{"id":1969074,"date":"2026-06-02T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1969074"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:31:09","slug":"the-leaks-were-real-god-of-war-laufey-is-all-about-faye-and-its-coming-to-playstation-5-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1969074","title":{"rendered":"The leaks were real: God of War Laufey is all about Faye, and it&#8217;s coming to PlayStation 5 &#8216;soon&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war-laufey\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      God of War Laufey<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The leaks were real:  God of War Laufey is all about Faye, and it&#8217;s coming to PlayStation 5 &#8216;soon&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;Death was supposed to be the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/artwork-for-god-of-war-laufey_zWHmW64.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"artwork for god of war laufey\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"artwork-for-god-of-war-laufey_zWHmW64.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-02T22:31:09+00:00\">June 2, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-new-series-entry-kratos-faye-playstation?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          31 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"b36c55a8-5753-4700-a490-cbeab36ac7e6\" data-name=\"God of War Laufey\" data-follow-text=\"Follow God of War Laufey\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following God of War Laufey\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow God of War Laufey\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following God of War Laufey\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow God of War Laufey\" title=\"Follow God of War Laufey\"><br \/>\n  Follow God of War Laufey<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Sony Santa Monica has announced its next God of War game. It&#8217;s known as God of War Laufey, and was revealed as part of this evening&#8217;s PlayStation State of Play. <\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, the upcoming release will mark a significant change for the studio, and place players in the shoes of Kratos&#8217; wife Faye &#8211; played by Deborah Ann Woll &#8211; as the main character (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/next-god-of-war-game-stars-faye-rather-than-kratos\">something which was rumoured ahead of this evening&#8217;s announcement<\/a>). Sony Santa Monica&#8217;s two previous God of War entries focused on Kratos&#8217; Norse escapades with his and Faye&#8217;s son, Atreus. This time, we will all be travelling to the afterlife of the gods &#8211; Everywhen &#8211; with Faye. Everywhen is where ruthless gods from across mythology vie for power in &#8220;a land overflowing with dangerous magic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"God of War Laufey - Official Gameplay Reveal | PS5 Games\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HLMX2w3cwuE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HLMX2w3cwuE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">God of War Laufey &#8211; Official Gameplay Reveal | PS5 Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the new trailer for God of War Laufey. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HLMX2w3cwuE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The studio shared the news with a 20 minute gameplay trailer, which began with Kratos and Atreus preparing to say farewell to Faye. We then meet a dead Faye in the afterlife, and that&#8217;s where things really kick off. Here, she meets some rather nasty deities, as well as a talking sword (well, it is the enchanted ribbons on the sword that are talking, and they are voiced by Perlina Lau) and a gelatinous cube (voiced by Jack Quaid) which come to her aid (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-mythologies-rumour\">this also leaked ahead of the game&#8217;s reveal<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Death was supposed to be the end, but for Laufey (Faye), warrior and wife to Kratos, a new adventure is just beginning,&#8221; reads the official blurb. &#8220;Awakening unexpectedly in a strange land after her funeral, Faye discovers the plans she put in place to protect Kratos and Atreus are now at risk. To save the ones she loves, Faye must fight through the afterlife of the gods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming game promises &#8220;intimate, brutal combat&#8221; in a &#8220;rich, beautiful world&#8221;, with the story at its heart. Faye will fight with both a sword and magic in God of War Laufey. &#8220;In the Everywhen, Faye can strike her golden palm at a foe with such force it detaches their soul from their body,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/06\/02\/first-look-at-god-of-war-laufey\/\">Sony explained in a new blog post about the upcoming game<\/a>. &#8220;From there, Faye can attack the soul directly, knock it into other enemies, and more \u2014 opening up combos and creative uses that we hope players will have a lot of fun mastering.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>As for when we can expect to get our hands on God of War Laufey , it is currently in development for PlayStation 5, but lacks a release date.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/11e4fd90abbd12235bf8c02eb2e0df777aab1d80.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"2560\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"11e4fd90abbd12235bf8c02eb2e0df777aab1d80.jpg\" height=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"2560\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in God of War news, Amazon has been steadily rounding out the cast for its upcoming live-action adaptation. The most recent new member is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-finds-its-queen-of-the-valkyries-freya-in-lost-and-for-all-mankind-actress\">Lost and For All Mankind alum Sonya Walger, who will play Queen of the Valkyries, Freya<\/a>. Behind the camera, meanwhile, Amazon&#8217;s God of War adaptation includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-tv-series-lands-new-showrunner-in-former-battlestar-galactica-executive-producer\">former Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore<\/a>, who will serve as showrunner on the upcoming series, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/emmy-winning-shogun-director-joins-amazons-live-action-god-of-war-series\">Emmy