God of War Sons of Sparta Bringing Back One Character Feels Like a Big Deal

In February 2026’s State of Play, after Sony highlighted a number of major games releasing for PS5 in the coming months, God of War: Sons of Sparta was revealed and subsequently shadow-dropped. The side-scrolling action game, whose development was kept under wraps until its launch, serves as a prequel to the first God of War, following Kratos and his brother Deimos as they undergo the brutal Spartan training regime known as the agoge.