God of War

Sony Finally Shows New God Of War In Action, Stars Older Atreus

And guess what? It actually is called God of War: Ragnarok

God of War Dev Who Helped Design Iconic Axe Passes

Gameplay engineer George Mawle was instrumental in capturing that Leviathan Axe feel

Sony Will No Longer Offer Free Next-Gen Upgrades For Its First-Party Games

However, the company will provide Horizon Forbidden West PS4 owners a free upgrade to PS5

PlayStation’s Next PS5 Showcase Is September 9

Sony is planning a 40-minute look at the "future" of PS5 next week

Vikings Have Been Taking Over Video Games In The Last Few Years

From Assassin’s Creed to Frozenheim , the famous Norse warriors keep popping up

Report: Horizon Forbidden West Delayed To 2022 [Update]

One of the PS5's big blockbusters won't be hitting this year after all

Kratos Voices Black Panther In Marvel’s Avengers

No one can replace Chadwick Boseman, but Chris Judge is a fine alternative

Sony Pulls Ad Featuring Upside-Down PS5

More proof that some people find the PS5's orientation confusing

This Week’s PlayStation Event Won’t Include God Of War Or Horizon

God Of War, Horizon Forbidden West, and other first-party games will be taking a backseat to third-party games and indies

It’s OK, We Could Have Skipped E3 This Year

"The show must go on" is for the theater, not a video game show in the middle of a pandemic

God Of War Sequel Pushed To 2022

The next God of War game will miss its original 2021 release window and instead come out some time next year, Sony’s Santa Monica Studio announced today. “We remain focused on delivering a top-quality game while maintaining the safety and well-being of our team, creative partners, and families,” the official statement reads. “With this in…

You Still Don’t Need A PlayStation 5

It’s been six months since the PlayStation 5 came out, and yet the Seto Kaiba action figure that can also run high-end video games remains comically hard to come by. For a while, this irked me. I wanted to be part of the new console generation—the zeitgeist. So I obsessively watched a Twitch channel dedicated…

Video Games Sure Do Have A Lot Of Bad Dads

It’s the day after Thanksgiving. Your gut is heavy with leftovers, your vision blurs from the accumulated eye crust of countless naps. You find yourself wishing to engage in the greatest of all American holiday traditions: watching a sport you don’t usually care about while drifting in and out of sleep. Sports, though, are old…

PlayStation Boss Won’t Say If Next God Of War Will Be On PS4 Too

God of War: Ragnarok is set to come to come to PS5 some time next year. Could it come to PS4 as well? The head of PlayStation isn’t saying. In an interview with the Telegraph published today, Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO, Jim Ryan, was asked point blank whether God of War Ragnarok will…

Sony Teases God Of War Sequel For 2021

Today, during its PlayStation 5 showcase, Sony teased a new God of War for PlayStation 5. A vanishingly brief trailer displayed the God of War logo with runes in it. You could then hear (but not see) Kratos saying “You must prepare yourself.” After that, the words “Ragnarok is coming” appeared on the screen in…

New Twitter Account Lists Games That Let You Dethrone God

Suddenly feeling a strong urge to rebel against the current divine order of things and destroy your creator? Some good internet samaritan has taken it upon themselves to create a running list of all the games in which you can fight god. Though fighting god is a common enough trope in certain parts of gaming,…

The body of former WWE wrestler, martial artist, and actor Shad Gaspard was found Wednesday morning on California’s Venice Beach, after being carried away by a riptide over the weekend while saving his 10-year-old son’s life. Gaspard was the body model and a motion-capture artist for Kratos in 2018’s God of War.

Stuck Inside All Weekend? Get Drunk

This week on Snapshots, cool lighting, dangerous monsters, a wolf, explosions, a poor robot getting sliced in half and Kratos hits day 5 of staying home, so he starts drinking. Drink responsibly. Unless you are a demi-god badass. Then you can just get wasted all day. Kotaku Snapshots is a weekly look at some of…

Hacker Discovers That God Of War Villain Gives You Secret Middle Finger

Sometimes, you’ve just gotta flip somebody off, even if they can’t see you. Maybe they cut you off in traffic. Maybe they took your spot in the parking lot. Maybe they did a third thing involving a car. Or, as is the case 99 percent of the time, perhaps they pushed you off a cliff.…

‘Shop Contest: Sports, Winners!

SPORTS! That’s the content I crave right now. Sports and only sports. I don’t want any damn politics or opinions. I just want sports content. So last week, I tasked you fine Kotaku readers with providing me with sports images featuring video game characters. Our winning image this week comes from sciteach who shows what…