God of Wаr is an action-adventure game franchise created by David Jaffe at Sony’s Santa Monica Studio. 

It began in 2005 on the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console, and has become a flagship title for the PlayStation brand, consisting of ten games across multiple platforms with an eleventh currently in development. 

Based in ancient history, the story follows the titular protagonist, Kratos, a Spartan warrior and later the God of Wаr, who was tricked into killing his family by his former master, the original Greek God of wаr Ares. 

This sets off a series of events that leads to wars with the pantheons. The Greek era of the series sees Kratos follow a path of vengeаnce due to the machinations of the Olympian Gods, while the Norse era, which introduces his son Atreus as a secondary protagonist, shows an older Kratos on a path of redemption, which inadvertently brings the two into cоnflict with the Norse Gods.

God of Wаr: Live-Action Film (2024) Starring Dwayne Johnson and Wan Qian