Surely, Sony Computer Entertainment would be mad not to bring its flagship gore-fest God of War to the PlayStation 3 - and if the latest hints are anything to go by the Santa Monica studio is at least considering it.
"There's definitely the enthusiasm of us wanting to do that, to make the God of War III," series director Cory Barlog told ShackNews, "but there's obviously no commitment to that right now."
Right, so officially they're not working on it but that doesn't stop him offering thoughts on what a third game in the series would feature.
"Put it this way. If we ever do get to make God of War III, it'll have connections to all the games, just like [God of War PSP] has direct links to [God of War] II. So if you go and you play this game, if you remember in II or you go back and play II, you'll see situations that are directly explained because of the PSP [version] and [this game] helps flesh out [the mythology] even more. All these games have a connection to each other."
If your memory goes as far back as 2005, you'll remember that magazine press reported a PS3 God of War instalment alongside the second PS2 version. Perhaps SCE will have something to say about it come E3 in July.
The way God of War II ended I took it as read there would be a 3rd. The story better not carry over and finish on the PSP version – that would just be wrong.
I thought that the PSP version was supposed to be set between the first and second games on PS2?
Not quite. That's the positioning of God of War: Betrayal, a mobile phone exclusive, out this Summer worldwide, and written by one of the writers from the PS2 games.
i read the psp version was going to be a prequel.....i dont like how developers have started continuing stories from ps2 on to psp as not all of us have psp's same thing happened with gta: liberty city stories/vice city stories
The PSP version is set before both PS2 games and from what I've seen of it and the commitment from Ready at Dawn Studios and Sony Santa Monica, it'll be as good as the home console versions. I'm not sure how the controls will work but they are treating the game as a fully fledged God of War and not just a down grade simply because it's on PSP.
As for God of War 3, it'll definately come out, Sony need that game if the PS3 is to be a success.
I'd like to see a PS2 version of GOW 3 first, followed by the GOW trilogy on PS3(they would easily fit on a 50Gb Blu-ray) . That would be awesome, and a system seller.
Why is God of War III only going to be available for the PS3 platform? The second one was made for the PS2 platform! So why not still keep making games available for PS2? I'd be mad if GOW 3 wasn't also made available for "all" platforms!
I really think that God of War III should be made for other platforms other than the Playstation 3. It would be totally unfair if they made it for just the PS3. They should make it for all other platforms like the first two games. The reason I say this is because not everyone can afford the Playstation 3. I could barely afford the PS2 when it first came out and that was only around $200. I can't afford a $700 game system that probably won't work when I buy it. and besides, I'm trying to start a collection of the god of war games on the PS2. I already have the first two and I can't wait until the 3rd game comes out. It should be on the PS2!!!
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