One of the big reveals from the PlayStation State of Play this week was a new God of War game called God of War: Laufey. The PS5 game mixes things up by focusing on Laufey instead of Kratos, but some things are staying the same.

It has been confirmed that Bear McCreary, who composed the music for 2018's God of War and 2022's God of War: Ragnarok, is coming back for Laufey.

"I am honored to return to the God of War saga, as the composer of God of War Laufey," he said.

McCreary went on to say he's been working on Laufey for "years" already, collaborating with a "stunningly talented team of developers, musicians, performers, and singers."

The composer not only made the music for previous God of War games, but he had a role in one of them as well. In Ragnarok's 2023 expansion, Valhalla, McCreary played the dwarven musician character Ræb, which is Bear spelled backwards.

The initial trailer for God of War: Laufey provided a tease for the music in the game, but McCreary said he's excited to share more of his work on the game soon.

McCreary also composed the music for this February's God of War Sons of Sparta. Outside of games, McCreary is known for his work on film and TV shows, with his credits include The Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica, Outlander, Black Mirror, Snowpiercer, The Witcher: Blood Origin, Halo, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians, just to name a few.

God of War: Laufey is in the works now for PS5, but it doesn't have a release date. The game also features a gelatinous cube played by Jack Quaid.

After alleged assets for the next Persona game were leaked online, Sega, Atlus, and P-Studio have officially addressed the recent hack. Persona developer P-Studio posted a statement online, confirming that "an unauthorized third-party" breached its servers and stole in-development footage of the game, which is widely believed to be Persona 6.

"We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third-party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Persona title," P-Studio wrote. "At this time, we do not anticipate any long-term effect on the development of our ongoing projects. We are extremely disappointed to have any details of our next game shared with you all in this way. Our work on the next Persona game will continue as planned, and we remain as committed as ever to delivering an experience to you, our players, that truly exceeds your expectations. We will update everyone again soon and, of course, will properly introduce you to this next game when it is ready."

The leaks originally surfaced on Chinese forums and the country's popular social media site Rednote, with the material then being reposted online globally. The content showed off what appears to be promotional images for the game, and a list of names--as well as details on a potential new mascot--were also pulled from the pilfered assets.

For Persona fans, the wait for a new mainline game has been incredibly long. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the franchise, as well as the 10th anniversary of the previous main entry in the series, Persona 5. The game that helped the franchise reach new levels of global popularity, Persona has expanded since then with an overhauled version of Persona 5, a remake of Persona 3, a remake of Persona 4 is in development, several spin-off games have been released, and there have been collaborations with other games.

Between all the work on Persona, Atlus has also released several more critically acclaimed titles, like Metaphor ReFantazio and Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. As for when Sega and Atlus will formally reveal the next Persona game, that remains to be seen. Atlus is currently celebrating 30 years of Persona, and the reveal of the next Persona as a way to cap off the celebrations would be the ideal time to formally announce the game.

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European consumers considering a Switch 2 purchase can look forward to a revised version of the hybrid console, as Nintendo has announced a region-specific change to the device. The new model will have a removable battery, so that it complies with the EU Batteries Legislation, which was passed back in 2023 by the European Union.

That specific set of regulations will come into full effect on February 18, 2027 (via VGC), and Nintendo has announced that it will comply with it. According to the legislation, consumer products with built-in batteries are legally required to make them removable and replaceable. Nintendo says that products starting with the model number "BEE" will be changed to meet these requirements, and the Switch 2 has a model number of BEE-01. 

This legislation could have an impact on several other Nintendo products, like Switch Joy-Con and Pro controllers, as the batteries in these peripherals aren't easy to remove or replace. Nintendo hasn't mentioned if these console revisions will result in a further price hike for the Switch 2 in Europe--new prices come into effect in September--or if it will roll out to other regions.

So far, Nintendo has moved a lot of Switch 2 consoles across the globe, with 19.82 million units sold as of March 31. June 5 will mark the one-year anniversary of the Switch 2, but for its second year, Nintendo is predicting that it’ll sell fewer consoles due to a wide variety of global factors. Meanwhile, the original Switch has cemented its legacy as Nintendo’s best-selling console of all time with 155.92 million consoles as of March 31.

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