While many fans have been hoping for a new State of Play soon, it seems Sony has gone in another direction and dropped a major bombshell. It has announced that, on September 9 at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET, it will be hosting the PlayStation Showcase 2021. The event will last for 40 minutes, with it focusing on games releasing “this holiday and beyond.”
With such events, Sony has been good at managing expectations. The last State of Play, for example, outlined that fans shouldn’t expect the fan-dubbed God of War: Ragnarok or Horizon Forbidden West ahead of time. The only thing that Sony took off the table this time around though was PSVR2, letting imaginations run wild for what kind of games could be there. Now, a reliable leaker has revealed that God of War: Ragnarok will make its appearance at the showcase.
Shpeshal Nick, who has reliably leaked many things such as PS Plus games in the past, posted a screenshot just after Sony made the announcement. The screenshot is a conversation between Nick and a “CENSORED” no image user. Nick asks if God of War is going to be there, with the other user simply replying, “yes.”
What adds more credence to this is that Nick had basically leaked the Sony PlayStation Showcase too. The screenshot comes in a Quote Tweet of himself, where he says that he told everyone asking him about August that his source hadn’t heard anything. However, at the time of the tweet (August 31), he was told to expect something like a Sony event from September. In other words, as leaks live and die by their source, Nick seems to be hitting all the right notes here.
It does make a lot of sense, though. Since this is not a State of Play, it sounds like an E3-level Sony event that fans have been waiting for all summer. It makes sense to go big, as Sony even mentions developers big and small, and right now it hardly gets bigger than God of War: Ragnarok. It does need to be said that events like these can change with little to no notice, so it’s still possible it won’t be there. Or, Nick and his source could be wrong.
At this time, though, this seems to be one of very few reliable leaks regarding God of War’s sequel. The next big question is what it’ll show, and assuming the game is releasing in the first half of next year, a cinematic trailer seems most likely. If fans are lucky, perhaps God of War: Ragnarok’s release date will be revealed. Nonetheless, fans will just have to tune and see if this leak is proven true and what will be shown if it is.
The God of War sequel is scheduled to release in 2022 for PS4 and PS5.