God of War Ragnarök: Trailers, story and everything you need to know

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(Pocket-lint) — Ragnarök is coming — the next God of War title is now confirmed, after a long period of rumour-mongering, and Sony recently took the wraps off it with a full gameplay trailer.

It looks absolutely gorgeous and is set to continue the story of Kratos and Atreus some years after the end of the last game. Keep reading to find out all the key details you need to know, but be warned — this article contains some spoilers for the end of the last game!

Sony gave us a proper show in September 2021 when it used its Showcase event as the chance to show off Ragnarök properly for the first time — we knew the game was on its way, but didn't have a title much less gameplay.

Previously we'd had a teaser which you can find below — released almost exactly a year before the latest trailer, and confirming almost nothing.

However, one thing it did give us was a release window of 2021, which we know was then delayed. The global pandemic can largely be given the blame, but we don't yet have an official release date to hang it on.

We do, though, have multiple Tweets from higher-ups at the game's developer, repeatedly confirming that the game will come out in 2022, as you can see below.

God of War Ragnarök comes out this year.

Ragnorok is coming this year.

These are heartening, and give us strong hope that we'll be playing Kratos' next journey before the end of the year.

While the game was properly shown off during a showcase stream that was all about the PlayStation 5, subsequent information has revealed that Ragnarök will not in fact be a PS5 exclusive — it'll also come out for the PS4.

That is no great surprise since the footage does indeed look like a shinier version of the last game, rather than a huge technical leap forward.