The God of War Ragnarok reveal drama, explained
Anticipation for God of War Ragnarok has reached a fever pitch of late. Over the past four weeks, we've seen delay murmurings squashed as whispers of a release date reveal take its place, all with some playful social media postings from Sony Santa Monica's Cory Barlog thrown in for good measure – the God of War news machine is looking like a whack-a-mole cabinet of late. It's all a tad confusing, so here's a brief timeline to catch you up.
Before Summer Game Fest even kicked off, a prominent leaker teased that we could be getting a release date reveal at the show. What actually happened was a Twitter account that shares PSN database updates revealed that the God of War Ragnarok placeholder release date shifted to December 31 from September 30, sparking panic.
We then got a report (opens in new tab) that the next God of War game was moving to next year entirely, though a separate report (opens in new tab) soon cast doubt on that. God of War Ragnarok never did show up at Summer Game Fest or PlayStation's State of Play stream, though fans got some solace as Bloomberg (opens in new tab) reported that the game was on track for a November release, with a date reveal coming in June – beats waiting until next year, right?
Sony Santa Monica, for its part, has been taking the whole thing in good humour. God of War Ragnarok producer Cory Barlog returned from a three-month Twitter hiatus to make light of the conflicting reports. This led to some fans requesting updates, which in turn led to some more Barlog jokes.
That just about brings us up to the recent round of reports. There had been some hope among fans that we'd get a God of War Ragnarok reveal on June 30 as newly popular leaker The Snitch posted (opens in new tab) a God of
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