God of War

How To Get The Final Ending In God of War

It’s not 100% clear how to get to the final credits in the excellent new PS4 game God of War, and you may think that you’ll have to finish all of the side missions first, but that is in fact not the case. Here’s a spoiler-free explanation. Once you’ve completed the game’s story, you’ll be…

Tips For Playing God Of War

There’s a new God of War game out, andas you may have heard, it owns. It’s also a pretty involved game with lots of stats, upgrades, and optional stuff that’s easy to miss. I’m here to help. I spent around 60 hours on my first playthrough of God of War, which included the story missions…

God of War Director’s Review Reaction Is A Reminder That Games Are Made By Humans

God of War releases today on the PS4, meaning that reviews for the high-profile exclusive are now on the internet. You might read one of these assessments. The developers of the game also read these reviews, and after years of hard work and toil, it’s an emotional experience. God of War director Cory Barlog uploaded…

Hooray For Games That Let You Make The Text Bigger

The most exciting update to a video game on my PS4 this week is Monster Hunter: World’s new option to increase the size of the text on the game’s busy interface. I sure could use this option in a certain other major game that is launching on PS4 today. As game developer Joe Humfrey recently…

God Of War: The Kotaku Review

There’s a telling scene very early on in the new God of War, in the denouement of an exhausting battle sequence that ends with Kratos and his young son Atreus taking down a massive troll. Dad’s done most of the work, with the arrows fired from Atreus’s bow only contributing a bit of damage to…

God Of War’s Lack Of Camera Cuts Works Really Well

So there’s this video game called God of War. Maybe you’ve heard that it’s really good? Well, it is. On this week’s Kotaku Splitscreen, Jason Schreier and I had an enthusiastic, spoiler-free discussion covering some of the reasons we’re so impressed by Sony Santa Monica’s upcoming PS4 epic. Listen here: You can also download an…

The God Of War We’ve Already Been Playing In Our Heads

I do not have a copy of the new God of War yet, but I’m already playing it in my head. You may be doing that, too. I think, from time to time, about an idea that Sims lead creator Will Wright shared during a talk I attended in 2010. He described a person visiting…

We Played An Hour Of The New God Of War And Really Liked It

On a snowy day last week, in a fancy hotel suite in Manhattan I controlled Kratos in his newest PlayStation adventure. The new God of War is out in a month, yet the public has seen very little of it. The game is a drastic stylistic departure from the previous games in the series, so…

Will God of War have any microtransactions? “No,” said Corey Barlog, the game’s director, in an email to Kotaku. “Not even a little.” The question came up today when a blurry picture leaked from a preview event. Barlog tweeted something similar when a fan later asked if the game would have paid outfits.

The new God of War game comes out on April 20, Sony said today. New trailer above. Insert all 4/20 jokes below.

Look At This PS4 Controller

Reader Devin Smith, no stranger to amazing custom controller designs, returns with this God of War piece that has everything you’d expect, down to the paint and leather. Notice how the runes on the back light up to take the place of the DualShock 4’s regular illumination, which is nice. As is that leather flap,…

E3 2017’s Best Dressed Video Game Characters

We’ve seen all the E3 trailers, announcement and gameplay demos, but one question remains: which game characters were the best dressed? Here’ a few of my favorite looks from the games we saw. A Way Out 70s looks are coming back in a big way, and the two main characters from A Way Out embrace…

God Of War Director, On Kratos’ Beard: ‘It Smells Of Pine And Dead Trolls’

The newest God of War hopes to give Kratos some much-needed depth by focusing on character dynamics and new mechanics. Also new: Kratos’ massive, manly beard. I sat down with game director Cory Barlog to ask some hard-hitting questions about Kratos’ new look. Heather Alexandra, Kotaku: Let’s talk initial design : what made you decide to…

The New God of War Might Finally Make Kratos Interesting

Sony may have shown more of the new God Of War at their press conference Monday, but there’s still a lot they haven’t explained about the game. A few things are clear: Kratos is a dad, and the focus had shifted from Greek mythology to Norse myth. I sat down with the game’s director Cory…

God Of War Looks Great, Goes Full Dad

Kratos is back (again), and yes, he’s still half-god, half-beard, all-dad. In a new trailer that debuted during Sony’s E3 conference, Kratos had a brief quiet moment with his son (“You say I’m cursed,” said his son. “You think I’m weak because I’m not like you”) before bisecting half the population of the Norse myth…

God Of War 3 Art Director Surprise-Releases Indie Narrative Game

The Fidelio Incidentis a narrative game, out now on PC, designed by former God of War 3 art director Ken Feldman and the team at Act3 Games. With a gorgeous game world and genuine sense of mystery, it manages to tell a compelling story, but it works a bit too hard to impress. The Fidelio…

He Is Kratos, The Cosplay God Of War

This is Troy Schram, dressed as Kratos as he appears in the upcoming PS4 edition of the series. And yes, the beard is real. Almost everything you’re seeing here was made by hand, including the weaved leather shoulder pads, which Troy tells me was “a massive, time-consuming pain in the ass.” All photos by Damon…

The Reasons Behind God of War‘s Bold New Direction

Sony Santa Monica has big plans to shake up God of War. “We looked at every aspect of this game differently,” creative director Cory Barlog told me at E3, “all centered around the concept of ‘Why? Why am I doing this? Why am I here? Why am I making these decisions?’” Barlog was the lead…

To All The Dads, Of War And Otherwise

Today we celebrate the men who sit beside us in the snow over the carcass of a freshly-killed stag, almost but not quite lending a comforting hand. And the other kinds of dads too, I suppose. Having been a father for five years running, the trailer for the new God of War really kicked me…

A Closer Look At Secrets Hiding In The God Of War Reveal

God of War 4 (aka God of W4r, God of Four, 4 God 4 Fourious, etc) is, I think it’s fair to say, not what people expected from a God of War follow-up. In it, Kratos has a precious new family member (his beard) and also a son. What does it all mean? Nothing’s concrete…