God of War Laufey Guide: 2027 PS5 Release, Story, and Setting

If you only have thirty seconds, the confirmed picture looks like this: God of War Laufey launches on February 16, 2027, on PlayStation 5 only. It is a single-player action / adventure built by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, with Faye — Kratos's wife and Atreus's mother from the Norse saga — as the new playable protagonist. The setting is the Everywhen, a multi-mythology afterlife that the developers have explicitly stated is not Elysium and not Valhalla. Preorders are not open yet on the PlayStation Store; the only active action on the official concept page is to add the game to your PSN wishlist.

This God of War Laufey guide is organized so you can drop in at the sub-question you actually have. The release-date page is the canonical status page for the launch window. The platforms page handles the PS5-exclusive scope and the negative confirmation on PC, PS4, Xbox, and Switch. The preorder page tracks the PSN concept-page copy verbatim and explains why there is no Standard, Deluxe, or Collector's Edition line-up on the record yet. The story timeline and Everywhen pages anchor where Faye's story starts and what kind of world she enters.

The confirmed picture as of August 4, 2026 is intentionally narrow. SIE and Santa Monica Studio announced the date at San Diego Comic-Con in late July 2026, and the PlayStation.com product page lists February 16, 2027 with the PS5-only platform tag. Three official trailers are on the record: the State of Play gameplay reveal from June 2026, a combat first-look, and the SDCC release-date trailer. The cast is set: Deborah Ann Woll voices Faye / Laufey, Christopher Judge voices Kratos (who is not the playable lead), Jack Quaid voices the cosmic-cube companion Phranque, and Perlina Lau voices Rue, the ribbon guardian. Two bosses are confirmed for the opening roster: Sekhmet (Egyptian goddess of war) and Begtse (Mongolian / Tibetan god of war).

What you should not treat as confirmed yet includes: any edition line-up (Standard, Deluxe, Collector's), edition pricing, the preorder date, the file size, completion time, achievement list, day-one patch version, the full ability tree, the localized voice-acting language matrix, retail SKU and disc pricing, and any boss beyond Sekhmet and Begtse. Those items are not announced as of 2026-08-04. Where this site touches them, the framing is a dated status statement, not an estimate.

Most readers land here for one of four reasons. The fastest path from this hub to your answer:

• You want the launch date and current status: read the release-date page.
• You want to know whether PC, PS4, Xbox, or Switch is in scope: read the platforms page.
• You want to pre-order or wishlist: read the preorder page and the physical-disc page.
• You want the story, characters, or combat details: read the story timeline, the Faye / Laufey character page, the Phranque and Rue companions page, the bosses page, or the combat and gameplay page.

If you came from the 2018 Norse saga or from Ragnarök and want to understand how Laufey fits next to those, the comparison page contrasts Faye, the Everywhen, and the combat pillars against Kratos's Norse journey. The trailers page collects the three official videos in chronological order so you can verify anything quoted on the other pages against the same source.

• God of War Laufey on PlayStation.com - official/store - checked 2026-08-04 - February 16, 2027 release date, PS5-only platform, SIE publisher, wishlist live
• First-Look at God of War Laufey (PlayStation Blog) - official/store - checked 2026-08-04 - Faye bio, Phranque, Rue, three combat pillars, legendary sword with magic-infused slashes
• God of War Laufey concept page on PS Store - official/store - checked 2026-08-04 - release date confirmation, wishlist action, verbatim preorder copy
• God of War Laufey launches February 16, 2027 (Gematsu) - media/interview - checked 2026-08-04 - SDCC 2026 release-date announcement coverage
• God of War Laufey release date and physical release coverage (Polygon) - media/interview - checked 2026-08-04 - February 16, 2027 date and physical disc confirmation
• God of War Laufey interview (IGN) - media/interview - checked 2026-08-04 - cast details, Everywhen setting, Kratos not playable
• God of War Laufey physical disc release confirmed (IGN) - media/interview - checked 2026-08-04 - physical disc release confirmed by Santa Monica Studio
• God of War Laufey State of Play gameplay reveal trailer - official/store - checked 2026-08-04 - first official gameplay reveal, June 2026
• God of War Laufey Combat First Look trailer - official/store - checked 2026-08-04 - combat-first-look trailer showing Faye's sword play
• God of War Laufey Meet The Cast trailer - official/store - checked 2026-08-04 - cast introductions for Woll, Judge, Quaid, and Lau

• Current-game (confirmed): official title "God of War Laufey", Santa Monica Studio developer, Sony Interactive Entertainment publisher, single-player action / adventure, PlayStation 5 exclusive, February 16, 2027 worldwide release, Faye as protagonist, Kratos not playable, Christopher Judge as Kratos voice, Phranque and Rue as companions, Everywhen setting, Sekhmet and Begtse as confirmed bosses, legendary sword with magic-infused slashes, three combat pillars (speed, control, relentlessness), physical disc release confirmed, PSN wishlist live.
• Legacy / attribution: Faye's Norse-saga biography (wife of Kratos, mother of Atreus, Jötnar frost giant, Golden Hand of the Jötnar, power of foresight) is canon from God of War (2018) and Ragnarök and is referenced for biography only; Norse mythology "Laufey" (Fárbauti's consort, Loki's mother) is used only to anchor the in-universe / mythological naming distinction. The Schreier report that a PC port is not planned is media-attributed, not official SIE word.
• Unannounced as of 2026-08-04: preorder date, edition line-up (Standard / Deluxe / Collector's), edition pricing, system requirements, file size, completion time, achievement list, day-one patch version, localized voice-acting language matrix, retail SKU and disc pricing, ability tree / skill names, and any boss beyond Sekhmet and Begtse. PC, PS4, Xbox, and Switch versions are also not announced.
• Forward-pointer: a separate Kratos-led God of War game is announced to release after Laufey (Polygon, IGN, GameSpot, Sony Santa Monica Studio on X). That project is a separate title and is not within the scope of this site.