Even though the release has been shifted to next year, there is still some good news for gamers. Earlier it was stated that the game would be a PlayStation 5 exclusive. However, it is now being suggested that it will launch as a cross-generation game for PS consoles. This means that it will be made available for the PlayStation 4 also, Hermen Hulst, chief of PlayStation Studios, confirmed the development in a blog post on the official PlayStation blog.
Apart from God of War, Santa Monica Studio is currently also developing Sony’s flagship game Horizon Forbidden West, which has also been affected by the ongoing pandemic. However, Hulst has confirmed that the company will be able to release Horizon this holiday season as planned.
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Sony officially revealed God of War: Ragnarok back in September 2020, providing people with a broad release date of 2021. Since then, the company has not revealed any further details about the game. It has also left the game out of its public plans for this year, thus hinting at a likely delay. Also Read - Kratos from God of War is now available in Fornite
To recall, PlayStation head Jim Ryan during interviews about plans for the rest of the year has stayed mum about the company’s plans for God of War: Ragnarok. However, he has talked about Horizon: Forbidden West, which was announced to launch in the same window, and will release in the latter half of the year. Also Read - God of War hack shows that an enemy flips you off for defeating them