God of War (2018) is coming to PC

The Santa Monica Studio title launches on PC January 14, 2022.

[Asuka]

"Alongside the graphic and performance improvements, we are also offering 21:9 ultra-widescreen support."

Ultra-wide support ! ! This is gonna look so beautiful!

[RaidenBlack]

Swing it (the Leviathan),
like you mean it.

[Gazondaily]

Uncharted and now GoW. TLOU 1 and 2 next 😊

[fr0sty]

What a clown, lol... Sell that PS5 to me, so you can enjoy playing all the games I'll be playing on it several years later, while I'm playing their sequels.

[r2oB]

@ Rookie

If you are such a diehard PS fan then you'd have already played the game when it was released over 3 years ago. If that's the case then why does it bother you that the game is being released on PC, over 3 years after launch and when the console generation has already ended.

Obvious troll.

[Army_of_Darkness]

@rookiemonster

This little Xbox troll thinks he can pull a fast one on us to make playstation gamers look bad.. Dude just stfu.... I'm primarily a PlayStation gamer myself with a gaming pc on the side and personally, I'm totally cool with Sony releasing their exclusives a couple years or so down the line to pc gamers. More can enjoy them, plus gets Sony extra cash for future game development.

[Jin_Sakai]

“so you can enjoy playing all the games I'll be playing on it several years later, while I'm playing their sequels.“

True but PC players will be playing the better version of your timed console exclusives. Let that sink in.

[S2Killinit]

Jin_sakai
The better version of our last gen game. Let that sink in.

Wasnt rookiemonster one of the biggest xbox fanboys on this site?

[Tacoboto]

And DLSS!

[RaidenBlack]

GeForce leak goin' strong.

[CaptainHenry916]

Finally. Thank you Sony!

[EvertonFC]

Gutted in 2021 both ps5 and xbox series S/X don't support 21.9 😔

[Asuka]

@Aphelion82

Since the aspect ratio is wider you literally see more of the world around you. More of the game is rendered on screen. Similar to when DVD movies shifted from Full Screen to Wide Screen back in the day because Wide Screen(16:9) showed more picture.

[DaMist]

@Aphelion82. 21:9 provides a wider,.more cinematic view of what you normally get from the standard 16:9. I'll leave you a link providing some info and some screenshots. I personally game moved on to a 32:9 ratio from 21:9, which i freaking love. https://bit.ly/3aWroKg

[neutralgamer1992]

Great more gamers will get to play it. And in the long run more gets will become fan of the series. I do wonder if Sony will charge full price or $39.99

solideagle

I think we may see that in 2023. Sony could be releasing some of their games 18-24 months after initial release (could be earlier or later just depends)

[Brazz]

you are correct... also you are best waifu... team red forever.

[ElvisHuxley]

Sony first party titles are becoming the best looking PC games available. Long after the console releases, but hey, PC exclusive gamers get to experience them too now. And considering the quality of the first party titles, I can see a fair amount of PC gamers deciding that they won't want to wait years, and picking up a playstation for this reason.

[Fntastic]

Ultra widescreen monitors have even higher response times than 4k high refresh screens. You don't go by what's on the box.. look @ reviews. Not everyone likes them. For FPS & quicker paced games smaller 24 or 27" screens with high pixel density and fast pixel response with high refresh are best.

[specialguest]

Love the 21:9 support. 3440x1440 has been the sweet spot for my PC running a gtx 1080 for several yrs now. I'm patiently waiting for the 4080 to release, but It'll probably be scalped anyway

[Iltapalanyymi]

Told yall it was the next pc port

[solideagle]

This game is juggernaut: "As of August 2021, 19.5MM copies for God of War on PlayStation 4 have been sold"

[Tacoboto]

A quick search online found a few way-dated articles from 2012-2013 about GOW sales - 3 was the highest like around 5.2 million.

Nearly 20 mil is absolutely insane

[Eonjay]

That's crazy... At this point they are looking for additional avenues for sales. And that attach rate on PS4 is wild.

[QSPR]

You know the huge potential God of War, Horizon Zero Down, Days Gone and many more great games have to be portable with Steam Deck? I can't wait for many more games like Halo, Gears, Forza, Gran Turismo etc., keep them coming!

[iplay1up2]

Sure, but PS5 doesn't even have that option.

[boing1]

It leaked 2 months ago.

[JonnyBeoulve]

It's no longer a PlayStation exclusive and in fact the best experience (by far) will be on PC.

[Doge]

"And anotha one".

[solideagle]

I wonder if they are going to release Ragnarok in March 2022...This will generate many new fans who could potentially buy Ragnarok day 1

[JEECE]

I could be wrong but I don't think they will put it so close to Horizon (February) and Gran Turismo 7 (early March).

