{"id":379168,"date":"2026-09-28T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=379168"},"modified":"2026-09-30T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T16:49:06","slug":"god-of-war-laufey-gets-a-release-date-launches-on-ps5-on-february-16-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/god-of-war-laufey-gets-a-release-date-launches-on-ps5-on-february-16-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"God of War Laufey gets a release date: launches on PS5 on February 16, 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/god-of-war.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">God of War Laufey<\/a> hits PlayStation 5 on <strong>February 16, 2027<\/strong>, following its reveal during Sony\u2019s June 2026 State of Play. More than the date, the big headline is that Faye becomes the first playable lead in a mainline <a href=\"https:\/\/god-of-war.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">God of War<\/a> game to take the spotlight away from Kratos. Throw in pre-order bonuses, a Digital Deluxe Edition, and a physical disc release, and Sony\u2019s clearly treating this as a major franchise launch, not a smaller spin-off.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The early State of Play footage also points to a <strong>faster, less grounded combat style<\/strong>, with more launchers, aerial strings, and room to improvise in the middle of a fight. Faye\u2019s loadout seems built around that shift: her sword, the talking ribbon Rue, the cube companion Phranque, and the Serpent Bow, which supports precision aiming, hip-fire, and limb-targeting. There\u2019s also a reported Soul Separation mechanic in the mix, which should give her a more technical playstyle without losing the feel of the modern God of War games.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve been missing the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/dust-off-your-playstation-2-because-this-action-and-adventure-game-is-the-father-of-god-of-war-that-you-want-to-replay-right-now\" rel=\"noopener\">quicker pace of the Greek-era entries<\/a><\/strong>, God of War Laufey already looks like it could scratch that itch. Its Everywhen setting also gives the series space to pit Faye against figures like Sekhmet and Begtse, while still keeping Kratos involved, and Sony has already confirmed that another Kratos-led game is coming after Laufey. You\u2019ll be able to pre-order God of War Laufey on September 29, 2026, ahead of its PS5 release.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God of War Laufey hits PlayStation 5 on February 16, 2027, following its reveal during Sony\u2019s June 2026 State of Play. More than the date, the big headline is that Faye becomes the first playable lead in a mainline God of War game to take the spotlight away from Kratos. Throw in pre-order bonuses, a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/god-of-war-laufey-gets-a-release-date-launches-on-ps5-on-february-16-2027\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;God of War Laufey gets a release date: launches on PS5 on February 16, 2027&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":379167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-379168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379169,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379168\/revisions\/379169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379168"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=379168"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=379168"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=379168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}