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[Draugoth]

UPDATE: Jason Scheier and other insider sources say the game was delayed internally, but still aimed for 2022.

Gamereactor reports that they confirmed it by multiple european outlets:

Although it seemed closer than imaginable based on its registration with rating agencies and other databases (as close as September), God of War: Ragnarök will finally hit physical and digital shelves on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in 2023. The delay, which has yet to be made official by Sony, has been confirmed by various European sources to Gamereactor.

https://www.gamereactor.es/sony-va-a-anunciar-el-retraso-de-god-of-war-ragnarok-a-2023-856573/

PSA: Still take this as a rumor or until bigger news sources report it too.

 

[Kiraly]

That's going to be a lot of crow

 

[Punished Miku]

Running scared from Splatoon 3.

 

[SJRB]

 

[amigastar]

I somehow expected it tbh.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Shocking.

 

[Tetraeon]

Not entirely surprising, everyone wants to dodge the inevitable Elden Ring GOTY but still a bummer, was hoping for this year. We'll see if the rumor sticks.

 

[Kacho]

 

[Salty Popsicle]

The avatar bet thread right now...

 

[Punished Miku]

If we're being fair, we should probably have 6 weeks of threads about how Sony project management is incompetent, just like that Starfield delay lol. And this game has ALREADY been delayed if I remember correctly. I've lost count.

 

[nominedomine]

What a joke, what was the point of denying it for so long then?

 

[Bladed Thesis]

This is going to be interesting.

 

[Borowski_1]

Devs shouldn't have been running around screaming "GoW in 2022, let's fucking go"

It's a bad look for them, imo

2022 just sucks

 

[Swift_Star]

Fine by me. Gotta dig through that backlog anyway.

What a joke, what was the point of denying it for so long then?

they never announced a release date and this is not official. I’d wait for the official release date before outraging and even then… who cares?

 

[nominedomine]

Fine by me. Gotta dig through that backlog anyway.

they never announced a release date and this is not official. I’d wait for the official release date before outraging and even then… who cares?

They did, 2022. Then they said on multiple occasions that the game was still coming out in 2022 despite it not looking like it would due to the complete lack of info.

edit: Correction, they announced it as a 2021 game.

 

[hemo memo]

 

[SLB1904]

Fuck that

 

[TheCrowsReaper]

If true, a lot of us tried to tell you. Sony isn’t too keen on huge Fall releases; this title always made sense for sometime before the mid-way point next year, IMO.

 

[Swift_Star]

They did, 2022. Then they said on multiple occasions that the game was still coming out in 2022 despite it not looking like it would due to the complete lack of info.

Officially? Nah. Either way, I don’t care. I’m not going to waste my time being mad at this.

 

[chromhound]

 

[Luipadre]

2023 is going to be an amazing year right? ... right?

just like 2022 supposed to be lmao

 

[Interfectum]

 

[nominedomine]

Officially? Nah. Either way, I don’t care. I’m not going to waste my time being mad at this.

Read my answer again, they announced it as a 2021 game, absolutely ridiculous.

 

[ABrokenToy]

Great! Take the time you need. Maybe it will be PS5 only, then. I'm sure they took some heat from the "DLC" comments and want to make unbelievable looking now.

 

[STARSBarry]

I made this image which I think some people might find useful.

 

[Gudji]

Gamereactor spain doesn't know jack shit.

 

[Punished Miku]

God of War Ragnarok part 1 22/2/9

 

[DenchDeckard]

It was supposed to be out holiday 2021 according to Sony wasn't it?

The incompetence in Jim Ryan's handling of Sony studios can not be ignored!

/joke

 

[reksveks]

Think its a crossed wires and its Q4 2022.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

It was obvious but everyone was in denial

 

[Matt_Fox]

I'm a bit surprised because it looked like an old school sequel - and by that I mean lots of reused assets. That's the way things always used to be.

Triple AAA game development timescales really have changed a lot in the last ten years.

 

[kyliethicc]

 

[IAmAnAgnostic]

Well well well.

Well well well well well well well...

Guess which way I voted in the poll?

 

[Danjin44]

I guess it time to serve some crows, my barbecue is hot and ready!

 

[nominedomine]

 

[Papacheeks]

We will know this week or next week if this leak is true.

I was expecting a delay to be honest. And with Naughty Dog now being moved up to this fall for a release it makes sense. I was still holding out for DECEMBER.

 

[Bladed Thesis]

I'm a bit surprised because it looked like an old school sequel - and by that I mean lots of reused assets. That's the way things always used to be.

Triple AAA game development timescales really have changed a lot in the last ten years.

From the gameplay that was shown, it does seem to have a lot of reused assets but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

I wonder what the delay means in terms of development. Probably just perfection, knowing the developer and the quality of God of War.

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

Waiting for the big wall of apology text on twitter. But cyberpunk really changed the game.

 

[Borowski_1]

 

[Fess]

If we're being fair, we should probably have 6 weeks of threads about how Sony project management is incompetent, just like that Starfield delay lol. And this game has ALREADY been delayed if I remember correctly. I've lost count.

I get the reference but that’s not fair at all, MS hasn’t released a single game this year and we still don’t know if they’ll do that, Sony on the other hand has released Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, UC Legacy of Thieves and might release TLOU remake too in 2022 if rumours are to be believed,

 

[Punished Miku]

I get the reference but that’s not fair at all, MS hasn’t released a single game this year and we still don’t know if they’ll do that, Sony on the other hand has released Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, UC Legacy of Thieves and might release TLOU remake too in 2022 if rumours are to be believed,

5 weeks of threads, and that's my final offer.

 

[NeonGhost]

I get the reference but that’s not fair at all, MS hasn’t released a single game this year and we still don’t know if they’ll do that, Sony on the other hand has released Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, UC Legacy of Thieves and might release TLOU remake too in 2022 if rumours are to be believed,

And god of war

 

[Bladed Thesis]

We will know this week or next week if this leak is true.

I was expecting a delay to be honest. And with Naughty Dog now being moved up to this fall for a release it makes sense. I was still holding out for DECEMBER.

 

[00Magnum Gaming]

People expected GOW to release this year? Alot of new gamers huh.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Not official yet. But unless Game Reactor Spain and other Euro game sites are lying, looks like GOW delayed.

The most obvious delay out of all big name games. Even bolder was the claim it was a 2021 game from the first logo snippet shown in the PS5 2020 show.

God of War Ragnarök - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Originally slated for a 2021 release, the game was delayed in part due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on development, and also because of Kratos actor Christopher Judge's health problems in August 2019.

By February 2021, neither Sony nor the game's developer, Santa Monica Studio, had given any updates regarding the game's release, prompting Cory Barlog to tweet that the game would be out "when it's done".[17] In June 2021, head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, stated that Sony had decided to delay the game until 2022 "to ensure that Santa Monica Studio can deliver the amazing God of War game that we all want to play"

 

[Skifi28]

This is great news for both my wallet and my free time this year.

Come at me.

 

[Nautilus]

It seems Sony got scared of Xenoblade 3.

Well I don't mind.This year is already stacked to hell for me.

 

[ElCasual]

Not entirely surprising, everyone wants to dodge the inevitable Elden Ring GOTY but still a bummer, was hoping for this year. We'll see if the rumor sticks.

Elden Ring deserves the GOTY fot the most bored and the same enemys of the year.

 

[realcool]

I made this image which I think some people might find useful.

 

[Draugoth]

This is great news for both my wallet and my free time this year.

Come at me.

Great news for Elden Ring at the Game Awards too