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The next God of War game could be making its way to Egypt. According to a report from DanielRPK (paywall), Sony is casting currently casting for Middle Eastern Actors for a new game.

“Sony is casting Middle Eastern actors for an unknown AAA game, which is likely to be the next God of War that explores Egyptian mythology,” the report says.

It’s important to note that this information hasn’t been confirmed or independently verified by Insider Gaming. Until that happens, please take this news with a grain of salt.

Moving to Egyptian mythology wouldn’t be surprising should it happen. The God of War saga began in Greek mythology before shifting to Norse for the modern games. Moving to a new pantheon would make sense for next era of the franchise.

As far as Egyptian specifically, it’s been mentioned in the past (h/t The Game Post) that Sony Santa Monica originally considered centering the game around Egyptian mythology for the 2018 revival before settling on Norse.

“I think the first pitch I gave was that we wouldn’t even know what was happening,” creative director Cory Barlog said. “So i t was Kratos walking through the desert—because we were, in my mind, still doing Egypt initially—wind, sand blowing all over the place as he’s kind of crawling through and then kind of stands up over a dune and checks out this really fantastic ancient city.”

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Bengalnative on January 28th, 2025 at 17:04 UTC »

While Egypt is the most obvious path next as Greek, Norse and Egypt are the "Big Three" of pantheons, I'm still hoping one day they'll take a dive into Mezoamerican mythology.

Those Aztecs and Myans had some pretty wild gods of their own.

jakej9488 on January 28th, 2025 at 16:38 UTC »

I hope they revamp the movement system. It’s very jarring how Kratos pulls off massive jumps and acrobatics in the cinematics but then can’t reach a ledge two feet above his head without solving a puzzle.

Games like Stellar Blade and Wukong have shown that you can have attacks feel weighty and impactful while still having a ton of mobility and fluid movement.

TKAPublishing on January 28th, 2025 at 16:29 UTC »

Kratos gonna be slaughtering his way through the Book of Mormon in ten years at this rate.