 God of War was released worldwide on April 20, 2018, for the PlayStation 4 console.Many years after the events of "God of War III", Kratos has ended up in the world of Norse mythology in ancient Norway in the realm of Midgard, and he now has a son named Atreus.After his second wife (Atreus' mother), Faye, passes away from an unknown cause, the two set out on a journey to fulfill her final wish, which was to have her ashes spread at the highest peak of the nine realms, eventually revealed to be in Jotunheim.