Rumor: God of War III to be shown at E3

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jun 24th 2008 at 1:54PM }

EuroGamer.pt (translation) reports that God of War III will be shown at E3 next month. The site was apparently informed of this by a Sony representative at the Interactive & Digital Entertainment Festival, currently being held in Paris.

Don't get too excited -- even if the rumor is true, it doesn't mean GoW III will unleash bloody vengeance against the Titans this year. Although a release date is pure speculation at this point, some rumors report the launch to be next Christmas, while certain retailers have given it a placeholder release of next March.

Tags: God-of-War, god-of-war-3, god-of-war-iii, kratos, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

B3astofthe3ast @ Jun 24th 2008 1:57PM

The other reason I bought a PS3.

SKI @ Jun 25th 2008 10:49AM

Hope you are content waiting until 2010.

Obie @ Jun 24th 2008 1:58PM

For High def cutscenes? ;)

Dirty @ Jun 24th 2008 2:12PM

You should see the in-engine cut scenes for Metal Gear. Awesome.

Obie @ Jun 24th 2008 2:26PM

I would, but heard that are all longer than "Titanic".

I jest of course, I doubt we'll see much of GOW3, probably some teaser footage.

NATO_Duke @ Jun 24th 2008 2:30PM

Obie, kinda sad that you heard they were long and so you won't check it out. Do you think that speculation on it trumps the fact that those of us who have played it said its damn epic?

Obie @ Jun 24th 2008 2:32PM

I loved the first Metal Gear, I hated the self indulgent sequel, I am sure the series is better now.
But I rather play my games than watch them.
And that is just my personal opinion.

required @ Jun 24th 2008 3:21PM

"rather play my games than watch them"

I'd rather do both aka, have my cake and eat it too.

Obie @ Jun 24th 2008 3:23PM

The cake is a lie dude. :(

required @ Jun 24th 2008 3:31PM

you have no spoon

SimbaDogg @ Jun 24th 2008 5:05PM

Only try to realize the truth, there is no spoon...there is no spoon?

ThePerfectCompanion @ Jun 24th 2008 6:16PM

Exactly...

GoW storyline is pretty cool but when it comes to do it I just watch the cutscenes because they're badass.

Still though that and Final Fantasy XIII make a lovely pair of games that the ps3 will have.

Hardcore @ Jun 24th 2008 2:02PM

DO WANT!!

Lisa @ Jun 24th 2008 2:08PM

Who cares. God of War III is going to be God of War II, but with better graphics.

slab @ Jun 24th 2008 2:11PM

no it isnt you idiot
gow series has one of the best story lines out of all video games

Dirty @ Jun 24th 2008 2:14PM

@ slab Thats reaching.

Zertoss @ Jun 24th 2008 2:16PM

GoW II was a lot of fun. More of that would be great, thanks.

deaftly @ Jun 24th 2008 2:18PM

"gow series has one of the best story lines out of all video games"

HAHAHA

samfish @ Jun 24th 2008 2:18PM

You have stunningly low standards, slab.

Noshino @ Jun 24th 2008 2:19PM

well, it does have a good storyline, but they really need to fill certain gaps, biggest one being what happened to his brother?...

Jakka @ Jun 24th 2008 2:20PM

"gow series has one of the best story lines out of all video games"

While I've never played any GoW games, I still think that this statement is pretty fucking retarded.

Noshino @ Jun 24th 2008 2:20PM

samfish,

Unlike the other Clover games....

...God Hand didn't have such a good story....*runs away*

samfish @ Jun 24th 2008 2:21PM

OH, YOU GUN' GET IT NOW, BITCH!

Jacksons @ Jun 24th 2008 2:22PM

@Noshino

Yeah, God Hand totally deserved that 3/10. :)

Noshino @ Jun 24th 2008 2:25PM

Jacksons,

Lol, I actually love God Hand, the combat system was one of the best I have ever seen

But as far as story goes, although I loved all the jokes (they were funny as hell, my ringtone is the credits song...), it lacked depth....

Jacksons @ Jun 24th 2008 2:30PM

@Noshino

It was about as deep as a kiddie pool, but I still love it. Serves as a prime example why you've got to read more than 1 review.

samfish @ Jun 24th 2008 2:34PM

In fairness, God Hand's story wasn't really meant to be taken seriously and was supposedly more of a parody.
I found it funny, though, which was good enough for me, despite the cliché plot.

...and that's about as close to saying anything negative about God Hand as I'll ever get.

Noshino @ Jun 24th 2008 2:39PM

I know it wasn't to be taken seriously, just like Viewtiful Joe, I loved the game because of its sense of quirkiness, and God Hand was 3 times as much!

but still, I was just pointing it out in response to samfish :D

Maverick Saturn @ Jun 24th 2008 2:40PM

Greatest storyline? Nah, but it is a great game, fullstop, so far, the only people I've seen come down on it are the predictable fanboys you already know are going to say its crap, etc

slab @ Jun 24th 2008 2:48PM

than enlighten me guys on what is a good story line?

trying to save a princess in every single game?
killing aliens in every single game?

