1760–70; from Old Norse Ragnarǫk, equivalent to ragna, genitive of regin “gods” + rǫk “fate,” misread by some as Ragnarökkr literally, “twilight of the gods”; cf. Götterdämmerung ( def. )
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In 2023, Vampire Survivors, a game made by a tiny British team, beat Sony's big-budget blockbuster God of War: Ragnarok to bag the best game prize.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
Matsson, if he believed in those old Norse myths, may have viewed Logan on par with Fenrir, the wolf who kills Odin in Ragnarok.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2023
But Ragnarok won six awards, and it seemed inevitable that would win the big one.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023
Stephanie Economou was the first winner for best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media for her work on the game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Heimdall will blow the Gjallerhorn only once, at the end of all things, at Ragnarok.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
Keeping with the PC side of things, Sony revealed that its port of 2022 smash God of War Ragnarök is coming out in September.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
God of War: Ragnarök may have been the big winner at the Bafta Game Awards, but it didn't take home the night's biggest prize.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2023
If any title released in 2023 has the weight to be a scene-stealer like Ragnarök or Elden Ring, it’s Tears of the Kingdom.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
New game releases should also help the software sales side, with the highly anticipated God of War Ragnarök set to launch on November 9th and The Last of Us Part I remake on September 2nd.
From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 2022
That is also a very striking conception, that of the Ragnarök, Consummation, or Twilight of the Gods.
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
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