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"She and Kratos can both hit hard and take hits, so one of our top priorities throughout the development has been handcrafting a uniquely fresh feel for Faye’s gameplay that will also meet the high expectations fans have for the series," Santa Monica Studio's Santa Monica Studio said on Sony's PlayStation Blog. Laufey appears to take bigger creative risks than the main God of War games. For example, the upcoming PS5 game mishmashes a wider swath of mythologies to tell its tale. The combat is also much more intimate than the other games, Sony says, and is built around fluid, "hyper-responsive"

In Sony Interactive Entertainment's new spinoff, we're actually following Kratos' wife, Faye — or Laufey, a surprise Jötunn soldier. The events of God of War: Ragnarok were set off by a horn that beckoned the colossal serpent Jörmungandr, the harbinger of the end of the world. You know, Ragnarok! And one of the leading fan theories is that the instrument was played by none other than Faye. The fan theory, which postulates that Faye might be a time-traveling entity that is neither alive nor dead, is a bit bonkers. It also turned out to be spot on, as the trailer repeatedly emphasizes that Faye

It's not like I regret selling my base PS5 for the upgraded Pro version, but I'd be lying if I said this generation hasn't felt unusually uncertain compared to Sony's previous console eras. There was a time when PlayStation exclusives arrived with rhythm and consistency, and even its best first-party studios pumped out multiple games in a generation. Now, however, entire years go by with almost nothing but CGI trailers, vague promises, and radio silence from studios that we once trusted blindly. Development cycles have ballooned out of control, and even announced games no longer feel guarantee

In case you think I'm making all this up, former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra recently claimed that Sony views Valve as a new competitor. Ybarra believes that with Xbox not active in the console wars anymore (Project Helix is still a ways away), Sony is bringing true console exclusives back, as it stops launching them on PC. He also thinks Sony is smart enough to see the promise of Steam Machine and its potential to be the biggest competitor to the PlayStation. In fact, most of the points I illustrated above were also mentioned by Ybarra in the same comment thread. He stressed Steam's 3-hour, no