God of War Laufey Is the Next Main Entry in the Saga, 'Coming Soon' to PS5

Sony Santa Monica are just so so good at making games.
Everything from the art design, to the combat, to the character models to the soundtrack were just top class. This looks sensational

Also, I wish this never got leaked. I blame myself for clicking on the articles but having this as a full on surprise would have been so much better.

Mid 2027 is my guess.

Great first showcase of the game. Enjoy the fact all this appears to be happening simultaneously during God Of War 2018 & Ragnarok

Ok i'll get this out of the way....GoW without Kratos is like Tomb Raider without Lara or Metroid without Samus 😐

Absolutely sucks that this got leaked. No wonder Barlog was so annoyed.

So the game looks good but at the same time this doesn’t look like God of War to me. Nothing from the original series is here anymore. From the gameplay style to the tone and writing, even the main character is different now. It’s become the Triggers Broom of Siony franchises.

Deborah Ann Woll though 😍😍😍 Looks fantastic though not sold on the writing with the cube and sword characters. Combat looked incredible though and the visuals are a massive leap from Ragnarok.

heh. kinda wished I hadn’t bailed when the presentation started. Will watch later.

I know this is fantasy but my brain is still struggling with that cube! Looks good though...

At first I was optimistic but the more I see the more I got the "WTF!?". I hated the cube especially. Art design looks weird(main two enemy was great). Combat doesn't look very fun too.

Maybe when I get the chance to play it grows on me but as a first impression I can't believe this is Cory Barlog's new game and the reason Ragnarok was not as good as it could be. Jeez.

Finally: Name sucks.

Like the combat, the graphics and art design. However, it is 5 min of gameplay followed by 10 mins of cutscenes and qte events. And the vibe is of Marvel’s Thor movies. It seems it will retain the problems of Ragnarok…

This is exactly what I thought the game would look like after the leak (complimentary) it's great to see jumping and aerial combat make a comeback.

@ShogunRok Totally agree. The beginning with the story of GOW 2018 shifting to Faye would have broken the internet.

What does soon mean, though?

@Jireland92 Its a spin off dude relax. We're getting remakes of the OG Trilogy and God of War 6 is no doubt coming next gen. Kratos is going no where, hell he's even in this game in some form.

I think this would’ve hit harder if the leaks hadn’t come out beforehand, but the game still looks amazing. It’s a day one purchase for me.

Is Jack Quaid the cube??? Sounds very like Hughie from The Boys. Looks gorgeous and that game play looked fantastic. Wasn't overly hyped for another GOW atm, but that fast paced combat got me

I can't wait the combat looks f....great prefect game to end a top tier SOP

@Lembit Bet you can't even tell us what Sweetbaby is and does.

So this was the reason Ragnarok felt so rushed with mystery boxes sprinkled throughout, the mask seems to be central for this narrative, and while gameplay looks amazing I find it hard to be overly excited for 2028 games…

@DennisReynolds the article says this is the next mainline title.

Looks good , although nothing we haven't seen before. Kinda sad there are no Sony franchise with male lead as of now, outside of Marvel.

@Lembit

Reaks of sweetbaby inc. Hard pass

Oh dear god, I just can’t…

@ShogunRok

I'll admit if this didn't leak it would still have a big shock value.

@Lembit here we go again with a woke bs I literally said this some days ago
Go touch some grass intergalactic and now this
This guys literally see Female MCs like the plague is so sad

I hate Nate for leaking it. Looks absolutely awesome.

Looks absolutely stunning. Expected a focus solely on Egyptian mythology but a mix is just as interesting (if they pull it off). The combat looks incredible. I wonder how involved Cory is, since Ariel Lawrence is noted as Game Director.

Looks great and I didn't know it was leaked so I was surprised.

@Jireland92 Yeah but its still a spin off focusing on Faye. Think like how Star Wars Rogue One is still a mainline SW film but is also a spin off focusing on other things.

@SuperSilverback He is! Confirmed in the PS blog post.

Proof greed ruins everything. Zero reason to shoehorn this into the GoW franchise. Could have easily been a new franchise to build. 🙄

@SuperSilverback yeah I also thought that was Jack. I also agree with all those mentioning the leak. This would have had way more impact without it.

I think this looks amazing.

And it's clearly a spin-off.

No wonder Kratos fall in love to her, Now i am in love too, I love all the family, Wife husband and son.

