A brand new God of War game has been canceled by Sony, but there’s an interesting twist. God of War is one of PlayStation’s flagship franchises and has been since the PS2. The franchise made a name for itself for its violent,

PlayStation's entry into the live-service market has been rocky at best, last year scoring a big win with Helldivers 2 while also suffering a setback with the shockingly abrupt shutdown of the online first-person shooter Concord, which resulted in the closure of developer Firewalk Studios.

Sony has confirmed the cancellation of two in-development live-service games, one of which was based in the tumultuous God of War universe.

Sony’s list of live service projects is losing two games that were in development by Bend Studios and Bluepoint Games.