God of War director Cory Barlog says that the franchise isn't tied to its Greek mythology roots and could very well explore other eras and settings in the future.
"The Greek games were the Greek era of
God of War," said Barlog in the most recent
issue of Game Informer. "Moving on, the next mythological belief system he interacts with became the Norse era of
God of War.
But we may end up going on to the Egyptian era and the Mayan era and so on and so forth."
Considering that
God of War hasn't even been released yet - it is set to release sometime this year - it's best to think of Barlog's comments as a casual consideration of the franchise's future. He's simply speculating that future
God of War games might follow the upcoming game's lead by drastically changing the series' once familiar settings.
Still, Barlog has long been the one person at Sony who truly believed that the
God of War franchise could be effectively rebooted and turned into a premier name once again.
"Even the first pitches I gave, there was that, 'You've really got to convince me that we should do another one,'" said Balrog.
God of War: Future Games May Explore Egyptian and Mayan Mythology