@Swandivetotheasphalt you can't expect more from this ppl

@DennisReynolds Not a good comparison, we’re getting this instead of another Kratos game not in addition to, I’m not saying it’s a bad thing but we’re definitely not getting another game with Kratos for a long, long time, perhaps why they decided to start remaking the OG trilogy earlier this year.

@Swandivetotheasphalt some people just dont seem able to enjoy good old fashioned games anymore can they. Always has to be something doesn't it.

Loved it, would have been a jaw-dropper minus the leak. I hope soon means soon

@DennisReynolds that doesn’t make any sense. How can you be a spinoff and a mainline title at the same time.

If this takes place in the Afterlife of the Gods.....will we see the Greek God's i wonder

It looks great and I get to play as a bad ass Deborah Ann Woll. Sold.

@Moby I mean, we dont know what the story is. The fact its his wife probably means it ties in with everything else. Could be what leads kratos into the Egyptian timeline of gods with one of them in there.

Edit: The Egyptian God of War no less.

I’m completely sold. The direction, the music, the combat, the imagination…the talking cube and ribbons 😄 Day one buy.

I want to melt that stupid cube and incinerate the sword ribbons for their voice direction and writing. Tonally jarring doesn't even cover it.

That aside, it looks promising. I like that Faye's combat toolkit seems to feel pretty distinct from Kratos, while still carrying a familiar flow and weight to it.

Not at all interested in a God of War game without THE God of War.

I was so relieved to see this, why? Because the game isn't about Atreus 😮‍💨 thank goodness I will definitely play this on day one!

As a hardcore God of War fan. I simply can’t get into this color palate and the cube. It’s just odd. GOW 2018 was one of my favorite PS games ever. I gave it a 10 out of 10. But i just ain’t feeling this one. Wolverine looked fun and bloody so i have one game to buy on my PS5 Pro in 2026 at least. Happy to see so many like it tho, that is good for the health of the franchise.

@Jireland92 Because its the next entry with the same type of budget of a Kratos lead game but its spin off in that its focusing on another character away from the core games. Kratos is the lead of the series unless you seriously think they have dropped Kratos in favour of Faye?

@crossbit A talking ribbon isn't new to Norse Myth.

@IllusiveMan We're getting remakes of the OG games, had a Kratos prequel spin off this year and God of War 6 is no doubt coming next gen for PS6 with a new Myth.

Chinese combat (animation) style for a Norse character, a talking jelly cube!! The only interesting thing about compared to the last 2 GoW is jumping and aerial attacks but not feeling it!
This is the 3rd game with non stop talking side character as a comedy relief!! Ragnarok was a huge downgrade comapred to GoW 2018 (it wasn't the best) when it comes to writing and I don't think this one will fair better!

@LivewireCLS I'm really curious about that as the two writing leads are in the video, and I thought Corey was main writer/creative lead?

EDIT: I've noticed that other video stating Ariel Lawrence is the Game Director (not watched the vid as it won't play for me). Corey is described as Studio Head of Creative. So now I'm curious if 'his game' is actually something else being done at the studio or he isn't directing a specific game himself anymore and just overseeing all projects at the studio.

@Yor-sama

Why do you assume I have a problem with the MC? I dont. I do have a big problem with the made-up weird godfall smelling setting and jello cubes as sidekick that bumps enemies in their behind.

@DennisReynolds

I could but my comment would just be removed. Ask your nearest chatbot

It looks great. No wonder Kratos fallen in love with Faye. A redhead who looks gorgeous and also can fight? Kratos you lucky b*

The Everywhen setting also looks interesting. There's Egypt goddess Sekhmet and Mongolian god of war Begtse. It feels like it opens up to a lot of potential for future GoW games.

But...the talking jelly cube kinda pull me out from the serious vibe when it helps Faye in combat. I mean, i get it they want some companion that works similar to Atreus. But a talking cube? 😂

Nonetheless i'm still quite hype.

This is what Karen does whilst Matt Murdock rots in prison

This game really intrigued me.

Maybe I am missing something, but I was expecting this (long rumoured) game to be based on the time period before she met Kratos.
The fact it runs parallel to 2018 interests me far more, but it does introduce lore pitfalls.

As someone who loved GOWR, I'm optimistic, though the weird jelly cube looked really out of place - hopefully their is something more to this character.

