The original God of War trilogy provided some of the best hack and slash action combat available on PlayStation consoles, spanning from 2005 to 2010. Alongside those games were other God of War releases for PSP including God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. There are 13 total games in the series including collections and remasters, but no collection except for the God of War Saga contains the entire God of War franchise. So when a fake trailer dropped that revealed a mysterious God of War: Definitive Edition, fans were excited but sufficiently fooled.
As of now, the only God of War game to be announced for the PS5 is the upcoming sequel to the 2018 God of War, referred to by fans as God of War Ragnarok. The game is poised to be a hit for Santa Monica Studio after God of War became one of the most-downloaded PS4 games of 2018. The end of the fake trailer showed some PS5 box art for the potential God of War: Definitive Edition, and some fans immediately thought a collection might be coming to PS5.
The fake trailer has racked up over 600,000 views on YouTube, and judging by its like to dislike ratio fans were at least impressed with the creator's effort. Though it features some stellar visuals, the trailer is actually cleverly edited pieces of a God of War: Ascension trailer titled "From Ashes" that ran during the 2013 Super Bowl. The "From Ashes" trailer has itself garnered over 14 million views on YouTube. Here are both trailers for comparison.
The channel that posted the video is fake, but it certainly looks the part. From the PlayStation logo to the game credits and website links in the video description, the channel nails the feel of what an actual God of War: Definitive Edition trailer might look like. Another video with over 600,000 views is an apparent trailer for The Last of Us: Homecoming, a fake third game in the series. There is no The Last of Us: Homecoming, but The Last of Us is getting its own HBO TV series starring The Mandalorian actor Pedro Pascal.
While it's disappointing this God of War: Definitive Edition is fake, it doesn't rule out the possibility that older God of War games could come to the PS5. The original God of War trilogy was remastered for the PS3 by Bluepoint Games, the same developers responsible for the recent Demon's Souls remake for PS5. Whether Bluepoint Games would even consider this massive undertaking is unknown, but there are plenty of other developers that could rise to the challenge. PS5 owners can still enjoy PS4 titles God of War and God of War 3 Remastered via backwards compatibility, and that is something real to get excited about.