[CaptainHenry916]

Not in March. I say summer or fall

[jBlakeeper]

It’s either releasing in the Summer or Fall of 2022 or being delayed to Spring 2023. The fact that every single mainline GOW game except Ghost of Sparta has released in March or April leads me to believe it will be 2023. And putting God of War , GT7, and Horizon so close together won’t happen.

[NeoGamer232]

Or people will quit buying PS consoles just like what supposedly happened when XB started putting all their games on PC.

Why buy PS or XB? I can get everything on PC!

/s

[FlameWater]

Next up Gran Turismo

[RaiderNation]

Nope. I believe the next one will be MLB The Show. In fact I think that will be the first one that goes day and date.

[Darkborn]

Maybe the only one. They still aren't going day and date. I highly doubt it unless they announce horizon is or maybe God of War ragnarok. Shawn layden said he was there when playstation made the decision to go to PC and it was to draw in customers to buy a playstation that maybe never tried it before.

[dbcoops]

Yeah Sport which will be like five years old by that time.

[DarXyde]

I'm personally curious about their criteria for PC releases. My thinking is that they're putting titles on PC that aren't big sellers and/or huge games in a series where you'll want to jump on the sequel/prequel(s) by investing in PlayStation hardware. So far, the latter seems to be the case. But if they do decide to release games that didn't meet sales targets on Playstation hardware, I would be upset. Not at the matter of releasing on PC, but at the thought that they needlessly gutted a great studio like Japan Studio.

[ILostMyMind]

This has nothing to do with PC gamers buying a PS5, especially now that there is less reason to do so.

Sony wants money and doesn't give a damn about PS users.

"If you want PS5 updates, buy the game again."

[mkis007]

Sony gets its money after console version sales decline. Thats it. You can get gow for cheap during sales on ps4.

[DarXyde]

I disagree with both of you.
What are you basing this on? Every game going to PC from a PlayStation Studio either has sequels in the works or you cannot experience the entire series without a PlayStation (yet?).

It may will be the case that you are correct, and I will update my position when we see more conclusively what they're doing. The difference is I'm being empirical and you're going on gut feeling.

If you're going to throw something like that out there, you should at least try to give better evidence for your position.

[Rhythmattic]

"This has nothing to do with PC gamers buying a PS5"
Really? The amount of times I hear any fanboi, Fanboi-ing any system, always posts..." But its been out for a few years already"

So.... Play Dos Games.. emulators, and don't by games day one... (Disclaimer- Thats generally me)

Its funny that old games matter it seems , but dont... everyones out for the latest GPU's to play old games I guess...

FFS. Its a great thing what's Sonys doing.. more people get to play those great games, But lets be real, the idea that they dont want to wait to play the latest game, that's good, thats not released Day 1on PC?
Maybe they wont pay for inflated GPU's and upkeep, But play those games , release day, most likely for less..

Theres always an opinion... Whether either of us are right, there will always be another saying we are wrong..... But most probably would agree with you... or would They?

[RedDevils]

Spiderman?

[annoyedgamer]

I told you guys..PC is the future.

[Terry_B]

..since 30 years already lel ^^

[IMissJimRyan]

It was the future. It's present now.

[kneon]

It's 3 years behind

[Greg2801]

If you don't mind waiting for a few years on games like these then yeah you absolutely right.

[-Hermit-]

I don't mind, it's not like there isn't literally thousands of other games to choose from until then.

[GameZenith]

And eventually the gap will get smaller. Just imagine how much more can be made if they release a new title on PC 3-6 months after the release of the PlayStation version. Win-Win for Sony and PC gamers.

[Atticus_finch]

He wants to play old GOW while PS5 gets Ragnarok.

[yoshatabi]

I don't mind. There's plenty of games to play in the meantime

[Grievous]

It's definitely not the present with these insane GPU prices. Hopefully by the time the game comes out we can actually buy one that comfortably runs the game without having to spend a fortune.

[SurgicalMenace]

Far from the future as development cost are minimized by optimizing for a uniform console. This would explain why all these PC ports are awful, as there are far too many setups to take into account. These companies are using the lack of PC Exclusives to grab additional money from their archive of otherwise dead IP. Why not? If there's extra money to be had, get it. Though I can't see Sony releasing Exclusives day and date with the PS5.

[annoyedgamer]

There are more exclusives on PC than on consoles what are you talking about? Also since when is God of War a "dead" IP? Is Horizon a dead IP also?

