God of War

God of War has an unusual release history for a franchise this old, because the modern entries have been spaced far apart and each has had a long tail of expansions rather than a steady drip of content. A new main entry arrives every several years, and between entries the support releases are substantial standalone expansions.

The expansions are not cosmetic. The Valhalla DLC for Ragnarök added a new game mode with its own progression, and the standalone expansions in this series are large enough to justify playing them in order. That is unusual for a single-player franchise and it means a countdown on this page is likely pointing at something with real substance behind it.

Dating these is a genuine problem. The gap between announcement and release in this series has grown, and the announcements tend to be about hardware and platform rather than a specific patch. PC release timing has also lagged console consistently, and in some cases by a considerable margin, because the games are built for very different hardware profiles.

What is worth knowing when a date appears here: a God of War date is more often a console date than a universal one. If you are on PC, treat the announced date as a console date and expect your own version meaningfully later. Checking which platform a date actually refers to before planning anything around it is the single most useful thing you can do with this profile.