God of War Ragnarök

Alternative title(s)
Antiquity gameEAG†
ReleaseNov 9, 2022
PublisherSony Interactive Entertainment
DeveloperSIE Santa Monica Studio
Platform(s)PS4; PS5
ModeSingle-player
GenreAction-adventure; role-playing game; hack and slash; hero-based
SettingMythological storyworld based on Norse mythology. The Valhalla DLC returns to earlier moments from the Greek God of War games, representing several Greek locales within the protagonist’s mental imagination of Valhalla.
Notable charactersBHeliosDLC, MinosDLC, RhadamanthysDLC, AeacusDLC, HarpiesDLC, CyclopesDLC, MinotaurDLC, CentaursDLC, SirensDLC
DLCValhalla (2023)

Bibliography

Horn, C. J. (2023). ‘God of War as Philosophy: Prophecy, Fate, and Freedom’ in D. Johnson (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 1-17.

Vandewalle, A. (2023). ‘Video Games as Mythology Museums? Mythographical Story Collections in Games’ in International Journal of the Classical Tradition. Advance online publication.

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