God of Conflict developer, Sony Santa Monica, has confirmed that its subsequent entry will likely be obtainable on disc, following this month’s controversial announcement that PlayStation will finish bodily media manufacturing.
The information, which got here within the type of an X put up merely stating that “God of Conflict Laufey will likely be obtainable on disc”, has additionally seemingly revealed the discharge window for the brand new entry.
Since Sony’s cut-off for the manufacturing of bodily disc video games is January 2028, Santa Monica Studio’s assertion closely implies that God of Conflict Laufey will launch someday subsequent 12 months.
Sony introduced final week that, beginning in January 2028, all new PlayStation 5 video games will likely be obtainable on the PlayStation Retailer and at retailers in digital-only codecs. Solely video games launched in 2027 or earlier will be capable to reprint bodily discs.
The disc announcement was shared in a thread associated to God of Conflict Laufey’s upcoming panel at San Diego Comedian-Con, seemingly in an try and handle negativity across the coverage change.
The information that Sony is ending disc manufacturing has been met with an outpouring of criticism from followers of bodily media. A petition urging Sony to rethink the coverage has to this point obtained greater than 285,000 signatures.
God of Conflict Laufey was introduced throughout a State of Play stay stream final month, the place Santa Monica Studio debuted greater than 20 minutes of gameplay footage.
The sport is described as “the subsequent chapter” within the God of Conflict franchise and stars Faye (Laufey the Simply), Kratos’s Norse spouse and the mom of Atreus, who dies within the occasions main as much as the 2018 God of Conflict.
“Awakening unexpectedly in a wierd land after her funeral, Faye discovers the plans she put in place to guard Kratos and Atreus at the moment are in danger,” a synopsis for the sport reads.
“To save lots of those she loves, Faye should combat by means of the afterlife of the gods — the Everywhen — the place ruthless gods from throughout mythology vie for energy in a land overflowing with harmful magic.”
