New God Of War game set in Greece to launch this year claims insider

Sony will launch a God Of War ‘side story’ in 2025, according to a source, as the series looks set to return to Ancient Greece.

The future of God Of War was left on an open-ended note after God Of War Ragnarök and its Valhalla DLC, with no clear indication of what could come next.

The ending of God Of War Ragnarök left open the possibility of a separate adventure led by Atreus, with rumours of a half-sequel, but other possibilities have also been suggested, like a pivot to Ancient Egypt or a return to Ancient Greece with a young Kratos.

A new rumour has given further credence to the latter, claiming that a new game set in Greece will launch this year.

The news comes from notable insider Jeff Grubb, who posted an update on Bluesky after God Of War’s 20th anniversary went by without any news of a new game, or the rumoured remastered collection of the original trilogy.

Returning to his own post about the rumours of a remastered collection, Grubb wrote: ‘Everyone keeps asking about this, so I’ve tried to find out more: there’s still a Greek God Of War thing coming out this year, but it’s not a remaster collection. It’s a new side story project.’

He added: ‘I was never told about a remaster collection, but I asked a source about the rumours (that I saw were focused on a collection) and they told me that nothing God Of War would happen at the State Of Play but something could show up at the anniversary.’

OK. Everyone keeps asking about this, so I've tried to find out more: There's still a Greek God of War thing coming out this year, but it's not a remaster collection. It's a new side-story project.

In the replies to the post, Grubb clarifed this project is a ‘video game’ which is ‘separate’ to God Of War Ragnarök, so it won’t be additional DLC. He doesn’t have any information on when it could be announced, but if it is out this year, the next likely possibility is a future State Of Play or during Summer Game Fest in June.

The side story description makes it sound like a standalone spin-off similar to Spider-Man: Miles Morales or Uncharted: The Lost Legacy.

The previous rumour around a return to Ancient Greece – the period of the original God Of War trilogy – suggested it would revolve around a ‘younger Kratos’ in a storyline about ‘the relationship with his father’, aka Zeus.

While this new rumour doesn’t make any mention of it being a prequel or involving Kratos at all, it is perhaps the logical assumption, if true.

Kratos’ history has been pretty well covered in various prequels already though, between God Of War: Ascension and 2008 PSP game God Of War: Chains Of Olympus, so it’s difficult to imagine what new ground they could cover.

The jump back to Ancient Greece does make some sort of sense after God Of War Ragnarök’s Valhalla DLC though, which featured multiple callbacks to the Greek trilogy.

Also, a new God Of War project would fill a significant gap in Sony’s 2025 release slate, with only Death Stranding 2: On The Beach and Ghost Of Yōtei confirmed for this year.

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