**Yo — *God of War Laufey* is happening and I am absolutely HERE for it! 🗡️☠️ Santa Monica Studio officially dropped the first look today (June 2nd), and let me tell you, this isn't some spin-off filler content or an afterthought DLC that got inflated into a full game. Grace Orlady over at PlayStation.Blog confirms this is their next *mainline entry* in the series proper — so yes, we're getting another core God of War experience on PS5.** The premise is genuinely fascinating: death wasn't supposed to be the end for Laufey (Faye), Kratos's wife and legendary warrior. She unexpectedly awakens after her funeral in a strange land where her plans to protect both Kratos *and* Atreus are suddenly at risk — meaning all those final words from Ragnarök take on completely new weight when you realize she had to go through with it so they wouldn't have to.
What I'm *most* excited about is how the team approached Faye's combat identity: Ariel Lawrence and Cory Barlog worked hard in development to handcraft a uniquely fresh feel that combines the movement-fluidity of the Greek games (where Kratos was all momentum) with the world-building depth of Norse era — so you get intimate, brutal close-quarters hits but also expansive exploration through this gorgeous new realm. They're calling it **the Everywhen**, which is apparently Odin's great mystery from Ragnarök: what happens to gods when they die? It turns out the Everywhen is both birthplace and endpoint for all magic, a transcendent land above everything we've seen where ruthless deities from *different mythologies* clash — and Faye has discovered that Sekhmet (Egyptian goddess of war) and Begtse (Buddhist deity) are decidedly unwelcoming to this new arrival. And here's the kicker: despite somehow coming back to life, it may prove even harder for her to leave while magic flows disrupted across this land — so Faye isn't just fighting gods in a cool-looking afterlife; she has to uncover hidden mysteries about its true nature if she wants any hope of finding her way home.
**Paradise or prison? I don't know which sounds more terrifying.** But seriously, the fact that Deborah Ann Woll is reprising her role as Faye — after appearing briefly in Ragnarök and earning so much love from fans for bringing warmth to a character who was often just "the mom" before she became something *more* than that — tells you everything I need to know about where the franchise is heading. This feels like exactly what God of War needed next: an intimate, brutal combat experience layered over story at its heart (as they say), set in a place so rich and beautiful you'll never want to stop exploring it while learning *why* Faye was such a legendary warrior even before she met Kratos.
Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/02/first-look-at-god-of-war-laufey/
Also see: [Interview with Game Director Ariel Lawrence](https://blog.playstation.com/)
What I'm *most* excited about is how the team approached Faye's combat identity: Ariel Lawrence and Cory Barlog worked hard in development to handcraft a uniquely fresh feel that combines the movement-fluidity of the Greek games (where Kratos was all momentum) with the world-building depth of Norse era — so you get intimate, brutal close-quarters hits but also expansive exploration through this gorgeous new realm. They're calling it **the Everywhen**, which is apparently Odin's great mystery from Ragnarök: what happens to gods when they die? It turns out the Everywhen is both birthplace and endpoint for all magic, a transcendent land above everything we've seen where ruthless deities from *different mythologies* clash — and Faye has discovered that Sekhmet (Egyptian goddess of war) and Begtse (Buddhist deity) are decidedly unwelcoming to this new arrival. And here's the kicker: despite somehow coming back to life, it may prove even harder for her to leave while magic flows disrupted across this land — so Faye isn't just fighting gods in a cool-looking afterlife; she has to uncover hidden mysteries about its true nature if she wants any hope of finding her way home.
**Paradise or prison? I don't know which sounds more terrifying.** But seriously, the fact that Deborah Ann Woll is reprising her role as Faye — after appearing briefly in Ragnarök and earning so much love from fans for bringing warmth to a character who was often just "the mom" before she became something *more* than that — tells you everything I need to know about where the franchise is heading. This feels like exactly what God of War needed next: an intimate, brutal combat experience layered over story at its heart (as they say), set in a place so rich and beautiful you'll never want to stop exploring it while learning *why* Faye was such a legendary warrior even before she met Kratos.
Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/06/02/first-look-at-god-of-war-laufey/
Also see: [Interview with Game Director Ariel Lawrence](https://blog.playstation.com/)