God of War III demo included on District 9 Blu-ray

by JC Fletcher { Oct 28th 2009 at 10:30AM }

If you're interested in checking out God of War 3 early, but don't want to play the first two God of Wars again, Sony corporate synergy has a solution for you! The Blu-Ray release of District 9, due December 29 (a bit later than the God of War Collection), will include a playable demo of God of War 3. Once you've played through the demo, a making-of featurette will be unlocked (for the game, not the movie).

While District 9 and God of War 3 are united in that they're both things that people presumably want to see, it strikes us as odd that this rather random collection is the first Blu-ray/game demo pairing for SCEA. The Watchmen movie and game actually related to one another in some way, and they came on separate discs.

Tags: blu-ray, district-9, god-of-war-3, god-of-war-iii, hybrid, scea, sony, sony-pictures

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:33AM

Makes perfect sense to me. I mean, if you're not trying to make sense in the first place.

dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:34AM

also - District 9 is a solid movie, really. They could've picked a much steamier pile to heap this demo onto.

Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:39AM

Like Transformers, or Wolverine. Or G.I. Joe.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 28th 2009 10:40AM

I'd agree with you on the first two, Alton, but G.I. Joe wasn't THAT bad.

Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:49AM

Ok Ok I kinda enjoyed G.I. Joe in a cheesy, oh my god it's so bad, kind of way myself.

K2 @ Oct 28th 2009 1:02PM

Doesn't make sense? Did you even see District 9? The amount of Sony product placing made me laugh.

incendious @ Oct 28th 2009 1:28PM

Sony Pictures/TriStar has distribution rights for District 9 and SCE has the rights to
God of War. It's easier to bundle things you have exclusive rights to than something you don't, i.e. Watchmen.

dark_inchworm (stronger than never, ever before) @ Oct 28th 2009 2:27PM

Yes, I saw District 9, once. Unlike some people, I try to immerse myself in the characters and not the obscure Betamax player occupying 1/1000 of the screen.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 28th 2009 10:33AM

I wouldn't think District 9 needed the extra sales...ah well.

copa @ Oct 28th 2009 10:46AM

More to the point, District 9 takes a more... thoughtful approach to portraying violence than God of War does.

I know that Neil Blomkamp is a videogame fan, and I'm sure he loves of God of War, but I'm kind of surprised that he was OK with this pairing.

Ryan @ Oct 28th 2009 10:58AM

Im sure he's very ok with the amount of money they possibly fronted.

Metal Gear!? @ Oct 28th 2009 11:45AM

Reply to copa.
Oh God, there was nothing "thoughtful" about it, it was pretty freaking gory. Probably rent it for my Dad, he was going to see it until I told him that the movie was just "alright".

Damn double.

calgaryalta @ Oct 28th 2009 12:11PM

District 9 was fantastic!

It was one of the best movies of the year. I'm getting this bundle for sure.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 28th 2009 10:34AM

Wouldn't it make more sense to put the demo on the God of War Collection disk?

Tank @ Oct 28th 2009 10:37AM

I thought I heard somewhere that they were doing that as well.

Here:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/09/god-of-war-iii-e3-2009-demo-included-in-god-of-war-collection/

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 28th 2009 10:40AM

Ah...fail on my part.

Doreo (Psn-doreo503) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:35AM

YEAH!!!! Now my appetite for District 9 and God of War can be pleased in one purchase!

Nytemare @ Oct 28th 2009 11:27AM

I crapped my pants at this news, I hope we are shame together.

Asmerom (PSN: neon6plz) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:35AM

How in the hell did they get the demo anyway?
Why not release it on PSN like most titles?

Vidikron @ Oct 28th 2009 10:55AM

The game isn't due out until March. I'm guessing this demo, or maybe a newer demo, will be released closer to the game's release date.

GiggMan @ Oct 28th 2009 10:37AM

Thank you very much Sony, but I'll already be playing the GOW demo by that time anyway. Still you got to love the freebies.

Jason Statham (Has a ps3 now) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:38AM

District 9: a movie about an alien version of apartheid. Also FUCK YEAH!!! mechs.

God of War: a game about an angry man killing things in an angry fashion.

I fail to see the connection between these two products.

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 28th 2009 10:42AM

District 9=distributed by TriStar Pictures (Sony)
God of War III=distributed by Sony.

Orion @ Oct 28th 2009 10:43AM

Angry people killing things? I see it...

