Everything Announced at the God of War Laufey SDCC Panel | Comic Con 2026

IGN’s unrecorded reporting of San Diego Comic-Con 2026 continued with the God of War Laufey panel, and determination were plentifulness of announcements!

God of War Laufey crippled manager Ariel Lawrence and Santa Monica Studio caput of originative Cory Barlog led an in-depth speech with the cast, including Deborah Ann Woll (Laufey), Chris Judge (Kratos), Jack Quaid (Phranque), and Perlina Lau (Rue). We got plentifulness of penetration into God of War Laufey itself, but besides confirmation that the adjacent Kratos-led God of War crippled is owed retired after, and volition link to Faye's story. We besides got confirmation of God of War Laufey's merchandise date, which, arsenic expected, is adjacent year. Check retired each the details from the sheet below.

While you hold for the crippled to travel out, cheque retired IGN’s exclusive sum of God of War Laufey from its uncover successful June. We person Lawrence and Barlog discussing wherefore the developer went with Faye arsenic the main quality this clip alternatively of Kratos, and we’ve got an explainer connected Faye herself if you request a catch-up connected her story.

Friday, July 24 and Saturday, July 25, IGN volition watercourse unrecorded from San Diego with A-list interviews, exclusive reveals, and unrecorded sum of SDCC’s biggest panels and announcements. Our broadcast runs from 3pm PT / 6pm ET to 7pm PT / 10pm ET each time and streams crossed IGN platforms. Here's our unrecorded amusement schedule.

And that's a wrap!

The God of War sheet is over. We got immoderate large quality here, including confirmation that the adjacent Kratos-led God of War crippled is owed aft God of War Laufey, and that God of War Laufeylaunches February 26, 2027. Thanks for being present with america for each the latest!

God of War Laufey merchandise day announced!

We person a merchandise day for God of War Laufey! As expected, it's 2027. Specifically, it's February 16, 2027.

Jack Quaid's cube

Jack Quaid says helium felt "at home" successful the cube. "All cube related memories were amazing. Most of my clip was successful a dependable implicit booth," helium adds.

Barlog says helium wanted to spot an hold and enlargement of the satellite wherever the characters we conscionable are unexpected. "Everything we are doing successful the Faye crippled is simply a continuation of what came earlier and to acceptable up and grow what comes next," helium adds. "Phranque has been astir since the beginning. It's absorbing to spot however to physique this satellite out. Everything successful the crippled is mounting up for thing truthful amazing."

Quaid says Phranque doesn't cognize a batch astir his past, truthful he's precise present, being successful the present and now. "I'm a precise anxious idiosyncratic and I'm ever reasoning astir the future, it's bully to play a quality successful the moment," helium says. He's utilized to playing characters that scream, truthful he's blessed that isn't the lawsuit here. He sees anticipation successful Faye. Phranque is precise overmuch an innocent, Quaid says, "and determination is thing wherever I bring that retired of Faye arsenic well."

Who is Faye?

Deborah Ann Woll says she would telephone Faye 'Faye McClane,' aft John McClane from Die Hard. She is simply a "reluctant hero." "Okay I'll prevention the time and prevention the gathering portion I'm astatine it," she says.

"I ever thought that Faye was the genesis of the alteration of Kratos," Judge adds. "So overmuch of the connection successful the archetypal 2 games was astir anticipation and forgiveness and being better. I deliberation that each started with Kratos' narration with Faye. That's wherever it began successful him and what kept him going was ensuring that this fantastic beingness that we had created unneurotic would beryllium amended than the aged man."

The formed speaks...

After that bombshell, Deborah Ann Woll (Laufey) says she's pinching herself that she gets to beryllium connected this sheet astatine all. She says she hadn't played video games successful astir 10 years. 2018's God of War had conscionable travel out, and she spent each nighttime watching it.

Chris Judge talks astir getting the relation of Kratos 13 years ago, and however reluctant helium was astatine first. Perlina Lau (Rue) says she received an email from Sony to inquire for a chat, and thought it was a scam. "I had a gathering with the casting squad and past an audition and a chemsity trial with Deborah past I heard nothing," Lau says. "I'll ne'er hide I got successful the car 1 play enactment my telephone retired saw the email headline. Saw the connection and threw my telephone down. I was similar omg I can't archer anyone. It's been beauteous beingness changing."

Jack Quaid (Phranque) says he's been a PlayStation fanboy since Crash Bandicoot, and is simply a immense God of War fan. He "flipped out" erstwhile helium was offered the role. "I'm connected a Zoom with Cory and Ariel and they told maine I'm gonna beryllium a cube," helium says. "I'm like, 'Okay!" When they accidental leap I inquire however high."

A caller God of War game!

Cory Barlog kicked disconnected the sheet by announcing another God of War game, starring Kratos, that connects to God of War Laufey! It's owed retired aft Laufey. This is simply a immense astonishment coming retired of SDCC!

We're somewhat delayed...

We're inactive waiting for the God of War sheet to begin, arsenic radical are inactive being shuffled into Ballroom 20. We'll person much arsenic soon arsenic it happens!

Not agelong now...

The God of War Laufey sheet starts successful little than 30 minutes. Check backmost present for each the quality astatine it happens!

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