During the 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Sony brought out gameplay footage from the next installment of the God of War franchise. Even at this particular event, a lot of questions were raised when it was revealed that the upcoming game would be named simply "God of War" and there was no release date scheduled as of yet.

As soon as Sony made the announcement about "God of War" at its conference, which was held on June 13, a day before E3 2016 kicked off, the company made it clear that it was not a reboot. Instead, GameSpot states that the game will focus on an older Kratos and his son. Also, the trailer that was shown at the conference indicated that the father-son relationship will play an important role in the game and it will not be as action-packed as previous outings in the franchise. However, even as Sony was showcasing the first gameplay from "God of War," it became clear that the game has no release date as of now.

The fact that the game has no release date is causing several analysts to sit up and take notice as they feel that one should be available since this particular game was first confirmed to be in development during 2014. However, the trailer helped confirm several other rumors that have been circulating about the game, namely that it will include several characters from Norse mythology.

These characters that will be drawn from Norse mythology are also going to include some enemies and they are expected to cause a lot of problems for Kratos and his son who is named Charlie. A NeoGAF user has also been trawling through the trailers for hints about the enemies that Kratos might encounter in the game, and according to him, one will be a huge snake. In the trailer, the snake was thought to be a river with ice floes in it, but this particular NeoGAF user stated that it was actually the scales on the serpent. The serpent according to Norse mythology is named Jörmungandr which literally translates to "World Serpent."