Cory Barlog has set a February 16, 2027 launch for a new God of War in which Laufey wakes in the Everywhen after her death and finds the plans she made to protect Kratos and Atreus under strain. Sony Interactive Entertainment and Santa Monica Studio used a panel at San Diego Comic-Con to put a date on the project and to show the series is not stopping there.
February 16, 2027
God of War Laufey is scheduled for PlayStation 5 on February 16, 2027. That date gives Fans of the God of War a clear target after a stretch of silence around the series, and it turns the announcement into a release-plan story rather than a teaser.
Barlog said that "the next Kratos-led God of War game is in development and will launch after God of War Laufey". That is the part that changes the outlook for the franchise: the new entry is not a one-off detour, but the first step in a longer sequence.
Faye in the Everywhen
Laufey is Faye, the warrior and wife to Kratos. She awakens unexpectedly in a strange land after her death, then fights through the afterlife of the gods, called the Everywhen, where ruthless gods from across mythology vie for power and dangerous magic fills the land.
The game description gives her a practical combat identity rather than a symbolic one: she can harness speed, control and relentlessness, and she can overwhelm even the fiercest foes with decisive, deadly precision. Laufey is also described as of the Jötnar, a rebel leader against the oppressive Aesir gods, and the lone protector of the Wildwoods.
After God of War Laufey
The contradiction inside the announcement is simple. Faye’s death was supposed to be the end, yet her story continues in a new adventure, and that choice expands God of War instead of closing it down. The direct follow-up also means the timeline now runs in order: God of War Laufey first, then the next Kratos-led game after it.
What Barlog did not do was explain what that next game will cover. For now, the useful takeaway is narrower and more concrete: the series has a release date, a lead character, and a sequel path already mapped out. For readers tracking the franchise, February 16, 2027 is the date to watch, because it is the point at which this new chapter starts and the next one becomes possible.
