Details and photos of Sony’s canceled live multiplayer game God of War have been leaked online.
At the beginning of the year, Sony has canceled two unannounced live-streaming games in development by Bend Studio and Bluepoint Gameswith the latter being considered a multiplayer God of War game.
Now a few screenshots supposedly taken from a canceled project were published by MP1 pcssuggesting that the game may have been set again in Greece and featured a variety of environments, including caves and temples.
Two screenshots, purporting to show the Armory of Hades, apparently show the same area in different states, one “normal” and the other seemingly infected with a curse or an otherworldly condition with rust-colored spots.
Hades was introduced in 2005’s God of War and appeared in God of War II, but it wasn’t until God of War III that he became the main antagonist until his brutal death at the end of the third installment. We may never know how Bluepoint planned to explain its return to this game, but it shows that the Sony-owned studio moved beyond the Nordic setting of the rebooted series, although there are some Nordic touches in the screenshots, which suggests that Bluepoint either intended to mix it up or was still experimenting.
Sony has yet to announce a up-to-date God of War game, although given the success of both 2018’s God of War and 2022’s God of War Ragnarök, it seems inevitable that fans will gain more from the series. The question is: What form and setting will God of War take next?
Speaking at MCM London Comic Con last week, Kratos actor Christopher Judge said he hopes God of War will take over the Egyptian pantheon. “Since I’ve become best known as Teal’c from Stargate, going to Egypt would complete my circle,” he joked. “But whatever is decided – wait… if there is another game, I have no doubt that regardless of the pantheon, it will be great.”
What about the God of War TV series? Ronald D. Moore – known for films such as Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Outlander, For All Mankind and more – will star in a live-action series for Amazon.
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