God of War Ragnarok is amongst the next batch of first-party titles Sony plans to port to PC, a new report from PS Plus leaker Billbil-Kun claims. They say the official announcement could be made as soon as this month, which could line up with a potential PlayStation Showcase taking place in May.
Sony has been happy to feature PC news during its conferences as of late, with Fairgame$, Marathon, and Helldivers 2 all sporting the phrase "coming to PS5 and PC" at the end of their trailers. This would mark the second time Kratos and son Atreus have appeared on the platform, with the 2018 entry God of War being one of Sony's earliest PC ports.
Presumably, the game will utilise the new PlayStation overlay that ships with this month's PC release Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut, allowing users to unlock Trophies and view their friends list. A PSN account will be required to access it, but it won't be needed to play the actual game since God of War Ragnarok is an entirely single player experience — that includes last year's surprise roguelike add-on Valhalla.
It had been previously rumoured that The Last of Us 2 Remastered, first released for PS5 at the start of this year, would be another PC port for the near future. However, since that claim was made, the Twitter account in question has been debunked.
Released for PS5 and PS4 in 2022, God of War Ragnarok remains one of the current generation's highlights, launched to critical acclaim and a 10/10 rating in our own review. "Even amongst PlayStation Studios' typically stellar output it's a showpiece — a masterfully crafted game that smashes expectations at almost every turn," we concluded in our God of War Ragnarok PS5 review. The growing PlayStation audience on PC will likely now have the chance to enjoy it too.
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Hope the master race enjoys it as much as I did… still one of my favourite games of all-time.
If there will be a mod that removes those puzzle spoiler voice lines etc I'd love to give it another try.
That stuff sadly bothered me that much that I dropped the game after 4h despite loving GoW 2018
Will PC players buy it? And will they buy if they have to make a simple log in for PSN?
@Rmg0731 dont think itl have that requirement as its single player with no multiplayer or online aspects.
I hope Jetpack Interactive is working on the port again. Their GoW 2018 PC port was amazing.
At this point I think it's safe to assume going forward, that all of Sony's big games will go to PC
@carlos82 i’ve said for a while that the only thing that has stopped them doing day abd date was not console exclusive but capacity and knowledge to do the ports. Nixes was to handle some and teach other teams as other teams have no pc experience. That remains the only thing stopping at that point
I think this is the right way to release on PC.
Mainly because when the game is originally developed the studio can focus on one console and make the best of that console and hopefully get the game out in time and bug free.
Then later re-focus for the PC release.
That’s why Sony and Nintendo get the best out of their respective consoles and the studio get one main focus and good micro management with aims and goals.
I don't understand why it's such a huge issue for some people if their PlayStation games get ported to the PC years after we've had them..who really cares?
Pretty obvious, surprised gt7 hasn't been ported yet. Also not an insider, but I expect a PS5 native version of 2018 to line up with the series on Amazon.
Will double dip once it hits GoG.
@Rmg0731 it's single player only so most likely no. There's probably an option if you want trophies.
@carlos82 definitely which I don't mind as long as they keep making these amazing triple A single player games.
Good decision, Sony should put all their big hitters on PC. I still prefer to play on console, since I am not willing to spend a huge amount of money on a PC video card, however I enjoy lots of indie games and less performance hungry games on PC.
Guess gonna release on PS Plus Extra soon.
Was rather obvious considering Horizon Forbidden West's approach (announcing in September 2023, release in March 2024). Announce in May 2024, release in November 2024 would line up with the 2 year timing that Jim Ryan was talking about.
"Sony has been happy to feature PC news during its conferences as of late, with Fairgame$, Marathon, and Helldivers 2 all sporting the phrase "coming to PS5 and PC" at the end of their trailers"
I don't mind the live service day and date announcements but I'm not a fan of of Sony potentially wasting air time on a showcase to announce a PC only port...Sony's audience watch those shows expecting to hear only about PS5 releases. Save it for the PS Blog.
Glad I waited. This'll run beautifully on my PC. Plus handheld play with Steam Deck!
On Playstation Showcase this month 100%.
@AdamNovice They may leave it for PS Blog as there's only been 1 PC only announcement in a PS event before which was Spider-Man in the June 2022 State of Play. All the other PC announcements in State of Play were PS5/PC announcements.
They may pull a "By the way it's coming to PS+ Extra/Premium" if it was to appear in the showcase but I think it's more likely that Sony have realized the Game Pass model is toxic for 1st party games.
@Northern_munkey coveting gamess on PlayStation brings a subset of people infinitely more joy than knowing that other people are able to enjoy those same game on a different platform.
Good news for me! Finished it on PS5 twice, and the DLC, but I don't mind giving it another go on Steam in the future, especially if it's a superior quality port a la Nixxes.
Epic franchises and very talented devs deserve our full support imho.
@AdamNovice I think a reasonable amount of PS5 players are still interested in PC ports. At least people with Steam Deck or a similar portable device, or a high-end PC that can push beyond the capabilities of a console.
Anybody notice how Protective Sony is with Last of Us 2? The game isn't even on PS Plus after all these years! They went ahead and made a whole ass unecessary remake just for the first game before releasing it.
I'm assuming it'll come around the second season of the tv show though.
As someone that has went more PC focused over the last year, I'm glad to see more and more of the first-party lineup release on PC.
Let's see how much people cry when Ghost and this game ask for a psn account now that they include integration with trophies.
Loved GOW 2018 but didn't really like ragnarok much when I played it for various reasons (to many quips and puzzles for a start) but now it's on PC definitely might give it another go.
@Rmg0731 depends if it's available in the 100+ countries PSN isn't available in
Every day I'm glad I got a Steamdeck...all the console drama is absolutely tiresome.
@Northern_munkey It's 2024, if people can't find something to complain about within 5 seconds, they make stuff up. I couldn't care less what anyone plays on, or what games they play. It's the latest rage to find outrage wherever you can...
@tselliot indeed 👍
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