Sony’s Santa Monica studio has previously stated that God of War don’t leave Kratos behind forever now that Faye, Kratos’ late wifegets its own game God of War Laufey. Well, if that wasn’t clear enough for you, the studio has confirmed the upcoming God of War The game is currently in development at the studio, and the bald, grumpy god of war himself will once again be the main playable character.
At San Diego Comic Con God of War Laufey panel, Santa Monica Studio creative director Cory Barlog confirmed that Kratos is the star of the upcoming God of War game, but if you were I’m thinking of taking the plunge Laufey for some reasonthe game will apparently tie directly into the events of Faye’s game.
Cory Barlog told #SDCC that the next God of War game led by Kratos comes after Laufey and is directly related to his story pic.twitter.com/gNevMfZP5A
-IGN (@IGN) July 25, 2026
Obviously, this isn’t a huge surprise given that Santa Monica Studio has already confirmed that Kratos will return in Avengers: Apocalypsebut maybe it will calm some people angry that a God of War game in which Kratos is not the main character of one (1) game. Whatever game the studio is working on next will likely have to wait several more years, as Laufey doesn’t even have a release date yet. There is also this God of War the trilogy remake apparently takes place somewhere in between all of that.
Kratos may not be playable in Laufeybut he already made brief appearances in the gameplay trailer we saw earlier this year. What role does he the game remains to be seenbut given that Faye’s goal in his game is to help him and Atreus’ journey from the afterlife and that there appear to be a few direct connections between this game and the 2018 reboot, he will likely appear at least a few more times.
