{"id":1972123,"date":"2026-06-04T14:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1972123"},"modified":"2026-06-04T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:32:40","slug":"kratos-will-return-in-future-games-god-of-war-developer-assures-fans-following-the-laufey-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1972123","title":{"rendered":"Kratos will return in future games, God of War developer assures fans following the Laufey reveal"},"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\">Kratos will return in future games, God of War developer assures fans following the Laufey reveal<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;We can&#8217;t not tell stories about the big guy.&#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\/god-of-war-laufey-reveal-screen-3.jpeg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"god-of-war-laufey-reveal-screen-3.jpeg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sony Santa Monica, PlayStation.<\/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=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\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\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-04T14:32:40+00:00\">June 4, 2026<\/time>              <\/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>Following the reveal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war-laufey\">God of War Laufey<\/a>, series developer Sony Santa Monica has had to clarify, on multiple occasions, that longtime protagonist Kratos remains the eponymous God of War, and more games starring Kratos are in indeed the works.<\/p>\n<p>The initial clarification actually arrived preemptively. The studio, seemingly aware that some people will be surprised that the next mainline God of War game won&#8217;t star Kratos in his usual prominent role, addressed the issue in an internally-produced interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jm43XdyL9gc\">The interview<\/a>, which went live shortly after Laufey&#8217;s reveal, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war\">God of War 2018<\/a> (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-war-2\">God of War 2<\/a>) director Cory Barlog chatting with the upcoming game&#8217;s director, Ariel Lawrence, about a number of topics.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"God of War Laufey - Introducing Faye | PS5 Games\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/szwYBVY7FsU?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\/szwYBVY7FsU\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">God of War Laufey &#8211; Introducing Faye | PS5 Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=szwYBVY7FsU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Barlog, who now heads up creative at the studio, brings up the issue of a new protagonist fairly early on. &#8220;Faye, while it&#8217;s a different thing, it&#8217;s still part of the larger tapestry of what we truly want to explore &#8211; all of these different characters in there,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;But there&#8217;s always going to be Kratos games throughout the whole history. We&#8217;re super excited about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence agreed:  &#8220;Oh for sure, we can&#8217;t not tell stories about the big guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This intention to make more games about Kratos was later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonySantaMonica\/status\/2062209539806802341\">reiterated by Sony Santa Monica&#8217;s X account<\/a> following the God of War Laufey reveal and reaction.  &#8220;Kratos is the God of War,&#8221; Sony Santa Monica wrote, &#8220;we have many more stories to tell with him. For now, we&#8217;re excited to take fans on a journey into the afterlife of the gods with Faye and hope you\u2019ll come along for the ride!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1590\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/sony-santa-monica-laufey-twitter-beef-dominos-pizza-screen-1.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.9006289308176101\" width=\"1432\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"sony-santa-monica-laufey-twitter-beef-dominos-pizza-screen-1.png\" height=\"1590\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.9006289308176101\" width=\"1432\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>VG247<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The debut trailer for God of War Laufey revealed the eponymous Jotnar as its main protagonist. Laufey, also often referred to as Faye, is Kratos&#8217; wife in the 2018 reboot and its sequel.<\/p>\n<p>While Faye has appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war-ragnarok\">Ragnarok<\/a>, she was mostly confined to flashbacks. Indeed, Kratos himself does make an appearance in the new game&#8217;s reveal trailer, seemingly only as an illusion that helps Faye.<\/p>\n<p>Though Laufey&#8217;s combat might look faster, more fluid and action-focused than its prequels, it does retain much of what players loved about the weight and impact of animations in those games. If anything, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-laufey-combat-classic-modern-meld\">Santa Monica intentionally wanted the game&#8217;s combat to be reminiscent of the classic saga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tv7m5p\/the_cube\/\">Thoughts are mixed on the gelatinous cube<\/a> companion, though, if a little more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tvpjwo\/everywhen\/\">open minded about the unusual setting for the game<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tv8835\/if_the_everywhen_is_supposed_to_be_the_afterlife\/\">its lore implications for the wider universe<\/a>. There are also plenty of comments from fans genuinely surprised to see a God of War game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tvlzom\/comment\/opi5cwa\/\">not be led by Kratos<\/a>.