God of War Launches April 20 on PS4 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 23 January 2018 / 10,539 Views

Sony Santa Monica Studios announced God of War will launch for the PlayStation 4 on April 20.

View the story trailer below:

Here are the pre-order bonuses for all editions of the game:

Three legendary shield skins (shown above) for Kratos to use to defend and bash enemies.

If you pre-order at GameStop or EB Games, you’ll also receive Luck of Ages XP Boost, which grants +10 Luck and has 1 Enchantment Slot.

Luck influences the following:

Increase XP gain
Increase Hacksilver gain
Increase the ability to trigger Perks

Here is an overview of each limted edition:

Collector’s Edition | $129.99 USD/$169.99 CAD

The 9’’ statue was crafted by our team in collaboration with the incredible folks at Gentle Giant. The cloth map is a unique companion to your journey, and an art piece on its own. The Huldra Bros carvings pack as much detail as their personas do in game. Just a few of the highlights, not to mention the digital items as well!

Stone Mason Edition | $149.99 USD/$199.99 CAD (EB Games Exclusive in Canada)

Available in the US and Canada only, this edition includes everything in the Collector’s Edition along with four very distinct, rare items directly from the game. You might recognize Atreus’ wooden Horse and Troll carvings from our E3 2016 debut. They complete the collection with the Huldra Bros, btw. The Stone Mason Ring is a finely crafted piece of jewelry, whose story we won’t spoil. The talking Mimir Head keychain may be your personal favorite after you interact with him in game. Massive credit to Gentle Giant capturing the exquisite detail of these!

Digital Deluxe Edition | $69.99USD/$89.99 CAD

If digital only is king for you, we didn’t forget. Adorn the legendary Death’s Vow Armor Set to increase your strength, and honor the solemn promise that sends Kratos and Atreus on their journey through the Norse wilds of Midgard and beyond. The digital comic book from Dark Horse, Issue #0 starts to unearth the story of Kratos before his quest with Atreus begins. Not to mention both the digital comic and mini art book will come with exclusive creator commentary tracks.

Finally, available to addresses in the US and Canada only, pre-order this Digital Deluxe beauty to get a sweet, exclusive, shiny, limited-run God of War physical pin.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

33 Comments

Angelv577 (on 23 January 2018)

About time!!! Time to preorder :-)

KazumaKiryu (on 23 January 2018)

OH YEEEESSSS!!
January: Monster Hunter World, Digimon Story II-rpg, DragonBall Fighter Z
February: Shadow of the Colossus remake, Secret of Mana
March: Yakuza 6, Ni No Kuni 2
April:God of War
And many more. Perfect start for the biggest Games-Year. This is for the Player!

Kerotan KazumaKiryu (on 23 January 2018)

Sony are spoiling you this gen. We are in a golden age brother

DialgaMarine (on 23 January 2018)

That statue is going to go great with my Drake, Aloy, and Kay ones.

DialgaMarine DialgaMarine (on 23 January 2018)

Kat*

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Kylar18 (on 23 January 2018)

I’m excited!

Tridrakious (on 23 January 2018)

I don't have enough money for all the PlayStation stuff coming...

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Slimebeast (on 23 January 2018)

How can look so good the graphics? Unbelievable. I really want to play this.

Errorist76 Slimebeast (on 24 January 2018)

And, just a small the earlier trailers, this most likely isn’t but even a PSPro footage.

Errorist76 Slimebeast (on 24 January 2018)

I hate my iPad and VGCs commenting system.

Slimebeast Slimebeast (on 26 January 2018)

Errorist76, wow if that's on the normal PS4 then that's even more incredible! Imagine how it would look on a PS4 Pro. If that's the case this game is going to make me buy a PS4 Pro.

Slimebeast Slimebeast (on 27 January 2018)

Errorist76, wow if that's on the normal PS4 then that's even more incredible! Imagine how it would look on a PS4 Pro. If that's the case this game is going to make me buy a PS4 Pro.

ROCKY223 (on 23 January 2018)

I was hoping March but I ca wait another month, I just want this game to be amazing

SuperNintend0rk (on 23 January 2018)

It's going head to head with Labo lol how is Kratos going to compete with cardboard? :P

raulbalarezo (on 23 January 2018)

HYPE!

ZODIARKrebirth (on 23 January 2018)

and this will only the beginning...next big first party games will follow;)

DroidKnight (on 23 January 2018)

420

TallSilhouette DroidKnight (on 23 January 2018)

Rage It

COKTOE DroidKnight (on 23 January 2018)

Hitlers's birthday.

Liquid_faction (on 23 January 2018)

Now all the stoners would have something to play on 4/20.

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topolino227 halil23 (on 23 January 2018)

They said "Early 2018"

Kemono halil23 (on 23 January 2018)

Far Cry 5 happened.

DialgaMarine halil23 (on 23 January 2018)

Depends on what they meant by Q1; 4/20 is well within Q1 of the fiscal year. Honestly though, I don’t remember ever hearing Q1; they always said Early 2018, since E317

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Errorist76 halil23 (on 24 January 2018)

At PSX the directors alreadybegged for more time and Shu didn’t want to confirm a date yet. March was too crowded with releases anyway. April is perfect.