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God of War

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Summary

God of War is a video game franchise[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of video game series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,405 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment[3], Capcom[4]
  • Genre: hack and slash[5], action-adventure game[6]
  • Developer: Ready at Dawn[7], Santa Monica Studio[8]
  • Designed by: David Jaffe[9], Cory Barlog[10]
  • Platform: PlayStation 2[11], PlayStation 3[12], PlayStation Portable[13], PlayStation Vita[14], Java[15], PlayStation 4[16], PlayStation 5[17], Microsoft Windows[18]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[19], multiplayer video game[20]
  • Language of work or name: English[21]
  • Distribution format: digital distribution[22], optical disc[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Has part(s): God of War: Ascension[25], God of War: Chains of Olympus[26], God of War[27], God of War: Ghost of Sparta[28], God of War: Betrayal[29], God of War II[30], God of War III[31], God of War (2018 video game)[32], God of War Ragnarök[33]
  • Inception: March 22, 2005[34]
  • Characters: Kratos[35]
  • Distributed by: PlayStation Store[36], Steam[37], Epic Games Store[38]
  • Narrative location: Greece[39], Norway[40]
  • Official website: https://godofwar.playstation.com[41]
  • Topic's main category: Category:God of War (franchise)[42]
  • Main subject: Greek mythology[43], Norse mythology[44]
  • Described at URL: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/video-game-franchises/god-of-war[45]
  • Topic has template: Template:God of War[46]
  • Title: God of War[47]
  • Set in period: ancient history[48]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[49]

  • Secondary type(s): Compilation, Soundtrack[50]

  • First release date: 2010-03-17[51]

  • Genre(s): electronic, rock[52]

  • Community tags: electronic, rock, vgm, video game music[53]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fe34501c-4433-4cb0-a0f7-3e535ed4cbcd[54]

Why It Matters

God of War has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

Greece Java Microsoft Windows Norway optical disc PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Ready at Dawn Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → video game franchise
    Wikidata description → video game franchise
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: video game franchise"
  2. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Delfi.ee topic id → 96846950
    Videogamegeek series/franchise id → 5273
    Shazoo tag id → 1636
    Retroachievements game id → 4898
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 96362, Adding [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier for [[P:P14470|P14470]]"
  3. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative motif → —
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  4. 15w ago · ~2026-31184-44 · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative motif → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Narrative motif: god of war"
  5. 17w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Narrative location → Greece, Norway
    Designed by → David Jaffe, Cory Barlog
    Genre → —
    Country of origin → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14470: Franchises/God_of_War, + ‎Giant Bomb Wiki IDs (video game series) ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a819ad18645|details]])"
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