Rumor: God of War III waits until Christmas 2009

by Ross Miller { Jan 23rd 2008 at 9:45AM }

After flexing his muscle in last year's God of War 2, Kratos may need to take a little break. Games Radar is claiming (via Games World UK) that inside sources tell them God of War 3 won't be released until at the earliest Christmas 2009. That date seems to fall under common sense, given that two years passed between the first two God of War titles and the next iteration is taking a leap to the more technically-proficient PlayStation 3.

An earlier rumor from EGM suggested the game would come out this Christmas alongside an also-rumored release of Gears of War 2. The third God of War, sans outgoing lead developer Cory Barlog, is expected to feature ultra-fancy graphics, motion controls and rumble.

Tags: god-of-war-3, god-of-war-iii, godofwar, gow3, kratos, rumor, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sifer2400 @ Jan 23rd 2008 9:52AM

i like the story line more then the controls i hope they fix those you end up with cramps after killing monsters

B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread @ Jan 23rd 2008 6:31PM

yea i was playing the second one the other day and that button mashing to open doors and shit kills my thumbs. i dont mind it in combat but it's a bit much while just running around lol.

either way, cant wait for this one.

KushielsScion007 @ Jan 23rd 2008 9:54AM

The ps3 will be like $299 (or even lower if I'm lucky) by that time probably which just might make me take the plunge and find out whats so great about Kratos...

Noshino @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:51AM

you can find a PS2 for $ 99 (much more less if you search), play the first 2 GoW games, so you can find out with Kratos is so great...

KushielsScion007 @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:57AM

I watched the movie scenes on Youtube so I have a basic idea of what the games about. I will admit I haven't played it but it looks like a typical hack and slash ala Goddess of War.

Plus theres no way in hell I'm gonna buy a ps2.

Now I might buy a ps3 if its ridiculously cheap and FFXIII proves to be a ps3 exclusive and is out by that time.

Dahk @ Jan 23rd 2008 1:33PM

Well, you can still play GoW I and II with a non-40GB PS3. That's what I did =P.

And honestly... take the Kratos plunge asap. That is honestly one game you don't want to miss.

Its not just a typical hack and slash. Its just an extremely satisfying game thats also a platformer, and action game, and its bundled with the craziest boss fights known to man. Plus its got whicked cinematics and a good exciting story to work through.

There's a reason why they're both GOTY titles =P.

chris king @ Jan 23rd 2008 9:55AM

man...so i can look forward to Little Big Planet in the fall and GOW3 about 14 months after that. I guess I'll stock up on BluRay movies.

btw, not interested in Metal Gear (not a cutscene fan, so you lost me after 2) or anything Final Fantasy.

whatever, sony.

Slaziman @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:04AM

cue Sonytard listing a bunch of unproven but "good-looking" titles as a retort.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:05AM

Oh, you should try MGS 3. If you like the cutscenes, you'll loooove menus.

At least the story makes more sense, in that there's no body transferrence, vampires, or gay ninjas...

paragraph @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:05AM

@Slaziman

Irritating Stick 3 Looks Good

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:34AM

@baby

That's why MGS3 is the best one. It doesn't try to be weird or anything like that and offers a pretty straight forward plot. Sadly that isn't the case with MGS4 since obviously Kojima has been smoking something(sadly not the good kind Miyamoto smokes) which made him think it was a good Idea to put Monkeys that drink coke.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:40AM

Aw great...and after I'd forgotten about Ruby Rod and the damn daiper-monkey!

kbomb1upc @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:54AM

I actually like the MGS series as a whole. Weird and sometimes disturbing, story lines didn't bother me at all. It gave the game more character and distant itself from any other games that I played. You can't say when you finally realized that to bet the Psycho Mathis you had to switch controllers you didn't think that was cool. Or didn't you flip out when the Colonel in MGS 2 told you were playing the game for to long and that Asian chick pop up.
And don't get it wrong people; we are playing video games. When did games have to make sense? Look at ever story line for any fighting game. As long as the game is fun and story is good enough to keep my attention its fine with me. I hope they pull out all the stunts for this one.

ViagraFiend @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:05AM

Very well put kbomb. And its not like MGS isn't a series that tries to be realistic. From what I've seen, it's exactly what I expected and looks like a ton of fun.

Zeus the God @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:30PM

i didnt like snake eater. i thought they were the worst boss fights of all time. i love the scifi aspect of MGS rather than the straight vanilla crap it make me lose interest ill play tom clancy game if i want that.

Organic_Shadow @ Jan 23rd 2008 9:59AM

GOOD. This is going to be a busy/crowded year just like 2007, and GoW needs it's space. Plus I would rather them have more time to make the game extra juicy. Wait, did I just say juicy? As in what girls have printed on the back of their sweat pants?

paragraph @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:01AM

Indeed you did, other words that i'd like to be able to describe God of War III with that are also printed on the butt of young women/girls:

Foxy
Hott
Sexy
Da Bomb
Stop looking at my Ass you Pervert!

Yeah...

baby sea tuna @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:09AM

I'd love to see sweatpants with "callipygian" or "pulchritudinous" written across the ass. Maybe I'll just start my own design-line...

samfish @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:23AM

I would make a line that says "OVERWEIGHT", "CELLULITE" and "EVEN MY TAINT IS PHAT".
Oh, and another one would have that sandworm thing from The Empire Strikes Back.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Jan 23rd 2008 12:37PM

@ Samfish:

I can't stop laughing...now I have to piss very badly.

paragraph @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:00AM

God of War III can wait as long as it wants, i don't want a bad product... as long as they don't rush it we'll all be ok :-P

Gears 2, thats a differnt story, i want to see a good sequel this year, to show them Halo 3 Freaks what a good Shooter looks like :-P

But i digress, i can wait for God of War III, as long as they don't jump the shark.

grayFOX @ Feb 12th 2008 1:30PM

if gears 2 is anything like the first one, it wont even be a story...
if you disagree please tell me in 2 sentences what the story is.