Also, District 9 was amazing. I would have bought this either way, but this is just sweet icing on the cake.

Zing @ Oct 28th 2009 10:55AM

Cos gamer's maybe like District 9 and gamers would like to play a game demo?

J @ Oct 28th 2009 10:46AM

THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!

Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 28th 2009 10:50AM

Interesting...I could see Sony doing this with more AAA games they have coming out....build the Hype Train by putting the Demo on Movies Disc...

Julian @ Oct 28th 2009 10:57AM

while also increasing hype for the movie discs themselves, increase both blu ray movie purchases and maybe get a few people to try the demo when they normally wouldn't

the Sawyer family @ Oct 28th 2009 1:35PM

exactly J, it might get people who bought the PS3 just for the BR to play games.

Maverick Saturn (Igor) @ Oct 28th 2009 10:53AM

I don't see the connection, but hey, it benefits me, so I'm not complaining :D Thank you Sony.

carterk88 @ Oct 28th 2009 10:56AM

WTF? How random is this?

Darth Bradwart, Dark Lord of the Sith @ Oct 28th 2009 11:02AM

The cake is a lie.

Neuromancer @ Oct 28th 2009 11:08AM

Well I was going to get it anyway, but, OK. That's cool.

sonofman @ Oct 28th 2009 11:11AM

District 9 should come with Half Life 2... They could then hold hands and dance together in a Cloverfield...

MLC (PSN: Myke-Myke & XBL: MLC45) @ Oct 28th 2009 11:22AM

District 9 is the best I've seen this year. Followed by Law Abiding Citizen. I think it is smart on Sony. Why not put demos on movies. I hope they market it.

thatguy @ Oct 28th 2009 6:26PM

Obviously you haven't seen Monsters Vs Aliens and Orphan and I heard The Proposal was great. Now, gonna see some trailers for this movie.

Riley @ Oct 29th 2009 4:22AM

You forgot about Inglourious Basterds

bravo9zero @ Oct 28th 2009 11:39AM

Good news, District 9 was great movie.
Will this offer be available in the UK (GOW3 demo)?

Be a shame if it wasn't.

Metal Gear!? @ Oct 28th 2009 11:45AM

Reply to copa.
Oh God, there was nothing "thoughtful" about it, it was pretty freaking gory. Probably rent it for my Dad, he was going to see it until I told him that the movie was just "alright".

zanmushi @ Oct 28th 2009 11:47AM

corporate synergy alert*

Chibi Chaingun - blackhivemedia.com @ Oct 28th 2009 11:54AM

That is pretty awesome! I will be buying D9 for sure, but I've never been a big fan of GoW so I doubt I'd buy (just not my kinda game, thx) so playing the demo is enough to get my fix. ...and who knows, maybe I really enjoy the demo and end up buying it, but I doubt it.

Matthew @ Oct 28th 2009 11:55AM

Remember how many copies of Tobal No. 1 sold when it was bundled with a demo for Final Fantasy VII? Doubt that kind of hype exists for GOW3, but it'll be sure to move some units. If I didn't already have the GOW collection pre-ordered, this would be a day one buy.

Mr.ESC @ Oct 28th 2009 12:30PM

Oh heck yeah.

kosmocrisis @ Oct 28th 2009 1:09PM

Shall we not forget the very first PS3 game that bundled a blu-ray movie onto the disc, albeit not typical blu-ray quality. Way before The Watchmen, Stranglehold Collector's Edition, decent game, cool movie, all on one disc. And a PS3 exclusive no less.

Jawmuncher (PSN & XBL:Jawmuncher) @ Oct 28th 2009 12:59PM

District 9 and God of War are both sony makes sense to me.
Makes about as much sense as Crackdown and Halo 3 since those were both MS

CaramelZappa @ Oct 28th 2009 1:01PM

Thanks sony, you just saved me $20.

CaramelZappa @ Oct 28th 2009 1:34PM

Reading comprehension fail.

anthony @ Oct 28th 2009 1:02PM

district 9 and god of war 3 demo in one thing and blu-ray = nice

Wonderwes @ Oct 28th 2009 1:08PM

So if you just Netflix the disc, you will still get the demo? Does the demo install to the HDD or can only be run off the Blu Ray disc? Why buy a movie when you can just Netflix it.

CaramelZappa @ Oct 28th 2009 1:35PM

Sometimes people like to own things.

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