According to reports, Sony Santa Monica's post-God of War title will not be a sci-fi game like Naughty Dog's Intergalactic.
The project is reportedly Sony Santa Monica's "next big thing," though whether it's connected to the rumored side-scroller is unknown.
The next title in the acclaimed franchise is reportedly a 2.5D side-scrolling Metroidvania spin-off set in Greece with a younger Kratos.
The game will be set in the Greece era once again, prior rumours have claimed. It is allegedly due out later this year.
Casting also seems to be underway for the action-adventure title, per a new report by prominent leaker Daniel Richtman.
Raf Grassetti, who worked on God of War (2018) and its 2022 follow-up, left SIE Santa Monica Studio in May last year.
SIE Santa Monica Studio's action-adventure title will be one of several first-party games to receive PS5 Pro enhancements upon the console's release, it's been confirmed.
The critically acclaimed sequel's debut falls short of God of War (2018)'s peak concurrent Steam player count from January 2022.
Players will finally be able to tone down the frequency of companion tips for puzzles, while an audio descriptions option in also being added in.
Sony has also confirmed that the action-adventure title's upcoming PC port will support DLSS 3.7, FSR 3.1, and XeSS 1.3.
The God of War studio's next game might be an entirely new IP, as per the LinkedIn page of a character supervisor working with the studio.
Similar to the recently-released PC port of Ghost of Tsushima, God of War Ragnarok and Until Dawn will also make PSN account linking mandatory on the platform.
The acclaimed action-adventure game's PC port will feature support for super ultrawide resolutions, uncapped frame rates, and more.
The open world samurai epic hits a peak of 77,154 concurrent players on Steam, the highest any single-player Sony game has seen on the platform to date.
Sony Santa Monica's Cory Barlog also commented that the people he works with at the studio are "just beyond brilliant."
Amazon Prime Video is working on the God of War series, while the Horizon show is in the works at Netflix.
God of War Ragnarok's free roguelite DLC is much better and more unmissable than you think.
"You really think the credits are the end of the story?" senior writer Orion Walker teases in the wake of Valhalla's launch.
Patch 5.01 is also available and makes a few fixes to the base game, like the Flawless Berserker waist armor not having a glow effect.
Trophy hunters will find new ones to unlock in the upcoming free DLC, but they won't affect the base game's Platinum Trophy.
