God of War Laufey announced starring Kratos' wife Faye

Sony Santa Monica revealed God of War Laufey at today's PlayStation State of Play, passing the torch to Faye, the wife and mother cremated at the opening of 2018's God of War. The 20-minute reveal begins with Kratos and Atreus at Faye's cremation, then shifts to a third-person view of Faye exploring ruins and striking monsters in the Everywhen, described in the PlayStation Store listing as the 'afterlife of the gods.' Faye's combat is more magic- and sword-based than Kratos and Atreus, and it intensifies as she gains abilities during the demonstration.

The sequence opens with her apparent 'death,' then shows her captured by an otherworldly faction as she struggles to accept her demise, a struggle complicated by confounding commentary from a large, talking slime cube. The opening implies Faye's adventure may run in parallel to the first God of War reboot, though the Everywhen's afterlife rules make the timeline unclear and any reunion with Kratos and Atreus uncertain.

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