[SurgicalMenace]

What makes an IP dead is its lack of making profit on it's home platform. Case in point, you'll have to pay retail for God of War on PC, where as it is free for any person purchasing a PS5. Same with Horizon. When you start seeing exclusives arrive on day one WITH the PS consoles then there's some room to make proclamations towards the future. Sony's not so insecure in their own ability to print money on their own platforms to relinquish/neuter themselves by relying on another one.

What is smarter is releasing said IP on another platform that doesn't have the quality of their exclusives for a cost. This is why MS will never be able to ably compete with the likes of Sony or Nintendo. Both companies understand how to revalue old/dead IP for profit. Since you asked....😁

[dbcoops]

Yep if Sony releases their exclusives on PC it is in the future, in this case it was four years into the future.

[yoshatabi]

It's literally been the future for the past 30 years lol

[andy85]

Is it? You realise they do this right before the sequel comes out so people will want it right. It's simple business

[cd1]

Not my future.

[JonnyBeoulve]

I've been a PlayStation fan since 1997 but the brand is dead to me now. No reason to own one.

[gannzk]

Hope Ghost of Tsushima and Bloodborne are next.

[SurgicalMenace]

In a few years.

[RedDevils]

Not hope, but it will be.

[Shiore2u]

If the GeforceNow leak is anything to go by, and it's been right so far, Ghost of Tsushima will be.

[Viljong]

I knew it! They often port pc version when playstation is getting the sequel. This way it doesnt bother playstation players and pc players get some single player gems and sony use it to advertise the ps5 whem they give pc the first part.

[DOMination-]

Doing it once before with Horizon does not equal often.

[thesoftware730]

Why would it bother "Playstation people"? You know how silly that really sounds.

If someone is truly bothered if a game releases on PS5 and PC on the same day, they really need to prioritize their life and what's important.

[yoshatabi]

@thesoftware why you getting downvoted? It's true lol

[Ethereal]

Never thought I'd see the day when AAA PS exclusives start releasing on PC. Times have changed. Games are expensive to make these days. Having said that, I'm good with this approach. It allows more people to experience these fantastic franchises several years after their initial release on console. Sales likely dry up after the first couple of years and this is way to revitalize profits and ultimately helps the devs (or Sony) to continue developing top-tier games for release on console first. Of course, that only works if they keep them day one console exclusive so fingers crossed this approach stays that way. Still, this is a win-win for God of War and lets those dedicated to PC enjoy such a fantastic game.

[VersusDMC]

Well so far it's only been games that were on the ps plus collection that have been ported to PC. So no indication that it will be day one releases so far. So expect games that have been on PSnow or PS plus to get a PC release soon after.

[Ethereal]

That's a great observation (although I think the only games missing from the PS+ collection is Death Stranding). Yeah, I don't think Sony would ever release day one on PC, this strategy lets them make more money on an old game with minimal investment. And day one releases on PC would effectively weaken their hardware business but we all know that isn't were the money is so time will tell. Glad more people will be able to play GOW though.

[VersusDMC]

Kojima productions isn't a first party studio so i don't include Death Stranding PC as a Sony decision.

And i think they will never go PC day one because they want people to buy PS5 and purchase third party games to get that 30%. I believe 40% of fortnight revenue is on playstation...so 30% of that is probably more than what they make on their first party games.

First party games are simply incentive(and good incentive) to be a playstation user and buy all your 3rd party there in my opinion.

[tay8701]

sony is being smart with ragnarok right around the corner. lots of people who wouldn't have played it will now get the chance to play this epic game. if the supply chain opens up it will generate even more sales of ps5 because alot of new players probably wont want to wait years to play ragnarok.

[-Hermit-]

I won't speak for every pc player, but even if I enjoyed God of War on pc, I still wouldn't buy a PS5.

[Bladesfist]

Same, I've already played it on PS4 though. It's till hard it is to actually buy one anyway. If they announce Bloodborne 2 on the other hand, I'm going to have to get my hands on a PS5 somehow.

[ARESWARLORD]

So tempted to reply on my pc. This is great news for the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race

[specialguest]

Was not asking or expecting this on the PC, but I'll take it. It'll be interesting to see what kind of mods people create. Already expecting nude mods, but I don't care for that

[GhostofHorizon]

God of War is an amazing franchise, glad to see more people are going to be able to play this.

[Petebloodyonion]

Glad to hear it,
More ppl gets to enjoy this masterpiece the merrier.
Can't wait for part 2

[war boy]

Can’t wait to play this game on the steam deck.

[Elda]

Nothing wrong with releasing exclusives on PC that are no longer getting revenue on the consoles they were first released on. Extra money for the sequels & other exclusives.

