Herman Hulst, leader of Sony games, has confirmed the news through the blog of the Japanese company.

Almost secretly and without much fanfare, PlayStation has just confirmed the delay in the release date of God of War 2 for PS5. The rumour had been running for several weeks about a possible delay in the premiere of the new adventures of Kratos and Atreus, but now it is official. It was Hermen Hulst, leader of PlayStation Studios, who has also confirmed, to everyone’s surprise, its premiere on PS4.

It is surprising that such a large announcement has been produced in this way and almost without importance. In the aforementioned interview, Hulst indicates that they have two games in development with a very powerful narrative part, in reference to Horizon: Forbidden West and God of War Ragnarok himself, but that the development of the Sony Santa Monica game began later, and that is why they have been forced to make that decision.

“We have made the decision to bring God of War 2 into next year to ensure that Sony Santa Monica can offer the incredible game that we all want to play, ” Hulst indicates on the company blog, confirming what we feared: and that is we will have to wait to get back the Leviathan axe from Kratos and the bow from Atreus.

“We have made the decision to bring God of War 2 into next year to ensure that Sony Santa Monica can offer the incredible game that we all want to play, ” Hulst indicates on the company blog, confirming what we feared: and that is we will have to wait to get back the Leviathan axe from Kratos and the bow from Atreus. Hulst also says that with these plans “someone has to give in” to put the health and well-being of the team first. Indicating in some way that, if the dreaded crunch is to be avoided, God of War must wait a few months.

God of War 2 also on PS4

Another important detail that the interview leaves us is that, when asked about the developments for PS4 and PS5, he mentions God of War Ragnarok among the games in which they are working intergenerationally. In this way, GOW2 will be released on PS4, thus changing the exclusive plans of the adventure on PlayStation 5 . A pleasant surprise for those who still do not want to make the leap of generation.

In addition, it also reaffirms that PlayStation plans are to publish Horizon Forbidden West in “the Christmas season” , confirming the information that indicates that Aloy’s adventures will arrive this year. Although he also says that “it is not entirely safe and hopes to confirm it as soon as possible.” Precisely, the game developed by Guerrilla Games has been the protagonist of the last State of Play with the gameplay of almost 15 minutes of the game that will arrive on PS5 and also on PS4.