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Sony announces God of War reboot
Featuring Kratos with a larger beard and possible son.
Sony revealed an all new God of War game. It's called (wait for it)... God of War.
Kicking off Sony's E3 2016 press conference, the publisher rolled the following footage showing series stalwart Kratos taking care of a young boy in the wilderness.
Kratos looks a bit older than we remember. Plus he's changed his facial hair from a goatee to a full beard.
God of War 4 has a Norse mythology setting and series star Kratos wears a beard, according to a huge leak of assets.
Piranha 3DD writers discuss God of War film plans
And why they're updating Road to Perdition writer's original script.
You may not have heard of Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton - the new writers of the long-awaited God of War movie - but you've probably heard of some their films.
Sony has announced God of War Saga and inFamous Collection for release in the US.
Both collections launch in the US on 28th August for $29.99 each. They are yet to be announced for Europe. We've asked Sony for comment.
Inside God of War Saga is:
Piranha 3DD, Saw screenwriters sign to God of War film
Universal will get them to the Greek.
The screenwriting team behind Piranha 3DD and the latter half of the Saw series have signed up to the God of War film adaptation.
God of War series has sold over 21 million copies
But which game has sold most?
The God of War series has sold over 21 million copies, Sony has announced.
Ex-God of War director joins Tomb Raider developer
UPDATE: Just Cause dev Avalanche responds.
UPDATE: Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios, which was thought to be working with Cory Barlog on a Mad Max game, has told Eurogamer that its unannounced projects are coming along well.
God of War PSP dev hiring for "next generation home console"
Has Ready at Dawn's 3rd person new IP shifted to PS4?
More next-gen talk, this time from the developer of the God of War PlayStation Portable games.
God of War PSP dev's new game is for PS3
Is a third-person action adventure.
The independent studio behind the God of War PlayStation Portable games is making a third-person action adventure game for the PlayStation 3, a new job listing has revealed.
Sony God of War dev working on new IP
Open world experience "a plus".
God of War developer Sony Santa Monica is working on an "unannounced new IP".
GOW Origins HD cinematics in full 1080p
Ready at Dawn digs deep for HD Collection.
Developer Ready at Dawn has re-mastered all of the cinematics from PlayStation Portable games God of War Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta in native 1080p for God of War: Collection Volume 2.
God of War Master Collection sighted
PS2, PS3 and PSP games in one pack.
God of War Master Collection will bundle all the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PSP games in Sony's action series into a single release, according to a listing on Amazon Germany.
PSP Remasters coming to PS3 in HD
Monster Hunter first. Metal Gear Solid next?
Sony is remastering select PlayStation Portable games for release in high definition on PlayStation 3.
These Blu-ray disc games come with bonus content and in some cases stereoscopic 3D visuals.
The first game to get the PSP Remaster treatment is action role-playing game Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, due out in Japan in the summer. A trailer is below.
God of War Portable Collection for PS3
HD Chains of Olympus, Ghost of Sparta.
The two PlayStation Portable God of War games will be taped together and sold as one on PlayStation 3, according to Sony Taiwan.
Job ad suggests multiplayer God of War
Kratos vs. Kratos or Kratos and Kratos?
A new job advertisement posted by Sony Santa Monica suggests a multiplayer future for the God of War series.
Ready at Dawn: PSP "doomed" from day 1
Not "a true portable gaming platform."
The developer behind the lauded PSP God of War games has claimed that Sony's handheld was doomed to failure from launch day.
Jaffe "happy" with Ratner directing GoW
"I actually really like X-Men 3."
David Jaffe has said he is "happy" with the choice of Brett Ratner as director of the God of War film.
Sony and Jaffe sued over God of War
Suers claim their ideas were stolen.
Sony and developer David Jaffe have been sued for allegedly copying other people's ideas in the God of War series of games.
Ready at Dawn finished with PSP
End of era for God of War, Daxter team.
God of War: Chains of Olympus creator Ready at Dawn has officially finished working with the PSP.
PSN: Bishi Bashi, C&C, flOw, COD4 pack
All available for Europe.
No sign of the Americans' echochrome demo on the PAL PlayStation Store this week, but instead there's Bishi Bashi Special and Command & Conquer PSone downloads, full releases for flOw PSP and the Call of Duty 4 Variety Map Pack, and even a couple of demos.
Link to the past.
If only more developers treated the PSP with such respect. With God of War: Chains of Olympus, Ready At Dawn manages not only to produce a showcase title for the much and unfairly maligned platform, but one that fans of the acclaimed PS2 hackandslash series will slice off limbs to get at.
Set ten years before the events of the original God of War, Chains of Olympus sees Kratos having yet another bad day. To begin with, it's all fairly innocuous god-bidding fodder, with the surly bald warrior defending a Persian city from an invading army. Soon enough, he comes across a statue of Athena, who sends him off on a typically violent quest via the usual collection of huge caves, ornate temples and even Hades itself to retrieve Helios, for reasons too absurd to go into. Eventually, our hero faces one of those galling moral dilemmas that game developers love (no wonder Kratos was so irrepressibly grumpy in the first place), and we're given the perfect excuse to hammer buttons and add to his growing collection of spare body parts.
As hard as it might be to imagine, Chains of Olympus comes incredibly close to replicating what made the PS2 originals so exciting - both in terms of the visuals and gameplay. Technically, it's one of the most impressive games to appear on PSP, capturing its predecessors' architectural and environmental opulence with ease - and all without any slowdown or loading pauses to rile us.
God of War PSP demo now available
There won't be a PS2 port, says RAD.
A demo of PSP title God of War: Chains of Olympus is now available for download from the PlayStation Store.
"No plans" for MGS4 PS3 bundle here
America gets, Europe waits.
SCEE has "no plans" to release a Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle or God of War PSP bundle in Europe.
Close to US date, says Sony.
Sony has told us that Europe won't have to wait much longer than America for God of War on PSP.
Next March in US.
Developer Ready at Dawn has said God of War: Chains of Olympus will be out in North America on 4th March, 2008.
Crysis, BioShock, PES 2008.
The winners of the Best in Show awards from this year's Games Convention in Leipzig have been announced, GamesIndustry.biz reports, with Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 taking two awards for Best PlayStation 2 game and Best PlayStation 3 game.
A New Dawn for Dan Arey.
Dan Arey spent nearly a decade at Naughty Dog, where he helped make both Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter into rip-roaring successes. And the studio has gone from strength-to-strength, currently working on its first PS3 project Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - an impressive mixture of Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones.
PSP at full power for God of War's handheld debut
Unlocked CPU good for Kratos.
God of War: Chains of Olympus will be among the first PSP games to take advantage of the handheld's newly unlocked CPU power, according to creative director Cory Barlog.
Slots neatly into story arc.
God of War II director Cory Barlog has shed more light on God of War's passage to PSP.
