God Of War Ragnarök Producer Asks Rabid Stans To Chill Out Over Reveal Rumors

OMG chill out already!Image: Sony Santa Monica Studio

For the previous week, God of War: Ragnarök has been trending on Twitter, although there isn’t any definitive information from developer Sony Santa Monica Studio. Instead, there have simply been a collection of tweets from “industry insiders” pointing to a possible livestream reveal of the sport on June 30. The rumor’s supply is cryptic, however now producer Cory Barlog has responded to the rising dialog, asking people to sit back out and “please be patient” when in search of updates.

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It all began on June 23 when Twitter consumer The Snitch tweeted a imprecise God Of War GIF with what seemed to be binary code:”11110.” In the Decimal System, “11110″ translates to “30,” which led people in The Snitch’s mentions to imagine some announcement was approaching the thirtieth of some month. Another “industry insider” named Roberto Serrano echoed The Snitch’s cryptic message on June 24, tweeting that Sony will share a brand new Ragnarök trailer alongside a November 18 launch date (this 12 months, supposedly) and the flexibility to preorder the sport—all on June 30, with a PlayStation weblog put up to accompany the reveal. Thus, the rumor mill began spinning outta management, with “industry insiders” left and proper claiming one thing’s occurring this Thursday.

Again, neither Sony nor Santa Monica has publicly mentioned something about Ragnarok. In truth, the final time we formally heard in regards to the recreation was a May weblog put up outlining new accessibility options that ought to lastly get rid of a gamer’s biggest risk: tiny textual content. However, based on a Bloomberg report, it seems the studio could also be getting ready for a November launch.

All that mentioned, recreation producer Cory Barlog needed to step in to close the current unruly rumors down. In a June 29 tweet, Barlog mentioned he’d spill all of the tea if he may, however choices like that aren’t as much as him. Instead, he implored, people ought to simply “please be patient” when asking for Ragnarök updates, promising that “things will be shared at the earliest possible moment they can be.”

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When reached for remark, The Snitch instructed Kotaku over Twitter DMs that no matter announcement Sony and Santa Monica Studio had deliberate for June 30 was pushed again. They refused to offer deets on how they took place their information aside from alluding to it being the identical as Bloomberg‘s. Either way, The Snitch said the delay left them “more worried” about Ragnarök.

“There was going to be a reveal,” The Snitch claims. “But Sony delayed it. It was not a State of Play or a new gameplay trailer. That’s all I can say. It’s a disgrace. I’m extra nervous in regards to the recreation. To me it means it’s not polished sufficient.”

The Snitch, who in some way predicted the Crisis Core remake with a equally imprecise tweet, doesn’t care a lot for his or her credibility as an “industry insider.” They solely “open Twitter from time to time” anyway and suppose “the videogames console community is super toxic.” Still, The Snitch believes people take pleasure in their tweets as a result of it makes occasions, just like the Summer Game Fest, “more exciting.”

“I think people like my cryptic tweets, and I’m avoiding legal issues because it is just a GIF and random numbers,” The Snitch mentioned. “And this is why my tweets are open to speculations. We all know how this industry is, and plans are changing from one day to another.”

Kotaku has reached out to Mr. Clutch, Serrano, and Sony for remark.

Updated: 06/30/22, 10.05 a.m. ET: This put up has been up to date to make clear the substance of feedback made by The Snitch.