God of War: Ragnarok Release Date Leaked in PlayStation Database
It is possible that we learned the approximate release date of God of War: Ragnarok. A specific date appeared in the PlayStation database, which may indicate when Santa Monica's new game will debut on PlayStation 5 and 4.
January 14, 2022 - on this day 2018's God of War will be released on PC. We have long expected the sequel to this game to debut in the next twelve months, but we still do not know how long exactly we will have to wait for it. However, it is possible that today this has changed - all thanks to the PlayStation database, where God of War: Ragnarok received a specific release date - September 30th.
But before you reach for your calendars and start planning a day off, remember when the previous installments in the series were released. The aforementioned GoW4 was released on PS4 on April 20th; GoW4 on March 16th, 2010, GoW2 on March 13th, 2007 and the original on March 22nd, 2005. Even two of the series' three spin-offs were released at the turn of winter and spring - Chains of Olympus on March 4, 2008, and Ascension on March 12, 2013. Only Spirit of Sparta - developed by Ready at Dawn, same as Chains of Olympus - came out in the fall, specifically on November 2, 2010.
I think you can see where I'm going with this. Sony seems to avoid releasing God of War games so late in the year. Which is not to say that we're not in for a second exception. 9th-gen consoles do need exclusives after all - especially PlayStation 5, which, unlike Xbox Series X|S, can not attract players with a subscription like Game Pass.
So should we pay attention to September 30? Not necessarily. It seems that at best we should treat it as a placeholder, that is an approximate release date. Perhaps it's not an accident that it coincides with the last day of the third quarter of 2022 - this could mean that the release of God of War: Ragnarok will take place between July and September. It's also possible that it was planned months in advance, but the coronavirus pandemic and the back surgery on Christopher Judge, the "voice" of Kratos, have thwarted any plans to keep up the release tradition.
Fans of the series who have spoken out on Twitter - sample comments can be found above - are skeptical of this information. Most would like it to be true, of course, but many share the concerns outlined in this post. There are also suggestions that even if we are dealing with an unconfirmed fact, the creative process may still drag on, pushing the title's debut to spring - of 2023. Well, it remains to be seen - if this release date is anything to go by, Sony will surely make an official announcement soon.
