God of War — patch notes and updates
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| God of War (2018) Available for Up To 60% off! | 2024-09-13 | Experience Kratos and Arteus' journey as they venture into the brutal Norse wilds and fight to fulfill a deeply personal quest. With an emphasis on discovery and exploration, God of War™ invites you to discover a breathtaking but threatening landscape full of secrets, lore, and fearsome creatures. Engage in visceral combat with an over-the-shoulder camera that brings you closer to the action than ever before! The PC version of God of War (2018) includes: Enchanting visuals with support for 4K resolution, unlocked framerates, and customizable graphical settings. NVIDIA® DLSS and Reflex Support. Controls customization. Native support for DUALSH |
| Get up to 50% off God of War during the Steam Summer Sale! | 2024-06-28 | Experience Kratos and Arteus' journey as they venture into the brutal Norse wilds and fight to fulfill a deeply personal quest. With an emphasis on discovery and exploration, God of War™ invites you to discover a breathtaking but threatening landscape full of secrets, lore, and fearsome creatures. Engage in visceral combat with an over-the-shoulder camera that brings you closer to the action than ever before! The PC version of God of War (2018) includes: Enchanting visuals with support for 4K resolution, unlocked framerates, and customizable graphical settings. NVIDIA® DLSS and Reflex Support. Controls customization. Native support for DUALSH |
| Save 40% on God of War the during PlayStation Publisher Sale! | 2023-08-31 | God of War (2018) is now 40% off during the PlayStation Publisher Sale! Experience Kratos and Arteus' journey as they venture into the brutal Norse wilds and fight to fulfill a deeply personal quest. With an emphasis on discovery and exploration, God of War™ invites you to discover a breathtaking but threatening landscape full of secrets, lore, and fearsome creatures. Engage in visceral combat with an over-the-shoulder camera that brings you closer to the action than ever before! The PC version of God of War™ includes: Enchanted visuals with support for 4K resolution, unlocked framerates, and customizable graphical settings. NVIDIA® DLSS and |
| Save 40% on God of War during the Steam Summer Sale! | 2023-06-29 | Experience Kratos and Arteus' journey as they venture into the brutal Norse wilds and fight to fulfill a deeply personal quest. With an emphasis on discovery and exploration, God of War™ invites you to discover a breathtaking but threatening landscape full of secrets, lore, and fearsome creatures. Engage in visceral combat with an over-the-shoulder camera that brings you closer to the action than ever before! The PC version of God of War (2018) includes: Enchanting visuals with support for 4K resolution, unlocked framerates, and customizable graphical settings. NVIDIA® DLSS and Reflex Support. Controls customization. Native support for DUALSH |
| Patch v01.0.13 Released [Change to Credits Only] | 2023-05-22 | Patch v1.0.13 for God of War is now live. Updates Updated game credits to include additional third party software. |
| God of War (2018) wins the 2022 Outstanding Story-Rich Game Steam Award | 2023-01-05 | Thanks to the collective votes of our fans, God of War (2018) has been chosen as the winner of the 2022 Outstanding Story-Rich Game Steam Award. At Santa Monica Studio, we are committed to developing unforgettable experiences that inspire our players for years to come. We poured our hearts into the story of Kratos and Atreus' journey, and we are thrilled that it continues to resonate so deeply with players. On behalf of the development team, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Steam community for supporting our game and helping us achieve this honor. |
| Save 20% on God of War™ for a limited time! | 2022-09-15 | Experience Kratos and Arteus' journey as they venture into the brutal Norse wilds and fight to fulfill a deeply personal quest. With an emphasis on discovery and exploration, God of War™ invites you to discover a breathtaking but threatening landscape full of secrets, lore, and fearsome creatures. Engage in visceral combat with an over-the-shoulder camera that brings you closer to the action than ever before! The PC version of God of War™ includes: Enchanted visuals with support for 4K resolution, unlocked framerates, and customizable graphical settings. NVIDIA® DLSS and Reflex Support. Controls customization. Native support for DUALSHOCK®4 a |
| Patch v1.0.12 Released | 2022-05-31 | Patch v1.0.12 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes New Features FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 has been implemented and is now available as a resolution-scaling option within the display settings menu Fixes The Toggle Aim/Block accessibility features will now no longer have inconsistent behavior. For a list of the other topics we're currently tracking, please refer to our Known Issues. If you are experiencing any of these problems, submitting a ticket greatly helps us gather all of the information we need to properly access each one. We appreciate your continued patience as our team |
| Patch v1.0.11 Released | 2022-03-25 | Patch v1.0.11 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Players should no longer experience flickering lighting throughout the game For a list of the other topics we're currently tracking, please refer to our Known Issues. If you are experiencing any of these problems, submitting a ticket greatly helps us gather all of the information we need to properly access each one. We appreciate your continued patience as our team investigates your reports. |
| Patch v1.0.10 Released | 2022-03-24 | Patch v1.0.10 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Fixed typo in UI regarding the FSR version. Implemented retries for missing Steam achievements. Please note that upon loading a save game or continuing a game in progress, it will automatically attempt to grant any missing Steam achievements. If you currently have achievements missing, you may receive multiple toast notifications regarding the unlocks. For a list of the other topics we're currently tracking, please refer to our Known Issues. If you are experiencing any of these problems, submitting a ticket greatly helps us gath |
