Could 2026 be the year that we get a new God of War game? For the past year, rumors have swirled that Sony's Santa Monica Studio is cooking up something new — a collection, a spinoff, a new entry, you name it — for its flagship series. Regardless of whether any speculation is true, it’s safe to assume that the studio behind the series is working on something considering that it has exclusively developed God of War games since 2005.

While I won’t say no to another rendezvous with Kratos, the certified sicko in me yearns for something completely different from Santa Monica Studio. Forget God of War: It is time to revive Kinetica.

“What the hell is Kinetica?” Thank you so much for asking. Kinetica is the long-forgotten debut game from Santa Monica Studio. Released on the PlayStation 2 in 2001, four years before the first God of War, Kinetica was basically Sony’s stab at F-Zero. It’s a fast-paced, sci-fi racing game where drivers in kinetic suits become human vehicles. While it’s largely only remembered for being the first game to use the engine that........

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