Player1 @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:04AM

Will it also feature obnoxious button press sequences?

samfish @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:04AM

Did anybody really think it was going to come out this year? REALLY?
We haven't heard anything about it and 2 just came out in 2006.

Oh, and FFXIII isn't coming out this year, either.

paragraph @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:09AM

Weewey?

:'(

Naw, i'll stick to the Seven other games from that franchise that came out last year to tide me over for the year and a half it'll take for XIII

Ben @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:07AM

The God of War games made me glad to own a PS2 and GoW 3 is the main reason I would get a PS3.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:14AM

It's surprising how many of my friends still haven't played either GoW. I feel kind of sorry for them, as they'll never know the bliss of scoring a 2-300 hit combo or ripping a cyclops' eye from his battered skull.

Poor bastards.

Co @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:23AM

lmao i called this a month back as a joke!

Vidikron (FU) @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:56AM

Cookie?

Co @ Jan 23rd 2008 5:32PM

Chocolate chip?

Farseer (GDI) @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:34AM

Wow, I've been saying for a while now that I would probably be in the market for a PS3 in the fall of 2009. I figured by then there would be enough exclusive titles peak my interest.

My only stipulation was if GoW3 or Ueda's new title came out sooner than that.

Steady as she goes... :)

FidliousWong @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:35AM

My only question is how in the hell are they going to weaken Kratos this time? He's riding fucking Gaia's back up to Olympus and he's already beaten Zues once....

I sincerely hope they take it to a ridiculous level and suddenly reveal a Titans betrayal (they certainly hinted towards it) and suddenly Kratos is all like "fuck it, I'll kill you all!"

paragraph @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:38AM

Acctaully, i have it from reliable sources that in God of War III Kratos has a botched sex change and loses his Mojo, he is then outcast and has to go kill Caligula and steal his Mojo (think Highlander, but the other kind of head... indeed)... makes for good video games no?

KushielsScion007 @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:40AM

The ending of GoW was badass. It never ceases to amaze me in terms of how beautiful it is and the events that take place. In fact GoW is probably the only sony game that I've come acrose that has as really rich storyline that I enjoyed.

But thats probably cuz I'm a big geek when it comes to Ancient Greece/Rome.

I'd love to see Kratos get a bitch pregnant and then die at the end of the game opening the way up for another trilogy...

Noshino @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:11AM

well, he already beat Zeus once...probably Cronos....or Ouranus...or hell, KHAOS!

Mystic @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:44AM

Not surprising. They have MGS for this christmas and want to save their only other good exclusive game until next christmas. In the meantime, all of the sony sheep will keep buying Blu-Ray movies.

Anyone want to buy a slightly used PS3?

Kola @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:10AM

I'll take it from you how much? I have 2 broken 360s here I'm sure they're worth the trade.

Kola @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:11AM

Oh I forgot... Bah...

kbomb1upc @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:02AM

I hope GOW3 will be a big system seller like GOW and GOW2 did.

Evan @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:11AM

"Rumor: God of War III waits until Christmas 2009"
Fact: I don't care.

Most PS3 games are just PS2 games with more eye-candy for CG-junkies to jerk off to, and God of War is the ultimate eye-candy game. Bland melee interspersed with press-the-button-as-prompted game-play to watch scripted CG sequences. I have a PS3. It's a fantastic Blu-Ray movie player, but I'll stick to my Wii for game-play.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:20AM

Newsflash: The Wii sucks.

Phranctoast @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:22AM

Thats a good way to describe the game if you only saw 2 or 3 videos from it.

Just stick with your wii and blu rays and leave playing real games to others.

Vidikron (FU) @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:40AM

Bland melee? Sounds like you're simply not a fan of the genre. I found nothing about the GoW series to be bland.

kbomb1upc @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:50AM

GOW made popular the whole button press sequence that everyone now copies. And let me say this before I get flamed, I'm not saying GOW invented the button press sequence I'm just saying they made it popular. And anyway Evan you don't have watch the beautiful CG that the 360 and PS3 can produce, you can continue the flailing arms at your Wii.

GRANTED @ Jan 23rd 2008 11:55AM

i dont care about wii games, but at least i dont spend my time posting under those topics.

Evan @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:31PM

@Phranctoast "leave playing real games to others."
If by "real games", you mean outdated game-play methodologies played with a decade-old controller design, then yes.

kbomb1upc @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:03PM

How can you hate on a game that's almost two years away from being released and that previous games have been up for the Game of the Year each year they were released. Please stop being a stupid fanboy and just enjoy playing video games.

FidliousWong @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:39PM

Evan, the irony of that last comment is sooo delicious, it should be marketed as the next Little Debbie product.

"If by "real games", you mean outdated game-play methodologies played with a decade-old controller design, then yes."

Look at that. Now, isn't SSBB nigh unplayable on anything aside from a classic controller? Doesn't Gamecube's Zelda perform better in the controls department? I mean, if you're jonesing for an authentic Wii experience... here you go.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=play+tv&category0=