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 This article is about the 2018 video game. For the 2005 video game, see God of War (2005 video game) .      God of War [a] is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). Released worldwide on April 20, 2018, for the PlayStation 4 (PS4), it is the eighth installment in the God of War series , the eighth chronologically, and the sequel to 2010's God of War III . Unlike previous games, which were loosely based on Greek mythology , this installment is rooted in Norse mythology , with the majority of it set in ancient Scandinavia in the realm of Midgard . For the first time in the series, there are two protagonists: Kratos , the former Greek God of War who remains the only playable character , and his young son Atreus. Following the death of Kratos' second wife and Atreus' mother, they journey to fulfill her request that her ashes be spread at the highest peak of the nine realms . Kratos keeps...