With Sony offering no updates on the God Of War sequence, followers have been left to invest on what might be subsequent for his or her favorite offended dad.
Although it stays one in every of PlayStation’s largest franchises, the way forward for the God Of War sequence could be very onerous to foretell in the meanwhile.
After the sequence was revived with the 2018 recreation, which doubled as each a tender reboot and continuation, Sony and developer Santa Monica Studio opted to finish their new Norse saga after simply two video games.
With God Of War Ragnarök providing one thing of a conclusive finish to Kratos’ journey of redemption, we revisit the most important rumours surrounding the sequence to theorise what Sony might take into consideration for the long run.
Is a brand new God Of War recreation in growth?
While there’s been no formal affirmation, it’s a must to think about one other sequel is at the very least being deliberate. God Of War is a distinguished and widespread IP, which suggests there’s nonetheless cash to be made.
There’s additionally no purpose to consider any such sequel gained’t be helmed by Santa Monica Studio. The developer is seemingly busy with different unrelated initiatives, together with what might be a brand new sci-fi title, however there are indicators it’s begun work on a brand new God Of War as effectively.
Plus, shortly after God Of War Ragnarök’s launch, director Eric Williams expressed an eagerness to proceed engaged on the sequence: ‘I bear in mind speaking to somebody from one other recreation firm, the place they have been attempting to get me to depart. They stated, ‘Do you simply need to be often called the God Of War man for the remainder of your life?’ That was your large pitch to dissuade me? Because sure, I type of do.’
Last yr, there have been rumours of Santa Monica growing both God Of War Ragnarök DLC or one in every of Sony’s ‘half-sequels’ in the identical vein as Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
It’s potential these rumours have been referring to the free Valhalla DLC that was introduced at that yr’s The Game Awards, which acted as an epilogue to the principle story, however a half-sequel does appear totally believable.
Any full-fledged sequel might be years away from popping out, so a smaller scale recreation would assist whet followers’ appetites till then and maybe bridge the hole to no matter pantheon of gods Kratos takes on this time. If Kratos is even the principle character subsequent time…
What is the setting for the following God Of War?
The most typical guess for the setting of the brand new God Of War is historical Egypt however regardless of that being a long-running principle amongst followers there’s by no means been any proof for it.
Some idea art work has been misconstrued to point that Egypt is subsequent however past it being a logical selection there’s nothing concrete pointing in direction of it.
A more recent and popular rumour claims Sony plans on releasing remasters of the unique Greek God Of War video games, with XboxEra’s Nick Baker claiming to have heard one thing related.
Again, there’s no onerous proof for this, but it surely’s totally believable given Sony’s been mining older titles for remasters, comparable to Horizon Zero Dawn and The Last Of Us Part 2, to pad out its launch schedule amid a dearth of authentic first-party titles.
The PlayStation 2 period video games are very totally different from the Norse ones when it comes to tone and gameplay although, so it’s debatable how a lot they’d enchantment to those that solely got here on board with the 2018 recreation.
We’d be remiss to not point out a God Of War TV present can be within the works at Amazon. But there’s equally little details about that challenge, with a Deadline report saying work’s beginning over from scratch after the departure of the showrunner and three govt producers.
When will a brand new God Of War recreation be introduced?
There was hypothesis not too long ago of a God Of War associated announcement occurring on the horizon, which originated from a livestream by Christopher Judge, the voice actor for Kratos.
A short clip of Judge vaguely promising a number of bulletins earlier than signing off with Kratos’ iconic ‘boy’ line shortly made the rounds, main some to suppose he was teasing a reveal for a God Of War sequel or the aforementioned remasters.
Voice actors have by no means been a dependable supply for recreation bulletins although, and positive sufficient Judge needed to submit an announcement stressing he is aware of nothing about any future video games.
‘You can’t tease one thing you realize nothing about,’ wrote Judge. ‘I will probably be making bulletins within the close to future, I can assure none of them will probably be about OUR beloved God Of War. I’m awaiting updates identical to everybody else.’
Any official announcement of a brand new God Of War would little doubt be saved for both a devoted PlayStation showcase or a serious gaming occasion like The Game Awards.
The Game Awards 2024 are arising on December 13, however regardless of Judge’s feedback there’s to date been nothing to point Sony may have any gaming bulletins in the course of the occasion.
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