In a commercial that ran alongside the Sunday premiere of Season 6 of Rick and MortyThe duo kind of took on the roles of Kratos and his son Atreus to promote this year’s God of War: Ragnarok.
In the ad, Rick shaves his head and smears his face in red paint to mimic Kratos’ iconic face tattoo, before presenting an ever-reluctant Morty with a toy bow and arrow and shoving him through a portal to the Nine Realms (the worlds of the Norse). Mythology in the 2018 God of War and this continuation take place). There, Morty suffers the outrage of a crow attack while Rick gets his hands on Kratos’ Leviathan Ax “and other unheralded upgrades.”
Why is any of this happening? Good question. “Why do we have to do anything Morty?” asks Rick. “Money?” proposes to his grandson. “Yes, but not this time,” says the scientist unconvincingly.
Rick and Morty have done promotional tasks for PlayStation before; In 2019 they appeared in a clip spoofing death stranding. Morty is also currently available to play in the Warner Bros. fighter MultiVersus.
God of War: Ragnarok is one of the vanishingly few major video games to stick to a late 2022 release date. It’s coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 9th. My guess is that, like Rick, we’ll be happy enough to jump into the Nine Realms when it arrives.
