
At the end of the trailer, we get a look at a new character named Angrboda, a young girl who may play a large role in the overall narrative. Given the leap forward in the 2018 game, it’s likely Ragnarok will have its fair share of surprises, as well. The trailer itself has a lot of gameplay footage without spoiling Ragnarok‘s story or twists. Atreus is seen riding a magical stag, while Kratos wields Blades of Chaos.

But it also featured our first look at gameplay, which harkens back to the first game, though it seems like it will have new features, as well. Most notably, we got a look at Mimir, Freya, Tyr, and Thor, along with an older version of Atreus. Then, in September 2021, Sony unveiled a three-minute trailer showing off new and familiar characters from the series. It didn’t even feature the game’s official name, other than including the text “Ragnarok is coming 2021.”

It didn’t show off any gameplay or much of anything aside from a logo and an expected release window. God of War Ragnarok trailerĪ teaser trailer above was shown during the PS5 event in 2020, and in terms of official information about the project, that was all we knew about for a whole year.
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With over 115 million PS4s in the wild, the install base is plentiful, guaranteeing sales on previous-generation hardware. With Ragnarok’s expected 2022 release window, it would make sense for it to launch on both systems, so long as the previous generation version doesn’t hold back the PS5 edition. With that in mind, it will likely be lucrative to put it on PS4, just as Horizon Forbidden West - yet another PlayStation exclusive - will be a cross-generational game. The tricky thing is that a game like Ragnarok is expensive to make, and surely Sony wants as many players as possible to buy a copy when it releases - even if that means the overall product is held back to accommodate for the less powerful hardware. It makes sense to launch for both platforms, at least from a business perspective. We know God of War Ragnarok will be coming to PS5, but it’s also coming to PS4, as confirmed via a PlayStation Blogpost. Even before the pandemic, game delays were common, and the pandemic has made it harder for developers, so Ragnarok might not be ready until much later in 2022. However, as game developers have shifted to working from home throughout 2020 and into 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, complications have risen and have caused delays across the industry. Disguised as a post about his time working on God of War, the first letter of each post spells out “Ragnarok is coming.” So, even assuming the studio started working on the sequel as late as April 2019, having it ready to go by summer 2022 isn’t out of the question - especially since the team could reuse some of the assets and animations from the first game.Ĭheck out Barlog’s tweets teasing Ragnarok below. Cory Barlog, creative director of 2018’s God of War, teased the sequel back in April 2019 via a clever Twitter thread. In terms of the development timeline, this release window isn’t totally outlandish. As it stands, the game may be ready to go sometime in the spring or summer of 2022. As part of the September 2021 PlayStation Showcase, many expected Sony to announce the game’s official release date, but that wasn’t the case. That’s the release window that was given during the game’s announcement trailer in 2020. Initially, God of War: Ragnarok was supposed to launch in 2021. Every confirmed and rumored PS5 game so far.The Original God of War was better than I gave it credit for, but could have been so much more.(Note that we will be spoiling the plot of 2018’s God of War, so do not read ahead if you’re concerned about spoilers.) Here’s everything we know about God of War: Ragnarok, including its trailer, release window, and more.

We’ve scoured the internet to gather as much as we could about the sequel to 2018’s God of War. Ragnarok’s showing was brief, but following a new trailer during a PlayStation Showcase event in September 2021, there’s a lot more we know about the game. This will be the follow-up to 2018’s God of War, developed by Santa Monica Studio - the team responsible for most games in the series. One of the most surprising announcements during the PlayStation 5 event in September 2020 was the reveal of the next God of War game, which would later be officially named Ragnarok.