winning Sh\u014dgun director Frederick E.O. Toye<\/a>. We recently got our first look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-has-found-its-kratos-and-its-ragnaroks-thor\">Ryan Hurst as Kratos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-atreus-actor\">Callum Vinson as Atreus<\/a> in Amazon&#8217;s live-action TV series, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazon-shares-look-at-ryan-hurst-as-kratos-in-god-of-war-tv-series\">an image reminiscent of the opening to 2018&#8217;s God of War video game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Sony Santa Monica has announced its next God of War game. It&#8217;s known as God of War Laufey, and was revealed as part of this evening&#8217;s PlayStation State of Play. <\/p>\n<p>As the name suggests, the upcoming release will mark a significant change for the studio, and place players in the shoes of Kratos&#8217; wife Faye &#8211; played by Deborah Ann Woll &#8211; as the main character (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/next-god-of-war-game-stars-faye-rather-than-kratos\">something which was rumoured ahead of this evening&#8217;s announcement<\/a>). Sony Santa Monica&#8217;s two previous God of War entries focused on Kratos&#8217; Norse escapades with his and Faye&#8217;s son, Atreus. This time, we will all be travelling to the afterlife of the gods &#8211; Everywhen &#8211; with Faye. Everywhen is where ruthless gods from across mythology vie for power in &#8220;a land overflowing with dangerous magic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"God of War Laufey - Official Gameplay Reveal | PS5 Games\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HLMX2w3cwuE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HLMX2w3cwuE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">God of War Laufey &#8211; Official Gameplay Reveal | PS5 Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the new trailer for God of War Laufey. <a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HLMX2w3cwuE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The studio shared the news with a 20 minute gameplay trailer, which began with Kratos and Atreus preparing to say farewell to Faye. We then meet a dead Faye in the afterlife, and that&#8217;s where things really kick off. Here, she meets some rather nasty deities, as well as a talking sword (well, it is the enchanted ribbons on the sword that are talking, and they are voiced by Perlina Lau) and a gelatinous cube (voiced by Jack Quaid) which come to her aid (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-mythologies-rumour\">this also leaked ahead of the game&#8217;s reveal<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Death was supposed to be the end, but for Laufey (Faye), warrior and wife to Kratos, a new adventure is just beginning,&#8221; reads the official blurb. &#8220;Awakening unexpectedly in a strange land after her funeral, Faye discovers the plans she put in place to protect Kratos and Atreus are now at risk. To save the ones she loves, Faye must fight through the afterlife of the gods.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming game promises &#8220;intimate, brutal combat&#8221; in a &#8220;rich, beautiful world&#8221;, with the story at its heart. Faye will fight with both a sword and magic in God of War Laufey. &#8220;In the Everywhen, Faye can strike her golden palm at a foe with such force it detaches their soul from their body,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/06\/02\/first-look-at-god-of-war-laufey\/\">Sony explained in a new blog post about the upcoming game<\/a>. &#8220;From there, Faye can attack the soul directly, knock it into other enemies, and more \u2014 opening up combos and creative uses that we hope players will have a lot of fun mastering.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>As for when we can expect to get our hands on God of War Laufey , it is currently in development for PlayStation 5, but lacks a release date.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/11e4fd90abbd12235bf8c02eb2e0df777aab1d80.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"2560\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"11e4fd90abbd12235bf8c02eb2e0df777aab1d80.jpg\" height=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"2560\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Elsewhere in God of War news, Amazon has been steadily rounding out the cast for its upcoming live-action adaptation. The most recent new member is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-finds-its-queen-of-the-valkyries-freya-in-lost-and-for-all-mankind-actress\">Lost and For All Mankind alum Sonya Walger, who will play Queen of the Valkyries, Freya<\/a>. Behind the camera, meanwhile, Amazon&#8217;s God of War adaptation includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-tv-series-lands-new-showrunner-in-former-battlestar-galactica-executive-producer\">former Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ronald D. Moore<\/a>, who will serve as showrunner on the upcoming series, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/emmy-winning-shogun-director-joins-amazons-live-action-god-of-war-series\">Emmy winning Sh\u014dgun director Frederick E.O. Toye<\/a>. We recently got our first look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-has-found-its-kratos-and-its-ragnaroks-thor\">Ryan Hurst as Kratos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-god-of-war-series-atreus-actor\">Callum Vinson as Atreus<\/a> in Amazon&#8217;s live-action TV series, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazon-shares-look-at-ryan-hurst-as-kratos-in-god-of-war-tv-series\">an image reminiscent of the opening to 2018&#8217;s God of War video game<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News God of War Laufey The leaks were real: God of War Laufey is all about Faye, and it&#8217;s coming to PlayStation 5 &#8216;soon&#8217; &#8220;Death was supposed to be the end.&#8221; Image credit: Sony News by Victoria Phillips Kennedy News Reporter Published on June 2, 2026 31 comments Follow God of War Laufey Sony [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-1969074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1969074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1969074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1969074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1969074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}