God of War: Ragnarok just keeps going with its achievements; it became the fastest-selling game in the series and is now the fastest-selling PlayStation first-party title. The game has also been nominated for numerous game of the year awards, and its most recent achievement was that TIME magazine ranked it first among the best games of 2022.
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LeBron James was part of God of War: Ragnarok’s Promotions
Most of the gamers predicted that this game was going to tell an emotional story of the relationship between a father and a son. Sony Santa Monica even released a promotional video. The video features the likes of Ben Stiller, John Travolta, and LeBron James as the game’s protagonist Kratos. And their real-life children accompany them as they discuss parenting in that video.
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It was a sarcastic take on the relationship game’s protagonist has with his son. His presence in this video only proved that LeBron James and his son Bronny are somewhat enthusiastic about the game and he only cemented the fact by congratulating PlayStation on their latest game’s achievement.
WOW!! Let’s Go!!! 😤💪🏾🪓 @PlayStation @SonySantaMonica https://t.co/RzCjleabC2 pic.twitter.com/HkQevE5lXY
— LeBron James (@KingJames) November 28, 2022
In response to Sony Playstation’s Tweet about the god of war selling over 5 million copies, LeBron James posted a picture of him as Kratos standing alongside his son, with the text “WOW!! Let’s Go!!!”. His tweet was met with a number of excited responses from fans.
LeKratos and LeBoi pic.twitter.com/dffMTPhPE5
— MOC 🏜 (@moc_dude) November 28, 2022
“I knew it was gonna hit 5 million first week. When it went to 2 million I said might as well go for 5 million. I don’t know what made me say that but it was truly unbelievable” pic.twitter.com/rbiOM1aObf
— lol ➐ (@CoolBlitzKidz9k) November 29, 2022
Lebron knows what’s GOTY 🏆 pic.twitter.com/uec6PhCKCr
— DomTheBomb (@DomTheBombYT) November 28, 2022
Didn’t know Lebron played these games
— SmallPPTimmy (@DevinMDay) November 29, 2022
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Bronny James is already a professional gamer
LeBron’s son, Bronny James, himself is an avid gamer. He has been part of a big professional esports franchise FaZe Clan for over two years now. He mostly plays Fortnite and the Call of Duty series during his streams. FaZe revealed his participation in the franchise through their official Twitter account in 2020. He is the third high-profile athlete on their team. The first two are Pittsburgh Steelers star wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons.
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God of War is breaking records everywhere, increasing Playstation 5’s reputation. To most, it is a go-to platform for single-player experiences. And it does not seem like Sony intends to stop this stream, they are already planning a number of new single-player experiences.