God of War Laufey Delay Pushes Faye’s Everywhen Quest Back

Sony Santa Monica has pushed God of War Laufey from February 16, 2027 to May 20, 2027, and it stays on PlayStation 5, VGC and Polygon report.

The new schedule

Santa Monica Studio announced the change in a statement on X. The spinoff had been dated for February 16, 2027, and the studio now says it will arrive on May 20, 2027, a delay of three months. The studio says the extra time will go toward finishing touches, so the game reaches its full potential at launch. For players who had circled the original window, it is a clear step back.

What the studio said

In its message, the team thanked fans for the reaction since Laufey was revealed in June, and said it does not take that trust lightly. It also asked for patience. The studio promised to come back with more updates soon, though it gave no timing for the next look at the game. The reveal itself came after months of rumors about the project.

Faye's story

Laufey is the first mainline God of War game to star someone other than Kratos, VGC reports. Players control Faye, his Norse wife and the mother of Atreus. She wakes in a strange land after her own funeral and learns that the plans she made to protect her family are in danger. To save them, she has to fight through the Everywhen, the afterlife of the gods.

Where it fits in the series

Faye first appeared in God of War (2018), which opens with her funeral, but players did not actually meet her until God of War Ragnarök in 2022, where Deborah Ann Woll first played her, Polygon reports. Laufey runs at the same time as the 2018 soft reboot and its sequel, following her own adventure. From the afterlife, she tries to help Kratos and Atreus.

Cast and combat

Deborah Ann Woll plays Faye in the lead role. Jack Quaid voices Phranque, a talking cube, Perlina Lau plays Rue, and Christopher Judge returns as Kratos. Faye's combat is described as more acrobatic than the series is used to, with a feel that recalls Devil May Cry, though the game is still action-forward overall. She can also punch enemies so hard that their souls leave their bodies.

Video 2Watch directly inside the article

Official videoWatch directly inside the article

More God of War ahead

Laufey is not the only project in the works. Sony Santa Monica has also confirmed that a new mainline God of War game led by Kratos is in development. Separately, Amazon is developing a live-action adaptation of the 2018 soft reboot, with Dave Bautista set to play Kratos.

Source: Polygon

Source: VGC

Follow GamingBroject on Google: add us as a preferred source