[rlow1]

Sony releasing 1st party games quicker and quicker. Is a day and date to far off?

[lonewolf10]

I would say doubtful on day/date as they do have consoles to sell, but I can see the window dropping to a few months at most but only time will tell (more likely with their recent studio purchase).

[dbcoops]

Four years is quick?

[Christopher]

At this rate, by the PS7 you'll be lucky to have day and date releases on console and PC.

[rlow1]

Well the goal post has been getting moved. When this game launched know one would have believed it would ever be on anything but a Playstation. But it keeps happening more frequently now. and Sonys CEO did say he would like to reach hundreds of millions of people. Probably your right and it will never happen but again, I never would have believed a Sony first party title would ever be on anything else.

[Christopher]

I think saying "no one" would have believed it belies the fact that back then lots of people were talking about PS games going to PC as Microsoft literally launched GamePass the year before with discussions on same-day release of games on console and PC for Xbox.

I honestly don't care where they put their games, I play on consoles primarily and this doesn't change that, but people acting like a four-year-old game going to PC every time it happens means suddenly we'll have same-day releases is just getting annoying to hear. We've yet to see a PS5 exclusive game go to PC. Let's wait for that to happen before we get to the discussion of same-day release.

[Futureshark]

Like all the other Playstation exclusives that have been ported to PC by Sony, God Of War has probably reached sales saturation point on PS4, and is even given away as part of the PS+ collection on PS5.
So good for Sony as it's basically money for old rope now.

Hope all you PC fans gonna play it, it's a brilliant game!

[Pancit_Canton]

The PC community just want to mod the **** out of this game. Expect naked version popping out of this site.

[Shiore2u]

And you will deal with it.

[MadLad]

Nude mods are a widespread trope for a niche market. Go on any mod site, they're always ranked lowest behind actual content mods, revisions, and added mechanics.

But yes, this will be modded to hell. They'll have this thing looking like you need a PS5 Pro to run properly in just a few years.

[Gianoni33]

Cool. Now more people can play this masterpiece.

Games must break this exclusivity barrier in order to bring more people to the media.

PC and streaming might be the right way to do it, spread such really good games to more gamers.

I strongly believe this consoles generation will be the last one. Recently im.playing more xcloud than my ps5.

[HankHill]

Nice. Sony should bring all their exclusives to PC.

[anast]

Better 3 years late than never. I'm sure the 6 people that haven't played it will be happy.

[MadLad]

Duh
They didn't make a Steam page to not make use of it in the future.

[ElvisHuxley]

Seems like a pretty smart business strategy. Release a game on Playstation, everyone that owns one or doesn't want to wait years to play it, plays it. A few years down the road, anyone else that maybe wasn't interested or didn't own a playstation, or doesn't game on consoles, they get a shot at it as well. They've figured out how to have their cake and eat it too. Make exclusives, but allow the PC market to experience it as well, albeit long after the game has left the spotlight. I like this strategy, I'm a PC gamer primarily, but I love Playstation exclusives. So I play em when they come out, but a few years down the road, I get something of a remastered edition, and I can play it again when it's not so fresh in my mind. Almost like double dipping. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather them all go to PC, then I wouldn't have to worry about buying a playstation, but I'm pretty happy with this strategy as well.

[TheDoomedGuy]

Hmm. Okay I wonder if and when returnal or ratchet will release on PC.

If it's within a year or 2 then I might just go all out on PC gaming since that will be the only platform I need.

[darthv72]

Maybe their PC porting team is already working on returnal? So it very well may come out next year.

[RedDevils]

How about Spiderman, that game is old now. Returnal/R&C are recent release won't be coming to PC for at least 3 years from now.

[andy85]

I can't see Ratchet. Not for a long time at least. It's not just worth it because of the SSD requirements. Most PC gamers haven't upgraded to a PCI 4 SSD because there's very little difference (if any) between that and PCI 3 when it comes to load times on PC

[ajax17]

That's cool, but what about BLOODBORNE?!?

[ironmonkey]

Oh man, pc gamers are gonna love this one. Spread the love

[Lexreborn2]

That’s dope news, none of my current machines will be able to maximize this game output. But knowing in the future I’ll be able to pick it up for a tenner when I do have a capable machine is cool.

Although as long as Sony continues to support BC and releases great high range machines I don’t think it would be a huge priority for myself personally.

[GoodGuy09]

Niiice.

[zero_jp]

I think releasing them 2 years after sales have peaked on console is fine. It’s obviously going to be a case by case basis. Maybe the earliest a year wait depending on how quickly a particular games sales become saturated.

