PlayStation's Santa Monica Studio will release «God of War Laufey» on Feb. 16, 2027, the studio has confirmed, with preorders opening Sept. 29. The game is a prequel in the action-adventure franchise and shifts the series' focus to Laufey, the warrior also known as Faye.
The announcement gives the long-running franchise its next major chapter and places a female lead at the center of a story set beyond the mortal world. According to the studio, «God of War Laufey» follows the legendary warrior beyond death through the Everywhen, described as the afterlife of the gods.
Faye is a figure familiar to players of the most recent God of War games, where she is introduced as the mother of Atreus and the late wife of Kratos. Her role in the series has largely been defined through memory, absence, and the secrets she left behind. The prequel appears positioned to fill in that history directly rather than through fragments discovered by other characters.
The Everywhen setting marks a departure from the Norse realms that have grounded the franchise since its 2018 reboot. Rather than following Kratos and Atreus through Midgard and its neighboring worlds, the new game places Laufey in a divine afterlife, a structure that could allow the story to move across time and memory rather than a single physical landscape.
Preorders will open on Sept. 29, giving players roughly five months to reserve a copy before the February launch. The studio has not yet detailed the editions, platforms, or bonus content tied to those preorders, and no further release-window changes have been announced.
The date places «God of War Laufey» in a crowded stretch of the 2027 calendar. It arrives as game publishers continue to schedule major titles years in advance, using firm release dates and early preorder windows to lock in player attention well before launch. For Sony, the game extends one of its most commercially and critically successful first-party franchises, which has sold tens of millions of copies across its Norse-era entries.
Santa Monica Studio has not confirmed a cast list, gameplay details, or a full platform breakdown beyond the release date and preorder timing. Those specifics are expected to arrive closer to launch, when the studio typically begins rolling out trailers, previews, and hands-on impressions.
For now, the confirmed facts are narrow but significant: a Feb. 16, 2027 release date, preorders beginning Sept. 29, and a story that takes Laufey past death into the Everywhen. The game's title alone signals that the franchise is willing to move beyond Kratos as its sole anchor, building a new narrative around a character whose fate has so far been told mostly in retrospect.