God of War Laufey to Launch Before January 2028 as Physical Disc Edition Confirmed - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 July 2026 / 6,521 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Santa Monica Studio last month announced the next mainline entry in the God of War series, God of War Laufey, for the PlayStation 5.
A release window was not shared, however, it appears the game will be launching before January 2028 as Santa Monica Studio confirmed the game will be available on disc.
"We can confirm God of War Laufey will be available on disc," said the developer via social media.
This announcement is significant as PlayStation revealed earlier this month it is ending physical game disc production for all new games released on PlayStation consoles starting January 2028. All new games from this date released on PlayStation consoles on the PlayStation Store and at retailers will be in digital formats only.
God of War Laufey Game Director Ariel Lawrence and Santa Monica Studio Head of Creative Cory Barlog will be hosting a panel on the game at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 on Friday, July 24 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm PT in Ballroom 20.
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Of course they're going to release Laufey and Intergalactic on disc. Wouldn't want to show how removing physical affects sales just before the launch of the PS6. Their stock would drop pretty hard if GoWL or Intergalactic failed to sell well due to being digital-only. And that would convince investors that people are serious about no disc no PS6. Nothing like having your stock plummet just before you need the money to launch a $1000 console.
Actually, Sony's stock went up after announcing digitally only future. 😁
Yet the CEO just cashed out his stock which shows it will fall soon.
Sony are currently doing a massive stock buyback. They're buying back huge amounts of their stock, which means they expect it to rise.
All major analysts have the stock as a Strong Buy.
The same analysts who say to buy up AI stock? Yet AI hasn't made a dime of its investment back yet.
What’s an AI stock? Most AI companies are not publicly traded, or being developed by big tech companies.
Nvidias stock price is up 952% from from 5 years ago.
Sony stock fell 38% today. The backlash just needed time to get around to stockholders so they could see how pissed gamers are.
lol, no it didn’t. It fell 0.38% which is a negligible amount.
You sound really convinced of your point of view and it is unlikely anything will make you see anything that contradicts this perspective.
You sound like the kind of dipshit that calls everyone who disagrees with him closed minded while offering nothing of substance to the discussion at hand.
This isn't quite the reason. They're buying it back so they can pay back their shareholders. Shareholders do see Sony stock in a positive light due to higher margins from jettisoning the production of physical media. This is a risky assumption as the market could bauck at the lack of physical media and not buy.
Buying back stock to pay shareholders does not make any sense.
Shareholders get paid dividends based on how many shares they own.
Sony are buying back stock because they believe it will increase in value.
Company's buy back stock to benefit investors, this results in less stock on the open market to buy so the price ineffect should rise
Potentially, but they buy it when it is undervalued and sell it back when it’s back at fair value or overvalued. There is no real value in holding it indefinitely.
I doubt Hiroki Totoki is day trading.
Shareholders also get paid when someone buys stock from them which is what Sony is doing to pay them back. Sony has to do what they have to do to balance their books. They're running a profitable gaming business but They're shedding a lot of financial liability.
Shareholders don’t get paid when people buy stock, Jesus Christ what is this stupidity
They get paid when people buy their shares off them. They're not giving it away for free. Buddy, are you okay?
So the theory has now evolved to: Sony is buying back shares in order to reward shareholders. Brilliant.
Shareholders have to get their dividends somehow. How does it make sense to unload half your holdings when those holdings are going to surge in value? Higher margins potential is there from no longer having to produce physical media, but it will all be for nothing if the customer isn't buying. Best to unload while there's still value.
You get dividends by holding shares, not selling them.
The sony execs that sold off their shares did so on a predefined date that was set a long time ago. These guys get shares for hitting targets but they also need money to buy things so they will regularly cash-in a certain amount of them at the first defined day. They cash-in some and speculate on the rest. Its completely normal and expected behaviour.
They need to buy things? They're short on cash so they dump valuable stock which was collecting dividends and is set to increase in value? That's like someone dipping into their life savings. You only do that in an emergency. What's the emergency when the business is supposedly healthy?
Their wage would be a fraction of their stock options. They sell millions of dollars worth of shares and they still maintain shares worth millions. Execs do this worldwide in all companies. People like money.
People don't sell off valuable stock which is increasing in value. They buy more.
Lol yes they do. People like to have money sometimes. The CEO of Nvidia sells his stock like every year, and musk sells a ton of Tesla stock to fund other projects
That could confirm reports that Laufey is in early 2027, then Intergalactic holiday 2027. Could be the final physical release Sony ever releases.
Digital is the future. I can't remember the last time I bought a physical game.
You be verry sorry one day for supporting this all digital future.
My games my choice.
People said that about Steam 20 years ago.
Yeah, those were the days. But now, with Steam sales, the limited number of first-party titles Sony has, the ease of moving your Steam games to a new machine, free online play, and so on, PlayStation is going to be in trouble... Not to mention Xbox's plans and the strong presence of the Switch 2.
And I still want my PC games physical if I could, at least the ones I really look forward to. Just clicking a download button is so underwhelming comparatively.
I've still never lost access to a single game on Steam though
Sure, it's also extremely rare. I don't see the licensing argument as the main issue of digital but it is admittedly more problematic on consoles with limited lifespans.
I buy physical games on Switch and PlayStation. I buy digital on Xbox, because I have systems in multiple rooms and prefer the convenience of not having been moved discs around the house.
However, it is obviously true that physical media is going away. The reality is that it's inefficient. And while consumers may be able to slow down the shift to digital only, it isn't stoppable. Whether it comes in 2028 or 2035, it's coming soon.
GoTY contender 2027 right here!
GoW and Intergalactic in 2027 would make a legendary year for Playstation.
said no-one, i guess you are trolling? :)
Excuse me? I don't get what you trying to say.
Hopefully it's not the last God of War on disc.
I'll be there for Laufey but I would also like to be there for the next games as well.
It's all on Sony, tho.
Most likely I hope they still make the steelbooks to an extent I can live with a digital future of they still have collector or steelbook editions. I still like getting something physical in my hands. Digital only will make me buy less games though. I loved buying a steelbook physical game and trade a few games at the same time, to not pay more for the game.