I can't even put into words what happened to God of War...

But slowly, I'm starting to realize why they announced the GoW Trilogy.

If I wanted a companion cube, I'd play Portal.

(I'll see myself out.)

It’ll be great, but it’s also another third person melee action game. We need more differentiation between big budget first party games. Also: terrible name.

But in all seriousness, I avoided prior GoW games over the included s*x stuff, so I'm not sure if this is par for the course, but the intro felt like a contemporary Marvel/super hero film with the dialogue, VA, etc. In general, though, good for them in trying something different, though.

She looked good like; reeeeeally good til she start leppin about with a square lump of jello sidekick aide

@DennisReynolds Never said it was, mate. It's how the ribbon's talking that's grating, not the fact that it can.

And then we have such mythological figures as Laufey and Sekhmet...

...flanked by the talking jello-cube, FRANK. Urgh. Melt it.

I hope this ties into an Atreus centered follow up, because there was a lot left unfinished at the end of GOWR, and Ragnarok felt like a passing of the torch game.

• Is Odin gone? Remember the Raven Atreus saw after - it could have housed Odins soul.
• The mask was never fully explained, and this game is talking about masks.
• Sindri / can anything be done for Brok
• The fate of the giants - Atreus still holds a number of their souls.

Game looks awesome, but the name is not doing it for me.

@Lembit So you can't tell me because you don't actually know what they do and are just going by what you're fav grifter Youtuber told you to think?

Holy ***** just watched the whole thing that looks amazing. Sony single player games are just on a different level compared to pretty much everyone else in the industry like god damn

@MasterChiefWiggum Terrible name why? Laufey is her name.

@Lembit lool says the guy that brought sweetbabyink into the conversation in the first place

Not a big fan of this direction. This looks like more ragnarok and ragnarok just did not hit as good as GOW 2018 for me. Happy for those who are excited to play this, but personally i'm only interested in playing as Kratos.

From a gameplay perspective, this looks incredible. From a "what the hell is a talking cube named Frank doing in this game and also who the hell thought naming a game Laufey was a good idea" perspective, ....yikes.

I'm a fan of the God of War series but have zero interest in playing a game that doesn't star Kratos. Hopefully this is just a one off and it's back to business as normal for the one after. Unfortunately that's probably a good 5+ years away considering there's the remake of the original trilogy that really wasn't needed. It's cool but takes up time and resources.

Definitely looks interesting

@DennisReynolds I've never played the games, but that part seems fairly obvious? Faye... Laufey... I assume this was mentioned in prior games?

@Gamer83 I wished we had more god of wars game but with different gods Kratos is great I would love to play with Thor or Zeus

@wildcat_kickz that's her name 😒 duh

@SuplexingTrains Laufey in Norse Myth is Loki's Mother. The games shorted it to Faye most likely to hide the Loki twist. Kratos knows her as Faye but it was revealed the Giants referred to her as Laufey.

Looks great, looks better than the last GoW!

This also just proves leaks are usually for real!

@johncalmc here some talking swords from mythology Kullervo's Sword and Sharur

It looks solid but I'll probably wait for a sale. I'm just not really interested in GOW without Kratos.

@IronCrow86 I mean it does not hurt to at least try something new.

Looks incredible but im sick and tired of seing the real faces of actors and actresses in videogames. Use their voice and performances but please change the fcking faces man

Sold. Add to cart. ☑️

Looks great, hope this is out by next year and not later. Surprised not to see 2027.

I have zero problems looking at Deborah Ann Woll for many gameplay hours lol.

Why should all gods be humanoid? Something outside of our realm, outside of our understanding, should absolutely be weird. I genuinely love the swing with the cube and ribbon and can’t wait to learn more.

My prediction is that Kratos becomes playable midway through GOW: Laufey in a twist similar to GOW 2018 when we got the blades of chaos midway through.

@KawakiisaFraud
Nobody was asking for a remake of the original trilogy, though. The only way it makes sense to me is if all future God of War games will no longer be starring Kratos, which given how Sony is going with its legacy IP these days, wouldn't shock me.

This game will be a tough sell without Kratos.

Annoying talking sword and stupid cube following you. How can anyone think that was a good idea? I think you need an IQ below mustard to work there now.

The game looks cool, I'm all for playing as Faye and the story synopsis sounds good, just not big on the yapping cube and sword.