Otherwise there is no way that waiting a year or more to sell the game on PC in anyway will hurt PlayStation console sales. I think they’ve come up with a good middle ground here.

Ultimately gamers win.

[DaniMacYo]

Oh no way. (Pretends to be surprised)
This will look pretty insane though.

[moriarty1889]

Seems Sony is going to keep doing this just like MS has been doing. Wether it’s day and date or a year or two later it still lands on pc.

[darthv72]

that was only obvious seeing as they did acquire a studio who does that sort of thing.

[Orchard]

Not surprised at all, it's obvious the entire catalog is coming to PC, and we can already see where it is heading.

Pretty awesome get for PC gamers, and the game is going to look awesome with the visual enhancements, ultrawide, high framerate etc.

[dbcoops]

How is it remotely obvious? Your comment is pure hyperbole.

[Orchard]

It's obvious by the amount of Sony games coming to Steam, as well as the various Jim Ryan interviews saying as much, as well as the corporate strategy docs that show PC as their next big push.

And it's a good idea. More people experiencing these games is a win for gamers, and more revenue for Sony means more great games going forward. No one loses in this scenario.

[Christopher]

***It's obvious by the amount of Sony games coming to Steam***

PlayStation studio developed games going to PC over 3 years time: HZD, Uncharted 4, GoW, Days Gone.

PlayStation studio developed games currently not going to PC: Demon's Souls, Spider-Man (all of them), Bloodborne, The Last of Us (all of them), inFamous (all of them), Killzone (all of them), Resistance (all of them), Forbidden West, Uncharted 1 to 3, Ragnarok and GoW 1 to 3, The Order, Gran Turismo, LBP (all of them) and Sackboy, Dreams, Ratchet & Clank (all of them), Jak & Dexter (all of them), ICO/SotC, Ghost of Tsushima.

"Obvious by the amount"

[cd1]

It already looks awesome.

[DFresh]

Looking at the future of gaming.
I wouldn’t be surprised if consoles phased out entirely and move more towards an application service like Steam/EA Origins/GOG/etc. on multiple devices.

[Christopher]

People have been saying this since before the PS3/360. When people talk about the "future of gaming" are they talking 50 years? Last I checked, the strongest money makers in gaming are closed hardware systems and it's only grown.

[Grilla]

Out of the 3, mobile, console and pc, pc has the lowest revenue. Mobile is number 1 obviously.

[Stanjara]

Majority of people don't buy $3k PCs for gaming.

[FanboysKiller]

I don't wanna hear Shawn Layden whining about the development cost of the newer games any more, these numbers shows the industry is ready for high budget titles.

[Christopher]

He means new IP and not just "new games within existing IP portfolios." This is not proving him wrong in that regard.

[Traecy]

4 years later is fine coming to PC knowing the game is not really selling anymore on consoles. Hopefully some of those that finally play GOW on PC like it so much they can't wait to play Ragnorak so they buy the game & a PS5 to play.

[John_McClane]

Great time to have a gaming PC!

[Christopher]

Has it ever been a bad time to have a gaming PC?

[John_McClane]

Nope!

[RedDevils]

Only if you don't use a PC for gaming.

[Binarycode]

It's common sense.

More money from PC players = More money for investments into other games. Sequels etc.

PC gamers won't get New Releases, just older Quality AAA titles with improved support.

[TakeTori]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE S!!!

[Flawlessmic]

Awesome new for pc players, have no issues with this, as long as ps exclusives are exclusive to console for a few years and then maje the jump to pc im fine with that, gamers win.

Well never see day and date same release on pc and sony so i dont know why people are making the comparison to xbox.

Tgere is still a huge reason to own a ps5 even if u have a pc.

I dont know about you but i certainly dont have the patience to waits years to play a game i really want

[chiefJohn117]

Nice....

[Knightofelemia]

I wonder if the PS3 games will come to PC as well good more people get to enjoy Kratos and how well the 2018 GoW games really is.

[DaReapa]

Uncharted 1, 2 & 3 are confirmed for PC.

[foker]

its been what 5 years? I am ok with that.

[Fonsecap]

As PlayStation fan, I'm not concerned whatsoever if Sony exclusives come to pc, pc is a neutral platform and don't have nothing to do with those stupid console wars. Even Nintendo should eventually launch their games on pc, people are playing them anyway on emulators, but I bet many of these would prefer to play an optimized version and those games wouldn't be very hardware demanding so it would mean more sales, imo.

[vTuro24]

This is great news. If I hadn't already played the game on ps4 I would be all over this, especially with ultrawide support (big thumbs up to the devs for that).

[nickanasty206]

This is a good start. The flood gates are opening with Jim Ryan's new strategy.