<del> <\/del><\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve seen when Ciri was revealed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a>&#8216;s protagonist, there&#8217;s always going to be pushback when a beloved lead of a major franchise is replaced. In time, the dust will settle, and everyone will get used to Faye leading the new game. We&#8217;ll be waiting a while, though, as God of War Laufey does not yet have a release date<\/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>Following the reveal of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war-laufey\">God of War Laufey<\/a>, series developer Sony Santa Monica has had to clarify, on multiple occasions, that longtime protagonist Kratos remains the eponymous God of War, and more games starring Kratos are in indeed the works.<\/p>\n<p>The initial clarification actually arrived preemptively. The studio, seemingly aware that some people will be surprised that the next mainline God of War game won&#8217;t star Kratos in his usual prominent role, addressed the issue in an internally-produced interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jm43XdyL9gc\">The interview<\/a>, which went live shortly after Laufey&#8217;s reveal, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war\">God of War 2018<\/a> (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-war-2\">God of War 2<\/a>) director Cory Barlog chatting with the upcoming game&#8217;s director, Ariel Lawrence, about a number of topics.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"God of War Laufey - Introducing Faye | PS5 Games\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/szwYBVY7FsU?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\/szwYBVY7FsU\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">God of War Laufey &#8211; Introducing Faye | PS5 Games<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=szwYBVY7FsU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Barlog, who now heads up creative at the studio, brings up the issue of a new protagonist fairly early on. &#8220;Faye, while it&#8217;s a different thing, it&#8217;s still part of the larger tapestry of what we truly want to explore &#8211; all of these different characters in there,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;But there&#8217;s always going to be Kratos games throughout the whole history. We&#8217;re super excited about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence agreed:  &#8220;Oh for sure, we can&#8217;t not tell stories about the big guy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This intention to make more games about Kratos was later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonySantaMonica\/status\/2062209539806802341\">reiterated by Sony Santa Monica&#8217;s X account<\/a> following the God of War Laufey reveal and reaction.  &#8220;Kratos is the God of War,&#8221; Sony Santa Monica wrote, &#8220;we have many more stories to tell with him. For now, we&#8217;re excited to take fans on a journey into the afterlife of the gods with Faye and hope you\u2019ll come along for the ride!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"1590\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/sony-santa-monica-laufey-twitter-beef-dominos-pizza-screen-1.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.9006289308176101\" width=\"1432\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"sony-santa-monica-laufey-twitter-beef-dominos-pizza-screen-1.png\" height=\"1590\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.9006289308176101\" width=\"1432\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>VG247<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The debut trailer for God of War Laufey revealed the eponymous Jotnar as its main protagonist. Laufey, also often referred to as Faye, is Kratos&#8217; wife in the 2018 reboot and its sequel.<\/p>\n<p>While Faye has appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/god-of-war-ragnarok\">Ragnarok<\/a>, she was mostly confined to flashbacks. Indeed, Kratos himself does make an appearance in the new game&#8217;s reveal trailer, seemingly only as an illusion that helps Faye.<\/p>\n<p>Though Laufey&#8217;s combat might look faster, more fluid and action-focused than its prequels, it does retain much of what players loved about the weight and impact of animations in those games. If anything, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/god-of-war-laufey-combat-classic-modern-meld\">Santa Monica intentionally wanted the game&#8217;s combat to be reminiscent of the classic saga<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tv7m5p\/the_cube\/\">Thoughts are mixed on the gelatinous cube<\/a> companion, though, if a little more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tvpjwo\/everywhen\/\">open minded about the unusual setting for the game<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tv8835\/if_the_everywhen_is_supposed_to_be_the_afterlife\/\">its lore implications for the wider universe<\/a>. There are also plenty of comments from fans genuinely surprised to see a God of War game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GodofWar\/comments\/1tvlzom\/comment\/opi5cwa\/\">not be led by Kratos<\/a>.<del> <\/del><\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve seen when Ciri was revealed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a>&#8216;s protagonist, there&#8217;s always going to be pushback when a beloved lead of a major franchise is replaced. In time, the dust will settle, and everyone will get used to Faye leading the new game. We&#8217;ll be waiting a while, though, as God of War Laufey does not yet have a release date<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News God of War Laufey Kratos will return in future games, God of War developer assures fans following the Laufey reveal &#8220;We can&#8217;t not tell stories about the big guy.&#8221; Image credit: Sony Santa Monica, PlayStation. 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