It feels like it’s been a long time coming, but this winter saw the God of War Ragnarok UK release date, so here’s everything you need to know about the finale to the Norse adventure for Kratos and his son Atreus. We’ll cover everything from the age rating certificate in our parents guide section below to the story and when it came out.
Firstly, the sequel is again a PlayStation exclusive at launch with the possibility of a PC release (more details below) at some point in the more distant future, so if you’re looking to take father and boy out for some deity bashing then you’ll need either a PS4 or PS5. 2018s God of War looked pretty amazing on the PlayStation 4 Pro, and Ragnarok looks set to build on this with yet more stunning visuals and visceral fight action, especially with the added might of the PS5.
AdvertisementThe story picks up a few years after the first game in the Norse Saga with Atreus a little older and keen to take the fight to Thor and Odin who have mobilized even more with the prophecy of Ragnarok looming. They’re not the only ones looking for the duo as they will also have to tackle the considerable might of Freya, Baldur’s dear old mum, who is out to avenge the death of her son.
Cast
The main cast members will return for God of War Ragnarok with Christopher Judge back as Kratos, along with Sunny Suljic as Atreus, Danielle Bisutti as Freya, Alistair Duncan as Mimir, Robert Craighead as Brok, and Adam Harrington as Sindri. New additions to the cast include Ryan Hurst as Thor (although, he did feature in the hidden ending for the first game), Ben Prendergast as Tyr, Richard Shift as Odin and Laya DeLeon Hayes as Angrboða.
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God of War Ragnarok UK release date
Sony PlayStation and developers Santa Monica Studios confirmed the official God of War Ragnarok UK release date to be the 9th November 2022. This has built on it being previously slated for some time in the year, so it was good to get a date nailed down. However, it had initially been earmarked for 2021, so we’ve seen at least a little movement on when it’s going to come out in the last year or two.
AdvertisementPrior to the confirmation, the main question had been what part of 2022 we should expect it to launch. The holiday period was always a good target, but then Sony rarely goes for this with the crush of other games releasing over the holidays. It was still a possibility, but it was against the norm, so some had predicted a date similar to the first game, which came out on the 20th April 2018.
That option came and went some time ago, and it would have been quite close to Horizon Forbidden West which came out on the 18th February 2022. It wasn’t so close to be out of the question, but it meant that later in the year was a better option with either early summer or Autumn.
Neither one of these are great for sales and with the the success Xbox had last Christmas thanks to the launch of Halo Infinite it looks like Sony is aiming to land a big 2022. It’s also got the release of its VR 2 headset for the PS5, so it could well steel a march with Xbox having little in the way of exclusive titles this time around.
Sony have had a lot of success with releases outside of the big two periods of Christmas and Easter and the fact that Horizon Forbidden West came out in February shows how confident it was about it doing well. That could well have been the case for God of War Ragnarok, which would be game of the year even if it was released on a dark Monday on the other side of doomsday.
However, if you’re waiting on the PC release, you’ll need to park your expectations in the “patient as it gets” bay for now, because the first game is only just out on PC in January 2022. If you take that as a rough guide for Ragnarok then you can track it forward to 2025, but a lot will depend on how successful the first game is on the format.
UK age rating certificate and parents guide
The God of War Ragnarok UK age rating has been confirmed now that the pre-order is available, with the release date in the bag. It’s been given an 18 certificate with notes of violence and language.
AdvertisementThere was already a lot we could take from the certification of the first game. The PEGI rating in the UK and Europe was 18 and the ESRB rating in America was M for mature with a 15+ recommendation, which acted as a good ball park for the sequel.
There’s the same kind of intense violence that contributed to the previous certification. Things are pretty brutal once again for Kratos and Atreus with epic death sequences for any big monsters that get in their way, savage fights with the Norse gods and the Leviathan Axe cleaving Draugrs in half.
Continuing our parents guide, there wasn’t any sex or language considerations with the first game, but there’s a little effing and jeffing in Ragnarok. The old world language doesn’t ordinarily leave that much room for modern day swear words, but there are a few.
There’s a hint of romance in the game, but this doesn’t amount to much. Even when you take into account the Norse mythology around Atreus and Angrboða that kind of only leads to the potential of young love, so the main consideration is the visceral intensity of the violence and some effing and jeffing, which is a big selling point of the game.
Check out our computer games section to keep tabs on the game, or visit the PlayStation website at www.playstation.com for more details on the game.
