The top boss of Playstation Studios, Hermen Hulst, has wanted to show his face after 17 months in command of the engine that gives and will give life to PlayStation in the coming years. In an interview published on the official PlayStation blog, the manager has left some details of the strategy that the brand will follow in the coming years, leaving some very interesting information.
God of War Ragnarok won't be out in 2021
Although this information has not come directly from Hulst's statements, at the same time, just after the publication of the interview, Santa Monica Studio has released a statement in which they have announced that they prefer to do things calmly, and although last year they launched a teaser from the future God of War (which we still don't have a name for, but misnamed Ragnarok), the development team will need time to complete the game properly.
— Santa Monica Studio – God of War Ragnarok (@SonySantaMonica) June 2, 2021
This has been able to fall like a jug of cold water for many fans who were convinced in bringing Kratos to PS5 this year, but in reality, it was only necessary to do a quick review of the panorama to know for sure that this was quite difficult to what happened For that reason, the new God of War will go to 2022, without specifying exactly when in that year it will hit stores.
More doubts in another big one
The worst thing is that the disappointment of God of War could not come alone, since in the words of Hulst in relation to Horizon forbidden west"We think we're on track to launch in the holiday season, but that's not entirely certain yet, and we're working as hard as we can to confirm as soon as we can."
That being said, doubts about the release of Horizon Forbidden West are beginning to flourish, and if we initially thought that the past State of Play dedicated to the Guerrilla game, the information on the release date had been skipped to announce it within the framework of E3, these statements make us think that the situation is being more complete than we could imagine.
Make PlayStation Bigger
Among the rest of the information that we can find in Hermen's statements, we can see how Bend Studio is already working on another open world game based on the systems of Days Gone (yes, there will be no sequel but there will be a game based on the game engine), as well as that Sony will continue to invest in its presence on PC by launching more of its own IPs on the platform.
In short, the health of PlayStation is still in an enviable state, however, that does not mean that it will suffer from some ailments in the coming months with the occasional unexpected delay. We'll see if E3 clears up our doubts or if, on the contrary, a Christmas awaits us with an absence of great titles.