Kotaku⁠73%

The Next God Of War Is In Development, Stars Kratos, Will Tie Directly To Laufey ⁠46%

By Kenneth Shepard⁠83%

7/25/2026, 1:01:40 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Authority, and Ambiguity (Equivocation), with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 59.2% saturation with 87 hits. Analysis detected 369 faulty-reasoning hits from 147 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 48.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠46% (11,888 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 54.30% of the article peer group.

Sony’s Santa Monica Studio has already stated that God of War isn’t leaving Kratos behind forever now that Faye, Kratos’ late wife, is getting her own game in God of War Laufey. 
Well, if that wasn’t clear enough for you, the studio has confirmed the next God of War game is in development at the studio, and the bald, grumpy, god of war himself will be the main playable character once more. 
At the San Diego Comic Con God of War Laufey panel, Santa Monica Studio head of creative Cory Barlog confirmed that Kratos is the star of the next God of War game, but if you were thinking of skipping Laufey for some reason, the game will apparently tie directly into the events of Faye’s game. 
This is a developing story… 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 59.2%Kenneth Shepard: 6.7%Kotaku: 4.4%Confirmation Bias59.2%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.3%Kotaku: 1.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 4.5%Kotaku: 4.0%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 2.0%Kotaku: 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.7%Kotaku: 1.0%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.6%Kotaku: 1.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 27.2%Kenneth Shepard: 4.2%Kotaku: 5.8%Framing Effect27.2%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.6%Kotaku: 1.1%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 2.2%Kotaku: 1.1%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.2%Kotaku: 0.4%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 3.4%Kenneth Shepard: 2.3%Kotaku: 2.9%Optimism Bias3.4%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.6%Kotaku: 3.4%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 13.0%Kotaku: 13.5%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.5%Kotaku: 2.0%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 2.1%Kotaku: 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.5%Kotaku: 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 2.2%Kotaku: 1.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.2%Kotaku: 0.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 7.3%Kotaku: 3.6%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.9%Kotaku: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.2%Kotaku: 0.1%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 3.2%Kotaku: 2.4%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.0%Kotaku: 0.6%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.0%Kotaku: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 2.7%Kotaku: 1.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 2.8%Kotaku: 0.6%Straw Man0.0%This article: 37.4%Kenneth Shepard: 2.8%Kotaku: 2.6%Appeal to Authority37.4%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 4.3%Kotaku: 2.3%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.8%Kotaku: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.2%Kotaku: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 13.0%Kotaku: 9.4%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.5%Kotaku: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.0%Kotaku: 1.1%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 7.7%Kotaku: 5.8%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.1%Kotaku: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 2.2%Kotaku: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.6%Kotaku: 0.3%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.2%Kotaku: 0.7%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.0%Kotaku: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.2%Kotaku: 0.5%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 4.4%Kotaku: 4.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.3%Kotaku: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 37.4%Kenneth Shepard: 3.5%Kotaku: 2.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)37.4%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.0%Kotaku: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.1%Kotaku: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.2%Kotaku: 0.5%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.0%Kotaku: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.0%Kotaku: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 37.4%Kenneth Shepard: 2.9%Kotaku: 2.8%Unattributed Quote37.4%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.2%Kotaku: 1.6%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 49.0%Kenneth Shepard: 28.4%Kotaku: 15.3%Biased Writer Voice49.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 6.6%Kotaku: 2.4%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 1.7%Kotaku: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.0%Kotaku: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Kenneth Shepard: 0.7%Kotaku: 3.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

147 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker37%attributed speech92writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 32 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 40 words • 100.0% coverageCory Barlog • 55 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverage
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Cory Barlog

100%flagged-word coverage
55 attributed words100% of attributed speech84% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Cory Barlog: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-78.3 ptsWriter: 78.3%Cory Barlog: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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