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God of Obvious: Sony confirms God of War III photo

It's hardly a shock announcement, but it's an announcement nonetheless -- Sony has confirmed that God of War III is in the works and it will be coming out -- gasp -- on the PlayStation 3. Along with the announcement came the news that God of War director Cory Barlog is leaving Sony.

Despite the loss of Barlog, Sony has assured fans that the series will still remain Godly. "We are confident in the God of War team, as they are an extremely talented group of people that are passionate about the franchise and dedicated to creating even more epic content with God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP and God of War III for PS3," declared a Sony spokesperson.

So, a new God of War imbued with the Ray of Blu, minus the original director. Will God of War III give Sony the current-gen edge it needs, or will it fail to live up to expectations? Time will tell, but speculation will be more fun.








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Butmac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 09:12
Butmac
This is because I just beat God of War 2 on monday night.

Your welcome...internet.
PwnDaddy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 09:22
PwnDaddy
Well, as long as it releases before Ninja Gaiden 2, they might be okay. Maybe. Blu-Ray (since it's doing so fabulous) + new director who is "passionate about the franchise" (read: wants MONEH) - threat of impending Ninja rape the world has only seen in Ninja Gaiden series = Profit^i. There, I did it in math.
linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 09:27
linuxguy
and please sony make more badass sections like the jump from pillar to pillar in N°2,you know we like'em
MaxVest's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 09:48
MaxVest
@Butmac: I thought Barlog left because you beat GoWII. He was mumbling something about "apparently not hard enough"...
Rpg_Worshiper's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 09:53
Rpg_Worshiper
"Will God of War III give Sony the current-gen edge it needs, or will it fail to live up to expectations?"

Who knows...but Uncharted will. :)
Butmac's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 09:55
Butmac
@MaxVest

ROFLOL
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 10:02
BlindsideDork
TALLEDAGA NIGHTSsss power!
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 10:04
BluDesign
I clicked on this looking for a Hexfix post and I'm not seeing one.

Disappointed...
Zanch's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 10:22
Zanch
@ PwnDaddy

You are correct sir. God of War is a common buttonmasher compared to Ninja Gaiden.
Josh Tolentino's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 10:43
Josh Tolentino
Of course it'll fail to live up to expectations. It's the extremely rare sequel (or extremely crappy original) that even meets, much less surpasses what its fans want. Better that GoW3 surpass its contemporaries (i.e. innovations and improvements brought about by its dozens of imitators) than try to be like its precursors all over again.
Lord The Night Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 10:44
Lord The Night Knight
Didn't David Jaffe direct the first one? If so, having a new director again wouldn't necessarily hurt the series.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 10:49
king3vbo
What no hexfix post? NOOOOOOOO my comedy needs for the morning has not been reached yet!
Kryptinite's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 11:30
Kryptinite
Thanks ButMac....about damn time.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 11:43
CaffeinePowered
So is he gonna start going after norse mythology now? Gonna run out of greek gods to kill eventually...
GrayFox's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 11:44
GrayFox
CHAD WARDEN LOVES THAT PS TRIPLE NIGGAZ.
sirpalee's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 12:13
sirpalee
And what? They are going to make a game like Heavenly Sword? (that game was a such a direct God of War rip)

Do we need this? Another 6-8 hours of mindless carnage? Just grow up...
JReaper617's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 12:37
JReaper617
Chad Warden=Douchey fanboy..
xper's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 13:00
xper
i think its good that barlog has stepped away from sony, so another director can come in with fresh ideas. i think thats what made gowII so fresh and awesome, even though it was sequel.

i have high expectations, and i think they will nail it. chains of olympus demo was proof that there's still juice left in kratos. but yes, sirpalee, the argument "do we need this" is a valid one. time will tell...

release date, anyone? 08 or 09? wadya think?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 15:25
Samit Sarkar
Hopefully, this’ll be out in time for Holiday 2008. I’m excited to see what they’ll do, and I’m not really worried about Barlog leaving because the first two games have had different directors anyway.
rubix99's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 16:52
rubix99
I hope there is a God Of War 3. An I hope Jim Sterling has gotten his facts right about this more than he did with that Manhunt 2 showreel.
ConsFEARacy's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 20:22
ConsFEARacy
Time to get a BS3 now???
KamikazeTutor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/07/2007 21:33
KamikazeTutor
Great... I just _love_ trilogies that jump between platforms...
Hoss's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/08/2007 03:08
Hoss
i think barlog left because everyone kept calling him "balrog" in the spirit of the game

unusual names can be so cruel
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