Santa Monica Studio delayed God of War Laufey by three months, moving the PS5 game from 16 February 2027 to 20 May 2027. The studio announced the delay in a post on X on 4 November, and Engadget reproduced its wording.
The February date didn’t last long. Sony set it at San Diego Comic-Con in July, after the game’s reveal at the June State of Play. Pre-orders opened on 29 September with a bonus armour set and a Digital Deluxe tier.
With this in mind, we’ve made the decision to delay God of War Laufey’s release to May 20th, 2027. We will make the most of each moment until then by putting in the finishing touches and pushing the game to its fullest potential.
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The studio gives no other reason, and its statement doesn’t name a bug, a scope change, or a technical problem. Tbreak reported the delay on 4 November. The game remains PS5 only, with no PS4 or PC version confirmed, and a disc edition was confirmed in July.
Laufey is the first mainline God of War to star someone other than Kratos. Players control Faye (Laufey the Just), Kratos’s Norse wife and Atreus’s mother, who dies before the 2018 game. Cory Barlog, Santa Monica’s creative head, has said a Kratos-led game follows Laufey’s story directly, though it has no title or date.
Kratos also has a live-action series on Prime Video. In August, the service cast Dave Bautista as Kratos, replacing Ryan Hurst. Collider says Hurst was injured and that the injury would have paused production for months. Collider also says the show still has no release date.