| Patch v1.0.9 Released | 2022-03-23 | Patch v1.0.9 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately Patch Notes New Features Aiming and Blocking can now be configured as a toggle instead of a hold Triple Buffering can now be enabled to reduce micro-stutters at the cost of a minor latency increase GPU memory usage is now included in the video settings to aid performance troubleshooting Fixes Memory values will now be detected properly when using integrated graphics Silent crashes will no longer occur if a GPU reports invalid memory values Some gameplay systems will no longer cause intermittent crashes Implemented small object culling to help reduc |
| Patch v1.0.8 Released | 2022-02-17 | Patch v1.0.8 for God of War is now live Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Xbox Controllers will now show correct glyphs for joystick keybinds Item shops should now properly allow players to exit who could not before Implemented a possible fix for boot-up crashes related to input device detection Saving the game will now attempt retries if the first try fails An error message will now show if manually saving the game fails For a list of the topics we're currently tracking, please refer to our Known Issues. If you are experiencing any of these problems, submitting a ticket greatly helps us gather all of t |
| Patch v1.0.7 Released | 2022-02-11 | Patch v1.0.7 for God of War is now live Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Fixed a crash that impacted a high number of players after patch v1.0.5 caused by a Link Time Optimization complier issue Thank you to everyone who helped us confirm this fix on the Experimental branch For a list of the topics we're currently tracking, please refer to our Known Issues. If you are experiencing any of these problems, submitting a ticket greatly helps us gather all of the information we need to properly access each one. We appreciate your continued patience as our team investigates your reports. |
| Experimental Build - Test Fix for Crashes | 2022-02-10 | After patch v1.0.5, we saw a large increase in reports of crashes within our community and the automatic crash-reporting system. The majority of these crashes were all in the same sub-system. We have been investigating this issue continuously since the first reports started coming in. Today we are enabling the experimental branch for God of War with a possible fix for this particular crash that is most prevalent as 'new' as of v1.0.5. We would love your help in validating this fix if you are willing. Note that we have not completed our full round of quality assurance testing on this build, so there could be instances of instability that we ha |
| Patch v1.0.6.1 Released | 2022-02-09 | Patch v1.0.6.1 for God of War is now live This patch is a hotfix to v1.0.6 which was released earlier today. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Fixed an issue where some devices would not have proper joystick deadzones If you're still experiencing controller drift issues, please try reapplying the official controller config in the Steam settings. For a list of the topics we're currently tracking, please refer to our Known Issues. If you are experiencing any of these problems, submitting a ticket greatly helps us gather all of the information we need to properly access each one. We appreciate your continu |
| Patch v1.0.6 Released | 2022-02-08 | Patch v1.0.6 for God of War is now live Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Enabling FSR will now no longer result in blurry/blocky image quality Xbox controllers will now have proper joystick sensitivity Mouse Precision Mode will no longer cause movement animations to break New Features Added translations for Precision Mode that were not included in patch v1.0.5 Mouse Precision Mode now supports Aim Assist In v1.0.5 we added an error message that reported if the game was having issues saving or loading save game files. This message interrupted gameplay and was determined to be ultimately unhelpful for pl |
| Patch v1.0.5 Released | 2022-02-04 | Patch v1.0.5 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately Patch Notes Fixes In-game glyphs will now correctly correspond to the controller type selected in Steam Setting the DLSS Sharpening slider to 0 will now properly disable DLSS Sharpening Interactions between the game and the taskbar will now work correctly in Borderless Fullscreen Game audio should now mute when the application is in the background TAA will no longer causes blurriness when the Render Scale is below 100% Borderless Fullscreen mode will now not impact visibility in the Task Switcher (Alt+Tab) Correct UI elements will now be shown if a |
| Patch v1.0.4 Released | 2022-01-28 | Patch v1.0.4 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Atreus will now reset his state during restart from checkpoint or saved game should he become unresponsive. Fixed some rare instances of graphics driver crashes. Fixed an issue with incorrect VRAM detection on Intel XE platform. Fixed an issue where the display mode setting would visually set to windowed mode when resetting display settings to default on an ultrawide monitor. Fixed an issue where control functionality would be lost if opening inventory during realm travel sequence. Fixed a crash that could occur at client shutdow |
| Patch v1.0.3 Released | 2022-01-24 | Patch v1.0.3 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Patch Notes Fixes Fixed an issue that caused leaks in memory allocation which could result in either decreased performance or a game client crash. Thank you to everyone who reported the memory leak issue and assisted us greatly by sharing their setup information, we appreciate you taking the extra step! To view the issues that are currently still under investigation, please refer to our Known Issues. |
| Patch v1.0.2 Released | 2022-01-19 | Patch v1.0.2 for God of War is now live. Please restart Steam to receive the update immediately. Thank you to everyone who helped us confirm these fixes on the Experimental beta branch. At this time, you should switch back to the default branch as the Experimental beta branch will no longer be updated. To switch back to the default branch, follow these steps: In your Steam library, right click on 'God of War' and select 'Properties' Select the 'BETAS' tab Change the drop down to 'none' Patch Notes Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where users with Intel 12th Gen CPUs could not boot the game without disabling their integrated graphics card Fixed a UI i |