No Euro God of War III demo this year

By Robert Purchese Published 16 October, 2009

Oh well, play it at the EG Expo.

Sony has told Eurogamer that the God of War III demo will not appear in Europe this year.

Not unless you count the playable version at the Eurogamer Expo, of course, which is fast approaching. Buy a ticket! It's only £6 a day!

The only place to download a God of War III demo before 2010 will be Japan, where a sampler is bundled with inFamous (released yesterday) as extra purchase incentive. Demo codes can be redeemed from the Japanese PlayStation Store from 19th November.

God of War III will be released exclusively for PlayStation 3 in March 2010.

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Comments (30) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • cianchristopher #1 2 years ago

    I hope the game itself comes out in Europe at the same time as the rest of the world (we don't need to go back to the bad old days, when PAL games were months late).

  • Widge #2 2 years ago

    They already said it was 2010.
    I'm importing it... if it can get through the bloody Royal Mail before 2010 that is...

  • Peew971 #3 2 years ago

    It's like Sony doesn't want to sell the PS3! The demo should come preloaded now on all new consoles so that people are more tempted to chose the PS3.

  • king2001 #4 2 years ago

    Always with the expo isn't it eurogamer!

  • Darren #5 2 years ago

    You can pre-order the GoW Collection for the PS3 from the US and it apparently comes with a GoW III demo code. It is released in December I believe. I pre-ordered my copy from Movietyme yesterday and it came in at just under £29 with postage.

  • JahB #6 2 years ago

    no need to worry fellow GoW fans - if you're like me, you'll probably be importing the GoW collection (1 &2 upscaled + trophies) anyway, and that disc also contains the demo.

    edit: Darren beat me to it. good to see Kratos' legion is still out there
    Edited by 1 at 16/10/09 @ 11:07

  • peterfll #7 2 years ago

    Ooo, didn't realise the GoW collection was ready for pre-order from the US. Thanks for the heads up chaps.

  • WinterSnowblind #8 2 years ago

    If there wasn't so much already coming out, I'd definitely import. As it is, I might as well just wait for the European release. Easy enough to download the demo from the US/Japanese marketplace though, if it goes up anywhere without needing a code.

  • Hypercube #9 2 years ago

    You can pre-order the GoW Collection for the PS3 from the US and it apparently comes with a GoW III demo code. It is released in December I believe.

    Is the GoW Collection going to be released in Europe? Just curious, it's getting increasingly simple to import games from abroad, I was just wondering if us 'hicks' in the EU were going to get a proper release.

  • Malek86 #10 2 years ago

    "The only place to download a God of War III demo before 2010 will be Japan, where a sampler is bundled with inFamous (released yesterday) as extra purchase incentive."

    So now they are only offering demos as incentive. What happened to the good old days where they gave you betas?

  • MiniAmin #11 2 years ago

    EG we hope you arrange proper queues for popular games like this one because queuing for the most two popular games (SFIV, Gears of War 2) at last year's expo was awful.

  • JahB #12 2 years ago

    @Hypercube

    yes it is, but it will be in 2010.... god knows why, it's not like the games haven't been fully localized when they were released for the PS2

  • Hypercube #13 2 years ago

    @JahB

    Thanks, had a quick google but couldn't see a release date.

    I might wait until then rather than import it - so many other games to play!

  • darkmorgado #14 2 years ago

    It's like Sony doesn't want to sell the PS3! The demo should come preloaded now on all new consoles so that people are more tempted to chose the PS3.

    That makes no sense whatsoever. They'd have to buy the machine in the first place to play the demo, which defeats the point of it being an incentive. Assuming you mean that playing the demo will make people go "wow I need to buy this game!" instead of assuming that people will buy a £250 console just to play a demo, which is retarded.

  • kinky_mong #15 2 years ago

    Gotta love the shameless promotion at every opportunity!

  • almighty-slayer #16 2 years ago

    Cheers for the headsup on GoW collection, i shall go to Movietym and preorder it :)

  • hilts #17 2 years ago

    When / is the God of war collection coming out in the UK ??

  • Darren #18 2 years ago

    February 2010 I think... next year anyway.

  • Nephirion #19 2 years ago

    I always laugh at how out-of-touch Sony are, it's almost like they don't give a shit ^^

  • xentar #20 2 years ago

    it will be import of GoW Collection then

  • NinjaWilliams #21 2 years ago

    ...Imports'R Us!... :)

  • freakzilla #22 2 years ago

    Come on Sony, We here in Europe have been a lot kinder to you than the US and if you keep treating us this way there will be a time when you'll find that the one market keeping you competing with MS will also abandon you.
    Edited by 1 at 17/10/09 @ 10:57

  • Wander #23 2 years ago

    "We here in Europe have been a lot kinder to you"

    Which is exactly why we're not getting a demo, cos some people love that brand above reason.

  • freakzilla #24 2 years ago

    ^^ But Japan is far more loyal to the "brand" but they still get a lot of nice stuff and their PSN games actually cost less than retail too.

    Edit: Well I know I won't be buying the PS4 unless there's a major change within Sony and they start treating us the same as the US at least.
    Edited by 1 at 17/10/09 @ 17:13

  • Demiath #25 2 years ago

    ...so inFamous was first sold with Uncharted beta codes and now with promised access to a future God of War 3 demo? You would think that Sucker Punch's stellar action game would be strong enough to stand on its own two feet...

  • Lemming81 #26 2 years ago

    It's a day 1 purchase for PS3 owners anyway, surely so who'll miss a demo? I've never played a demo to date. Some reviews (which are always out before the game anyway) and a pre-order if I'm REALLY keen always does me fine.

    That said, SCE need castrating for many offenses, this being a minor one.

  • Marshall2008 #27 2 years ago

    Well, if it is released on PSN in Japan I will just download it with my Jap PSN account.

    :)

  • iN5OMANiAC #28 2 years ago

    Im going to play the first two and imagine them with slightly nicer graphics, that should just about do it. Square, square, sqaure. Square square square.

  • 3william56 #29 2 years ago

    Er Marshall, I think you need to purchase a Jap copy of InFamous to get the download code. Spewing - would be nice to see the demo, but it's not like we haven't got Uncharted2 to keep us going for a good while.

    As far as Peew thinking it's a bad idea not waving it around as a system seller, it actually makes sense; with Uncharted being everywhere and showing the PS3 in the best possible 10/10 light right now, holding off GoW3 until that hype has died down (and to pump up sales after the customary post Xmas slump) is rather sensible. Firing off two of the biggest exclusives at the same time would be daft, and anyway, makes the terminal Xbots suffer even longer.

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