Amazon and Gamestop offering God of War III pre-orders, claim March 2 release
by Griffin McElroy 
{ May 11th 2008 at 6:00PM }
We know that a vast majority of the gaming media consumers out there have a fairly negative outlook when it comes to pre-orders for popular titles (did anyone really have a hard time finding Halo 3 last September?), but that's not why we're writing about the recent pre-order listings on Amazon and Gamestop for the next (Barlog-less) installment in the well-received God of War franchise. What we find intriguing is the March 2 release date listed on both websites -- three quarters earlier than the last rumored launch window for the title. Is this wishful thinking from these two gaming retailers, or could the further adventures of everyone's favorite ashy Spartan hit shelves much sooner than expected?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
MASTUR CHEEF (Yes I pay for Xbox live you cheap ass scrub) @ May 11th 2008 6:13PM
PS3 bundle with this game?
F1 @ May 11th 2008 6:15PM
Well they do it with every other AAA game they can get their hands on...
MASTUR CHEEF (Yes I pay for Xbox live you cheap ass scrub) @ May 11th 2008 6:25PM
Anything to sell PS3's
Probably a LittleBigPlanet bundle is in the work's
right now
Nightvortez @ May 11th 2008 6:41PM
Well the PS2 had multiple game bundles as well so I don't see what's wrong with doing such thing.
Hyams @ May 11th 2008 6:42PM
Oh noes! Sony are actually marketing their console? - HOW DARES THEY!?!
DangerMouse @ May 11th 2008 6:53PM
They should bundle a PS2 with a 40GB PS3.
Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ May 11th 2008 7:39PM
DangerMouse... That was so full of win... I'm speechless...
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ May 11th 2008 8:20PM
Just for that comment, DangerMouse deserves his own theme song.
Tim @ May 11th 2008 6:14PM
If Kid Icarus fought Kratos who would win?
F1 @ May 11th 2008 6:17PM
Icarus as through half of the fight all Kratos would do is cry about his family and new found family issues.
hey_big_dck psn:fuliano626 @ May 11th 2008 6:17PM
kratos obviously he is a god after all.
Maverick Saturn @ May 11th 2008 6:20PM
Noone, like Metroid and Master Chief, we'll find out they are both really women as they join forces and talk about glamour.
Sora267 @ May 11th 2008 6:32PM
Master Chief is a woman?!?!
mundox @ May 11th 2008 6:49PM
There have been spartan women, yes. But the current one is a guy.
Samus, well everyone knew she was a gal, and a hot one.
samfish @ May 11th 2008 6:56PM
Link would beat both their asses.
And then Batman would come in and wallop Link good. REAL good.
Jhongerkong @ May 11th 2008 6:59PM
but then SSJ4 Gogeta does a 10X big bang kamehameha and kills everyone
samfish @ May 11th 2008 7:01PM
NO not Superman!
Fernando Rocker @ May 11th 2008 7:11PM
And the last survivor from the SSJ4 Gogeta Kamehameha would be Chuck Norris.
=p
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 7:21PM
I was thinking about this the other day: how awesome would it be if Master Chief took off his helmet and he were black? I guarantee 90% of the people imagine him as white, and since there's a minority of black protagonists it would really stand out and be quite the twist.
el serpiente @ May 11th 2008 7:23PM
I always pictured him as Bhutanese.
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ May 11th 2008 8:22PM
THIS IS THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN OF FINAL DESTINY
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ May 11th 2008 8:38PM
dude. Kratos has crawled out of hell 4 times, killed like 3 Gods, and all while wearing Moses sandals. now you tell me who is the biggest bad ass!
hey_big_dck psn:fuliano626 @ May 11th 2008 8:56PM
masterchief is obviously of spanish origin in the future everyone will be spanish duh.
Victor @ May 11th 2008 9:09PM
@ThornedVenom
LOL
http://www.ultimateshowdown.org/
Cyro @ May 11th 2008 10:21PM
For your information Master Chief is White. You just have to read The Fall of Reach. When he was a Kid they describe him from head to toe. He is your typical white american.
Just my 2 Cents.
Maverick Saturn @ May 12th 2008 1:52AM
Master Chief is Hilary Clinton :)
lee @ May 11th 2008 6:19PM
woooooh!!! id get a ps3 for that game. i love all the action packed moments. now i have a game to actually look forward to on ps3 for me anyways. wont get a ps3 anymore for mgs4. lost trust in konami for making a shooter in the beta.
Hyams @ May 11th 2008 6:39PM
If you tried to play MGO as a generic shooter I'm not surprised you lost faith in Konami. You were playing the game wrong.
Raikage (LDF CRAB BATTLE!!!) @ May 11th 2008 7:42PM
Hyames... you sound like the Lair Devs...
JK MGS/O is not a simple man's shooter.
Hyams @ May 11th 2008 8:52PM
Yeah, I thought that as well.
