Whereas there have been rumours going round of a smaller-scale new God of Struggle recreation being developed that might discover extra of protagonist Kratos’ backstory, a brand new report signifies {that a} new mainline recreation will function the character utilizing a brand new sort of weapon completely. In keeping with Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson, the following mainline entry within the God of Struggle franchise can have Kratos wielding an historical Egypt-styled curved sword, like a scimitar.
“There’s a the metroidvania recreation in growth, after which there’s additionally a brand new mainline God of Struggle recreation in growth,” famous Henderson in a latest episode of the Insider Gaming podcast. “Which has sort of related themes I believe like God of Struggle, however Kratos this time has an Egyptian sword, you already know, like a curved Egyptian sword. Like what Prince of Persia has bought.”
He additionally famous that the rumoured State of Play occasion by Sony will even be the occasion the place the smaller-scaled metroidvania God of Struggle recreation can be unveiled. Together with this, he additionally speculated that Marathon would possibly get a brand new trailer on the occasion.
Stories of the smaller God of Struggle recreation first began coming round again in March, with rumours on the time indicating that it was slated for launch a while this 12 months. In keeping with Big Bomb’s Jeff Grubb, the title will take the story again to Greece, like the unique God of Struggle video games, however with an all new side-story.
Rumours since then have famous that this title, anticipated to be a 2.5D metroidvania-styled motion journey recreation, has had its launch window pushed again from 2025 to subsequent 12 months. The title is anticipated to deal with a youthful model of Kratos, and can discover the connection he had together with his father. “Apparently the storyline has extra to do together with his relationship together with his father and all that sort of stuff,” stated Henderson again in February.
As for developer Sony Santa Monica, it’s reportedly engaged on its “subsequent large factor”, which is slated to be a reinvention of an older IP. A report from again in July signifies that the size of this reinvention can be just like the adjustments we noticed in 2018’s God of Struggle when in comparison with the basic PS2 and PS3-era video games.
“I’ll put it this fashion: it’s not a brand new IP nevertheless it would possibly really feel like one,” wrote Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier in a dialogue in regards to the studio’s new undertaking. “Possibly that’s why individuals are confused. Please don’t ask me extra questions on this – if I wind up reporting extra data at any level sooner or later, it’ll be in an article, not on a discussion board.”
The undertaking, in line with Schreier, can also be being headed up by Cory Barlog, and growth on it has reportedly been going fairly properly as of some months in the past.
It’s price noting that neither Sony nor Santa Monica have formally introduced both of the rumoured God of Struggle tasks, and the studio is but to formally verify what its subsequent undertaking goes to be.