Sir Fidlious Wong (Justin T. McElroy Memorial Burn of the Day Award) @ Jun 24th 2008 2:48PM

I liked the GOW story... actually. I brought back Ancient Greek mythology with an appropriate level of brutality. Thing I loved about it was how unapologetically violent it was and I still consider Kratos's walk of shame in GOW II one of the more powerful moments in gaming.

I mean I won't say it's the best storyline in games right now (although admittedly that's a pretty low set bar), but it's certainly in the top teir. Especially within it's specific genre who's main competitors are Devil May Cry and Ninja Gaiden. I do think they essentially wrote themselves into a corner with GOW II though.

slab @ Jun 24th 2008 2:52PM

and for you illiterate retards out there

gow series has one of the best story lines out of all video games

does not mean

gow series has the best story line ever period

Mr.ESC @ Jun 24th 2008 2:53PM

God Hand had a story? I thought it was about spanking hawt girls.

"gow series has one of the best story lines out of all video games"

Don't say, well it has a better story than space invaders (sorta) I'll give you that.

To be honest DMC,NG and God of war stories just give you an excuse to mindlessly kill hordes of enemies except that those games make it fun and don’t fail like other games try to pull out the same and I’m looking at you Mr. Kingdom under fire.

So far I played the PSP version which was short but dude it was incredibly well done game the only defect was that it is too short.

Oh yeah about the story well as hard as they try to put Spartans as manly men you can’t ignore the historical point of view that they were in fact a bunch of ghey pedos but if you ignore all that is actually good but I wouldn’t say the best.

Maverick Saturn @ Jun 24th 2008 3:04PM

The GOW plot is great, but I wouldn't call it epic, compared to most games it is lightyears in front, but really its nothing that special, and its nothing that nobody else could have thought of.

Man blames himself because he stupidly killed his family, asks gods to rid him of his memories, gods for some apparent reason use him like a slave, takes revenge on Zeus who for some obscure reason has become corrupted >_<

Its got nothing on lets say Lord of the rings for example, or ff7, but damn, this game could make for a movie darn well close to lord of the rings if done properly.

Mr.ESC @ Jun 24th 2008 3:19PM

"This game could make for a movie darn well close to lord of the rings if done properly"

Maverick Saturn I'm afraid that what you just said was both blasphemy and madness and as you may see we are standing on SPARTA so I will proceed to kick you into a deep hole.

Have a nice day.

To be honest I would say like or better than 300 if done right but I wouldn’t push it more than that. Remember you have to make it for all audiences especially if there is a huge investment on it unless you want it to flop, that means not naked women and lower the tone of gore and blood.

required @ Jun 24th 2008 3:25PM

slab, most 'round the parts prefer the tired tales of plumbers + princess.

Mr.ESC @ Jun 24th 2008 3:36PM

“slab, most 'round the parts prefer the tired tales of plumbers + princess”.

Well of course Mario is an epic tale of how a lower class citizen fought his way through hordes of malevolent aristocrats and bureaucrats, dodged the politic fire and controversy (All cleverly disguised as fire and turtles) and confronted an evil dictator and became the beloved ruler of his kingdom.

What God of war teaches? Kill everything that is different than you of have different ideas? That is xenophobia and racism to say the least and how women are portrayed as sexual objects is just sexism.

(Wow I could seriously work for Fox news, so it seems no one here played The Darkness or liked GTA Iv story huh)

rv @ Jun 24th 2008 2:07PM

Hopefully it will feature the vast amounts of boobage that made the other versions, especially the psp one, so great.

Intentless @ Jun 24th 2008 4:08PM

And you are probably why games need to be rated M for mature... If that is the highlight for you... I imagine you arn't old enough to buy the game for yourself....

rv @ Jun 24th 2008 6:38PM

If you cannot detect the sarcasm in my comment, you must be the one not old enough to buy a m rated game.

deaftly @ Jun 24th 2008 2:07PM

Button mashing at its finest, NOW IN 4D!

RC @ Jun 24th 2008 2:21PM

You are an epic douche bag.

el serpiente @ Jun 24th 2008 2:36PM

Daftly is like the Nelson Muntz of Joystiq-never anything more intelligible than 'ha-ha or some year-old joke'. Hopefully he'll mock the tall man one day and be forced to march the avenue in his underpants.

deaftly @ Jun 24th 2008 2:50PM

HAHA!

Hala Madrid!! (Madrileno hasta la muerte!) @ Jun 24th 2008 2:51PM

4D? Holy shit!
Will this game have 90min cutscenes?

button mashing+4D graphics=awesome

Oh I can't wait.

unboring @ Jun 24th 2008 5:44PM

you are the archetypal 360 fanboy. Its bizzare how you continue your irrational sony hate, even on ps3 fanboy hate. This type of extremely aggressive forum trolling is present in all fanboy groups but it is really alot more common with 360 fanboy's. They are really defensive about their future 3rd place in the console war.