I don't normally make a big fuss out of a single YouTube trailer, but there's this one video that I'm sure you will enjoy, and not just because it was filmed at a Playboy Mansion party (don't hold your breath, there's nothing of that sort in this clip). It's an interview with David Jaffe, the creator of God of War (accompanied by a Sony Marketing watchdog by the name of Jeff Reese), which kicks off with the most straightforward question possible: "God of War 3, what can you tell us?". David's response?

"I started design... 4 days ago (ed. - that would be November 10, since the interview was filmed on November 14, though only posted on YouTube over the weekend). It doesn't mean we're in development! It just means I got my notebook open, I got a bunch of books in front of me, and I'm starting to think what could it be, if we actually make it. But right now, all the focus in Santa Monica is on God of War II."

Speaking of parties, ever seen a drunk marketing guy do his "thing"? Well, you will now: at one point in the interview, Jeff Reese (the Sony guy) spews one of those hyperbolical, incoherent PR blabbers about the future of the franchise: "God of War is going to actually move on to multiple platforms, and eventually culminate in this classic "batterama" on the PlayStation 3". In effect, all he manages is to get a bad-mouthed bashing from David Jaffe, who, as any sane human being, doesn't understand a thing from it. He does however hope to make it happen, on the PS3 indeed, but mentions that the project had not been given the green light by Sony, at that time.

"God of War 3 is something I would love to see happen, (...) Me and the director of God of War II [Cory Barlog] have started making some notes about where it could go, and if God of War II is successful and people want more, we're dying to make a new one, we're dying to make one on PS3, but no one's come down from kind of Sony exec level and said "here's your money, here's your team, go make it". But I hope so, I would love to do that."

David also talks a bit about having some ideas for the PS3 SIXAXIS controller. "We have a lot of ideas of how we could do a lot of neat things with the controller for God of War in every aspect of the game design", he says, but once again, doesn't go into any kind of details.

So now we're back to waiting and seeing how God of War II will do in early 2007. If any of the previous trailers were any kind of indication, I'd say there's nothing to worry about, the trilogy will be completed.

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