God of War Ragnarok director insists game is not delayed

God of Warfare director Cory Barlog has denied {that a} launch date announcement for the sport’s sequel, God of Warfare Ragnarok, is imminent, and has requested followers for persistence. However he additionally insists the sport has not been delayed previous its anticipated 2022 launch.

A launch date announcement for the PlayStation unique had been broadly anticipated to happen by as we speak, June 30. However amid rising pleasure and frustration from God of Warfare followers, Barlog took to Twitter yesterday to ask for persistence.

“If it have been as much as me I’d share all the knowledge once I learn about it. However it isn’t as much as me,” he wrote. “So please, be affected person. I promise issues shall be shared on the earliest potential second they are often.”

Requested by one skeptical fan why Sony wouldn’t simply affirm the sport was delayed, Barlog simply replied, “As a result of it’s not.”

One other Twitter consumer asserted that the discharge date reveal would happen as we speak, but Barlog said, “No.” He instructed one other follower that Sony and developer Santa Monica Studio have been just not ready to make the announcement.

Barlog’s feedback affirm a report earlier in June that the sport was nonetheless scheduled to make its late-2022 launch date, regardless of rumors of a delay.

That very same report, by Bloomberg, was the supply of hypothesis that the discharge date announcement would arrive on the finish of June. It additionally pinned a November launch for the motion title.

God of Warfare Ragnarok was introduced in 2020 for a 2021 launch, then delayed by a yr. The sport was first proven in September 2021, however the subsequent lengthy silence from Sony and the studio has precipitated followers to be troubled. Pandemic-related manufacturing points have precipitated many main 2022 releases to be delayed into 2023, together with Nintendo’s flagship Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel and Xbox’s Starfield. God of Warfare Ragnarok is arguably the final large platform unique left standing in 2022, aside from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for Nintendo Change.

If Ragnarok is certainly on monitor — and Barlog’s remark that “it isn’t as much as me” suggests the announcement has been delayed by the writer for its personal causes, moderately than on account of any improvement points — why would Sony not be crowing about it? It’s a legitimate query, nevertheless it’s value noting that Sony, together with Nintendo, has been searching for to shake up the established PR calendar of late. This yr, each corporations ran low-key June showcases, properly away from the time-honored E3 window. Sony could be searching for a quieter second to maximise the affect of a reveal for its large 2022 sport.

We are going to, as Barlog says, simply need to be affected person to search out out.