But then, if you play a game wrongly, you do badly. Such is the case with MGO. (For the record, I usually came either first or second - mostly first - during the beta.)
If you a play a game the wrong way (such as trying to play Halo 3 as a cover-based game rather than a run-and-gun one), you'll find it less fun and you simply won't do that well in it.
Maverick Saturn @ May 11th 2008 6:21PM
Its funny this news came out, I'm playing PSP version now ^^
If this is true, next March, I'll be found at the game stores :)
Syn @ May 11th 2008 6:25PM
I'll pass. I've got better PS3 games around that time to play.
Syn @ May 11th 2008 6:27PM
Mmm I got... I have* ... Me brain think not.
Lone Starr @ May 11th 2008 6:32PM
This stuff always happens. They put up some release date that gets pushed back. I mean, after all, they're trying to sell pre-orders.
Hyams @ May 11th 2008 6:40PM
To be fair, this isn't an offical date. This is pretty much just Amazon making an educated guess.
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ May 11th 2008 8:42PM
exactly. im not reading too much into it. Amazon, Gamestop, and the like put up place holder dates all the time. hell the way PS3 games tend to get delayed, i wouldnt be surprised if we didnt see it until 2010. i love my PS3 and all, but they gotta get their shit together with the deadlines stuff.
Hyams @ May 11th 2008 6:43PM
I have a confession: I have never played any of the God of War games. I've been meaning too - I've heard they're really good - but I've never got around to it.
samfish @ May 11th 2008 6:59PM
They're alright. A little over rated, in my opinion, but still fun. They make me feel kinda silly playing them because it's SUCH a blatant testosterone festival! It takes itself very, very seriously.
NoHitHair @ May 11th 2008 6:59PM
At the very least, it's stylistically unique, both in its presentation and its gameplay. Whether or not that ends up appealing depends on the gamer playing but it's definitely notable and memorable.
MasterInsan0 @ May 11th 2008 7:00PM
Don't go in with any unrealistic expectations. I did, thinking it was going to be the greatest action game ever, and the hype spoiled it for me. I'm not saying it's not a good game, just don't go in thinking it's going to be amazingly awesome. If it turns out that way, great, but don't expect it.
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ May 11th 2008 8:25PM
Through linear levels, you kill everything Ivy-style with your chain-blades, the bosses are huge, at times it's going to be an overgorrified game of Simon Says... but in the end, if you're a guy, you're gonna FEEL THAT RUSHING TESTOSTERONE GOODNESS.
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ May 11th 2008 8:49PM
its a real fun game. Kratos is made of 389% pure badassitude. the grapple kills are super ruthless. the bosses are always big and fun and the puzzle solving is decent. story is great too if you like greek mythology (who doesnt?).
but on the downside, it has little to no replay value, is very linear, and each release has seemed to get noticeably shorter (to me anyway).
i picked up the first one on greatest hits after i saw the scores it got and i was hooked since. preordered the second one and PSP version although i never went and got the PSP one. didnt have time or money at the time, and more games have come out since.
so basically, if you havent played it yet and you see any of them for under $20 grab it cause it's a steal.
PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ May 11th 2008 8:51PM
so what everyone is basically saying is, if you got amped during 300, then your going to love this game. same kind of over the top ruthless killing with an added fantasy/mythology part.
the case reeks of testosterone lol.
Maverick Saturn @ May 12th 2008 1:55AM
Lol, its a good game, no more testosterone driven the the likes of Gears, Halo, and all those hundreds of other genocidal pumped up macho muscle-bound flipping alien slautering racist fps games we call games ¬_¬
Lmao
samfish @ May 11th 2008 7:00PM
Oh! Oh! I bet I know what Sony's gonna show at E3 this year!
Eddie @ May 11th 2008 7:04PM
march release date has been in the gamestop database since Chains of Olympus came out.
Brent @ May 11th 2008 7:10PM
Fast-forward to March 2009:
"God of War III delayed until November 2009".
And then the comments will look something like this:
"Delaystation 3 at its finest"
"I heard they are delaying the release to port GOW3 to 360"
"F1rst!!!!1"
Cesaria (MKW:2621-2994-1376) @ May 11th 2008 7:27PM
Was that really necessary?
tmacairjordan87 @ May 11th 2008 9:55PM
No but that's exactly how it will play out if god of war 3 does get delayed and I bet premierassassin will probably lead the charge.
ymmv @ May 11th 2008 7:23PM
Hasn't anybody checked the release dates of the previous God of War games??
God of War 1 - March 22, 2005
God of War 2 - March 13, 2007
God of War: Chains of Olympus - March 4, 2008
God of War 3 coming out March, 2009 would really fit the pattern coming exactly 2 years after GoW2.
I believe that date, especially when it says on the back of the PSP booklet: coming soon, 2009.