God of War Ragnarök finally gets release date, sick collector’s edition

After years of waiting and weeks of some really uncool fan behavior, God of War Ragnarök finally has a release date. The next chapter of Kratos’s story will arrive on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on November 9th.

To accompany the news, PlayStation has released a brief new CGI trailer highlight one of the threats Kratos and Atreus will face in the sequel: Fenrir. Or just a really big dog. But it’s probably Fenrir.

Finally, the PlayStation Blog also has a look at the game’s various editions, which entail a standard edition, a launch edition, a digital deluxe edition, a collector’s edition, and the top-end Jötnar Edition.

Let’s quickly run through what’s in each:

• Standard edition:
  • The game. Duh.
• Launch edition:
  • Kratos Risen Snow Armor
  • Atreus Risen Snow Tunic (cosmetic)
• Digital deluxe edition:
  • The game on PS4 and PS5
  • Kratos Darkdale Armor
  • Atreus Darkdale Attire (cosmetic)
  • Darkdale Blades Handles for the Blades of Chaos
  • Darkdale Axe Grip for the Leviathan Axe
  • Official God of War Ragnarök digital soundtrack
  • Dark Horse Digital Mini Artbook
  • Avatar Set
  • PlayStation 4 Theme
• Collector’s edition:
  • All of the digital deluxe edition items
  • Voucher code for the game on PS4 and PS5
  • Steelbook case for the disc that’s not actually included
  • 2” Vanir Twins Carvings
  • Dwarven dice set
  • 16” Mjölnir Replica
• Jötnar Edition:
  • All of the Collector’s edition items, except for the Dwarven dice set
  • 7-Inch vinyl record of the soundtrack
  • The Falcon, Bear, and Wolf pin set
  • The Legendary Draupnir Ring with red cloth bag
  • Brok’s dice set
  • Yggdrasil cloth map

Here’s a product shot of the Jötnar Edition, so you can see the physical items for yourself:

You may have noticed that only the higher-end versions of the game include access to both the PS4 and PS5 versions. If you buy the PS4 version, you’ll be able to upgrade to the PS5 version for $10. That’s to be expected, since Sony previously announced that Horizon Forbidden West would be the last first-party title to offer free cross-gen upgrades.