In a promo spot that appeared alongside Sunday’s premiere of season 6 of Rick and Morty, the duo form of took on the roles of Kratos and his son Atreus to advertise this 12 months’s God of War: Ragnarok.

In the advert, Rick shaves his head and smears his face with pink paint to mimic Kratos’ iconic facial tattoo, earlier than handing an ever-hesitant Morty a toy bow and arrow and pushing him by way of a portal to the Nine Realms (the worlds of Norse mythology wherein the 2018 God of War and this sequel happen). There, Morty suffers the indignity of a crow assault whereas Rick will get his arms on Kratos’ Leviathan Axe “and other unannounced upgrades.”

Why is any of this taking place? Good query. “Why do we have to do anything, Morty?” asks Rick. “Money?” suggests his grandson. “Yeah, but not this time,” says the scientist, unconvincingly.

Rick and Morty have carried out promo obligation for PlayStation earlier than; in 2019, they appeared in a clip spoofing Death Stranding. Morty can also be presently obtainable to play within the Warner Bros. fighter MultiVersus.

God of War: Ragnarok is considered one of vanishingly few main video video games to stick with a late-2022 launch date. It’s out on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on Nov. 9. I think that, like Rick, we’ll be glad sufficient to throw ourselves into the Nine Realms when it arrives.