Sony has dropped an announcement teaser for a God of War Trilogy Remake coming to PS5. The teaser confirms the original Greek-era games are getting the full remake treatment and signals that T.C. Carson will return to voice Kratos.
This is a remake project, not a remaster. That means the original trilogy is being rebuilt from the ground up rather than just getting a resolution bump and texture update. The teaser offers no gameplay footage and positions the project as being in early development.
The trilogy covers God of War (2005), God of War II (2007), and God of War III (2010). These are the original PlayStation 2 and PS3 games where Kratos rampaged through Greek mythology, killing gods and unleashing chaos across Mount Olympus. The PSP games Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta were not mentioned, and neither was God of War: Ascension from 2013.
T.C. Carson voiced Kratos throughout the Greek-era games. He was replaced by Christopher Judge when the series rebooted in 2018 with the Norse mythology setting. The fact that Carson is returning for the remakes shows Sony Santa Monica is keeping the original casting intact rather than having Judge voice the younger version of the character.
The teaser leaves major questions unanswered. It’s unclear whether the trilogy will release as three separate games or as one consolidated package. There’s no release date or window mentioned.
The original trilogy played very differently from the 2018 reboot and its sequel Ragnarök. The Greek-era games featured hack-and-slash combat with fixed camera angles that pulled back to show massive set pieces. The Norse games shifted to an over-the-shoulder camera, slower combat, and RPG systems.
God of War III still holds up visually on modern hardware. The first God of War, however, shows its age with dated mechanics and frustrating platforming sections. A full remake could modernize the controls and quality-of-life features while preserving the spectacle and pacing that defined the original trilogy.
Sony has a God of War TV adaptation in development. Remaking the original games would bring Kratos’ origin story to modern consoles right as a new audience discovers the character through the show. It’s the same playbook used for The Last of Us Part I remake alongside the HBO series.
