‘God of War: Laufey’ announced, will follow Kratos’ wife Faye

Santa Monica Studio has unveiled God of War: Laufey, the next title in the popular God of War video game franchise. The upcoming action-adventure game shifts focus from god of war Kratos to his eponymous wife (voiced by Daredevil‘s Deborah Ann Woll), who isn’t having as peaceful an afterlife as her family likely hoped.

Announced during PlayStation‘s State of Play livestream on Tuesday, God of War: Laufey will follow the frost giant after her funeral in 2018’s God of War. Having died and left behind her husband as well as their son Atreus, Laufey — also known as Faye — finds herself in the Everywhen, an afterlife for the gods.

However, though she is technically dead, this appears to be a temporary setback for the Jötunn warrior. Encountering various gods from across mythology, including Egyptian goddess Sekhmet and Mongolian god Begtse, Faye will battle through the Everywhen to find her way home and protect her family.

She’ll also apparently get her very own Companion Cube, allying with a talking cosmic cube named Phranque (voiced by The Boys‘ Jack Quaid) and a Kiwi-accented ribbon named Rue (voiced by Perlina Lau).

PlayStation showed off around 20 minutes of gameplay during the State of Play livestream, displaying more of the fluid action and arresting graphics we’ve come to expect from the franchise’s current Norse era.

While no release date for God of War: Laufey has been announced, the wait may not be too long. Veteran video game reporter Jason Schreier has stated that the game isn’t years away and won’t be arriving in 2028, leading to speculation that we could be fighting dead gods as soon as next year.

God of War: Laufey isn’t the only game in the franchise that Santa Monica Studio is working on. The developer previously announced a remake of the original God of War trilogy in February, though very few details about this project have been released.