Sony Santa Monica revealed God of War Laufey, a new God of War game starring Kratos' wife Faye, at today's PlayStation State of Play live show, confirming rumors and passing the torch to the wife and mother cremated at the beginning of 2018's God of War.
The 20-minute reveal sequence opens with a familiar look at Kratos and his son Atreus holding a cremation burial for Faye, before quickly jumping to a third-person perspective of Faye exploring ruins and chopping monsters in another realm called the Everywhen, the "afterlife of the gods" according to God of War Laufey's PlayStation Store listing.
Faye's fighting style is more magic- and sword-based compared to Kratos and Atreus, and that only intensifies as she attains more abilities later in the demonstration. The showcase opens with Faye's 'death,' yet somehow things get worse for her from there, as she's quickly captured by an otherworldly faction while she struggles to accept her own demise – a process which is not helped by confounding commentary from a large, talking slime cube.
The opening suggests Faye's adventure is running in parallel to the first God of War game (that is, the reboot), but anything goes when you're working with afterlife mumbo-jumbo. There's no telling how Faye's perception of time compares to Kratos and Atreus, which complicates hopes that the family will somehow be reunited.
This time around, the theological vibe is decidedly Egyptian – another longstanding rumor around the God of War series. At least, some of it is. There seem to be a lot of gods in the mix this time, this being a more catch-all divine afterlife. However, Egyptian god Sekhmet, also known as a god of war, is very intentionally singled out.
God of War Laufey is, to the surprise of no one, coming to PS5. We don't have any sort of release date yet, but the store listing says it's "coming soon."
We can seemingly rule out an eventual PC release given Sony's retreat from the platform, at least as far as single-player games go.
