation 5 and the PlayStation 4.

Across the internet, folks have been calling the game God of War: Ragnarok but that’s not the real name, despite it recently showing up in a Sony presentation document for investors (a result of google image searching when collecting presentation assets). This comes as little surprise considering that we haven’t seen anything from the game. It abhors Kratos' quiet cruelties and the distance he places between. Meanwhile, God of War isn’t as far along as that project “started a little later.” Hence, the decision to push the game back to sometime in 2022. God of War, then, is an endlessly dissonant and self-contradictory game, cut across the same fault lines as its protagonist. But that isn’t quite certain yet, and we’re working as hard as we can to confirm that to you as soon as we can.” For Horizon, we think we are on track to release this holiday season. “And for both of those, they’re frankly affected by access to performance capture and talent. “So we have, currently, two very big, very narrative-driven games in development: Horizon Forbidden West and the next God of War,’ Hermen reminds us. Santa Monica Studio Is Hiring June 2, 2021įurther insights can be found from the PlayStation Blog which features a Q&A with the head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst. The announcement came via a Tweet from Sony Santa Monica thanking the community for the love they’ve received since the teaser last year and citing a focus on game quality and the safety/wellbeing of the team as reasons for the delay.

Several years ago we at Santa Monica Studio began the journey of creating a new God of War. In creative development change is often the explosive spark that transforms good enough into truly memorable. The next God of War game has been pushed out of the 2021 release window into 2022. First Look: Santa Monica Studio’s New God of War on PS4.

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