Again, neither Sony nor Santa Monica has publicly said anything about Ragnarok. In fact, the last time we officially heard about the game was a May blog post outlining new accessibility features that should finally do away with a gamer’s greatest threat: tiny text. However, according to a Bloomberg report, it appears the studio may be preparing for a November launch.

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All that said, game producer Cory Barlog had to step in to shut the recent unruly rumors down. In a June 29 tweet, Barlog said he’d spill all the tea if he could, but decisions like that aren’t up to him. Instead, he implored, folks should just “please be patient” when asking for Ragnarök updates, promising that “things will be shared at the earliest possible moment they can be.”

When reached for comment, The Snitch told Kotaku over Twitter DMs that whatever announcement Sony and Santa Monica Studio had planned for June 30 was pushed back. They refused to provide deets on how they came about their info other than alluding to it being the same as Bloomberg‘s. Either way, The Snitch said the delay left them “more worried” about Ragnarök.

“There was going to be a reveal,” The Snitch claims. “But Sony delayed it. It was not a State of Play or a new gameplay trailer. That’s all I can say. It’s a shame. I’m more worried about the game. To me it means it’s not polished enough.”

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The Snitch, who somehow predicted the Crisis Core remake with a similarly vague tweet, doesn’t care much for their credibility as an “industry insider.” They only “open Twitter from time to time” anyway and think “the videogames console community is super toxic.” Still, The Snitch believes folks enjoy their tweets because it makes events, like the Summer Game Fest, “more exciting.”

“I think people like my cryptic tweets, and I’m avoiding legal issues because it is just a GIF and random numbers,” The Snitch said. “And this is why my tweets are open to speculations. We all know how this industry is, and plans are changing from one day to another.”

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Kotaku has reached out to Mr. Clutch, Serrano, and Sony for comment.

Updated: 06/30/22, 10.05 a.m. ET: This post has been updated to clarify the substance of comments made by The Snitch.

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