It is clear by now, to Sony at least, that its aggressive push to get the majority of its once console-exclusive titles onto PC via Steam is starting to pay dividends, whatever its current mood and actions with the PC gaming community are right now. Now, in an effort to keep that momentum, it is being rumoured that the next title coming to the desktop is Santa Monica Studio’s God of War Ragnarok.
It’s an open secret that Ragnarok was well on the way to the PC, but according to the French deals site, Dealabs, plans for the PC port of the critically acclaimed PlayStation 5 (PS5) title are supposedly set to be revealed as early as this month.
The site has something of a reputation for being on the nose for this; the site had initially reported that Horizon Forbidden West was arriving on PC this year, which it did. Therefore, it’s hard not to take its findings of a possible launch date for Ragnarok seriously.
More to the point, Ragnarok’s potential launch window on the PC is also reflective of Sony’s greater and increasingly aggressive ambition to bring its AAA titles to the wider gaming community that does not own a PlayStation console. One prime and most recent example of this is Helldivers 2, which is not only a PlayStation “exclusive” title but also enables crossplay between players on the console and PC.
Circling back to Ragnarok’s impending arrival, it wouldn’t be surprising for Sony to also include the free Valhalla expansion as part of the package, among other creature comforts and in-game integrations. The Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut for PC, for example, will be the first to support Sony’s new PlayStation overlay, which will enable smoother cloud saves and controller mapping.
