At San Diego Comic-Con, Santa Monica Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment made a few announcements.

At the event, Cory Barlog, the studio’s creative director, revealed that the God of War franchise will continue after God of War Laufey—there will be a new installment in which Kratos will play the lead role. Barlog also revealed that the story of this game will tie into that of God of War Laufey, so it could be another prequel set before the 2018 God of War game. However, this is merely speculation, and Santa Monica Studio may approach it differently. You never know what to expect.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the release date for God of War Laufey. Rumors had already circulated that it would be released in early 2027. This has now been confirmed: it will be released on February 16 for the PlayStation 5. Yes, there will be a physical disc version as well. We can likely expect a more in-depth State of Play stream about it in mid-January. Sony typically dedicates a State of Play to one of its major first-party titles as the release date approaches.

Source: Gematsu, IGN