God of War II Out, GoW PS3 With Rumble, GoW P...

God of War II Out, GoW PS3 With Rumble, GoW PSP Detailed

Judging by early review scores, God of War II is nothing short of a phenomenal sequel to a phenomenal PS2 game. God of War II was released today in North America, and to celebrate this, Sony held a little launch party for a select audience in San Francisco last night. On scene was also director Cory Barlog, who - as alawys - couldn't resist the temptation of spilling a thing or two about his next God of War projects. That's right, as in multiple projects, because the PSP version was recently confirmed as being developed by Ready At Dawn (makers of Daxter for PSP), and the PS3 version is pretty much old news by now.

IGN has a liveblog of what was said at the event, and one of the first things that struck them was that the next God of War game will have... *gasp*... "VIBRATION functions" on the PlayStation 3 - surely thanks to Sony's recent cease-fire agreement with Immersion, and the subsequent speculations about a new PS3 controller with rumble. IGN's story also says that God of War (PS)3 will be displayed in glorious 1080p, if your screen can handle it.

Moving on to the PSP version, Barlog insists that this will be a completely new game: "It is its own story that connects to the overall story. God of War, God of War 2, and then if all the stars align God of War 3 will be the telling of a trilogy. This PSP story will be a further fleshing out". It will certainly not be a port of the first God of War or anything like that, he says, and it will not reuse any of the previous levels (though it may take players through some familiar looking areas). A teasing flyer included in the God of War II game box also indicates that the PSP version is due for release sometime in 2007.

God of War II will only be out in Europe on March 30. And according to Gamespot, Sony has already shipped 1 million units to meet the huge demand in the US; so there should be plenty left for us back on the old continent. And they also have a brief mention about the upcoming God of War movie, which is now entering development. Let's hope it makes it out, too!

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