{"id":5194,"date":"2026-03-02T02:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/fans-speculate-a-kratos-less-god-of-war-spin-off-is-in-the-works\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T02:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:47:54","slug":"fans-speculate-a-kratos-less-god-of-war-spin-off-is-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beteja.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/fans-speculate-a-kratos-less-god-of-war-spin-off-is-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Speculate a Kratos-less God of War Spin-Off Is In The Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>While <em>God of War Ragnar\u00f6k<\/em> came out in 2022, the series as a whole has hardly been in Odinsleep. From remasters to new games and cancelled ones, much has stirred in Kratos\u2019 mythological realm. After spotting a now-deleted LinkedIn page regarding Sony Santa Monica Studio, fans believe a big new <em>God of War<\/em> game is in the works, albeit one without its titular vengeance-seeker.<\/p>\n<p>The page from a Senior Writer at Sony Interactive Entertainment says they \u201cHelped shape narrative vision and creative direction for a new franchise within the <em>God of War<\/em> universe\u201d and ended their time at the studio last September. While speculative threads on ResetEra don\u2019t hold much water on their own, reporter and industry fortune-teller Jason Schreier chimed in, posting \u201cI suppose now it\u2019s become obvious what I meant by \u2018not a new IP but it might feel like one.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a busy month for the ol\u2019 <em>God of War<\/em>. During the most recent State of Play, Sony unveiled a remake for the entire original trilogy of games, in which Kratos cleaves the entire Greek pantheon from Hades to Olympus. It was paired with a surprise 2D prequel, <em>Sons of Sparta<\/em>, which dropped that same day. On the other end, Sony shuttered Bluepoint Games, who recently saw their live-service <em>God of War<\/em> spin-off cancelled following the dramatic fall of <em>Concord<\/em>. Somewhere in the middle, the first glimpse at Amazon\u2019s live-action adaptation dropped online, leaving fans to contend with something that resembles a Super Bowl commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Prequels and adaptations address the past and present for <em>God of War<\/em>, but what does that leave for the future? Schreier\u2019s recent post about a new-but-not-new IP seems to refer to one made last July, in which he scratched out a rumor that Cory Barlog was developing a new sci-fi adventure. Put together, these two posts suggest that new IP and this spin-off are one in the same. This new game might see another dramatic departure, not only from the series\u2019 main protagonist but its genre as well, similar to when <em>God of War<\/em> descended from a frenzied <em>Devil May Cry<\/em> hack-em-up to an over the shoulder affair. It would certainly be more consistent for Sony, who seem more eager to tease out their existing characters with spin-offs, cross-media adaptations, live-service games and self-congratulatory cameos than develop something new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While God of War Ragnar\u00f6k came out in 2022, the series as a whole has hardly been in Odinsleep. From remasters to new games and cancelled ones, much has stirred in Kratos\u2019 mythological realm. 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