God Of War 4 Leaked Art Shows Norse Mythology Setting

Concept fine art for the upcoming God of War 4 might take been leaked, and the art shows our beloved anti-hero Kratos, in a Norse Mythology setting.

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The Norse setting was brought up by well-known industry insider Shinobi, who tweeted an interesting quote based on Norse Mythology.

Across the rainbow bridge...

— shinobi602 (@shinobi602) Apr 4, 2022

...to the halls of Valhalla.

My boy.#GodofWar4

— shinobi602 (@shinobi602) April 4, 2022

In Norse Mythology, the rainbow bridge also known as 'Bifrost', is the only entrance to Asgard, one of the Nine Worlds in the Norse universe and home of the tribes of the Norse Gods and Goddesses. Within the gates of Asgard is the 'Hall of Heroes' also known equally 'Valhalla', where Slain Viking warriors volition go for the Afterlife.

Information technology seems that website Nerdleaks scoured the web post-obit Shinobi's tweet, and actually discovered concept art for what seems to be, God of State of war 4. The art seems to accept been found on the website of concept artist, Finnian MacManus, who worked at Sony's Santa Monica Studio from September 2022 to December 2022. His piece of work involved creating concept art for an "unannounced project", co-ordinate to his LinkedIn (which as well seems to take been removed at the moment of writing).

The concept art on MacManus' website was tucked away behind a private section on the site, only the content could exist accessed by browsing through the site'due south source code. The art reveals some interesting facts:

A Kratos-looking character with a beard
A Norse mythology setting
Alfheim and "Land of the Fairies" are a few of the image's names
The Kratos-looking character volition be in prison at one bespeak
The Kratos-looking character has an axe that he can employ to cut vines and create bridges/walkways
The surrounding environs could interact with the character

Interestingly, website Pureplaystation reports that the source of the leaked fine art, Nerdleaks, was hacked and its domain is now on sale. The site's twitter account also seems to be deleted out of nowhere. Luckily the Neogaf customs started a thread on the leak with backups of the images.

https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1204440

While the art mentions Kratos, Shinobi posted a bulletin on the Neogaf forums, stating that fans are being "to hung upward" on Kratos, possibly implying that Kratos might not be the game'due south master character. As usual, accept the 'leaked' fine art and information provided with a grain of salt.

Final week we reported that God of War 4 is said to be a launch title for the Playstation iv.5 (PS4K/PS4.five). This 'upgraded' console from Sony is said to be released in the 1st quarter of 2022. Additionally, rumors suggest that the console'southward GPU is twice equally powerful as the current PS4 GPU, while a more powerful CPU is also being discussed.