PushSquare: "Remember we told you Sony were polling members of GAP (GamerAdvPanel) for their God Of War III Collector's Edition wishlist? Well, we just got word that Sony are done with that, and now want to know about a single preorder item so awesome "you'd defy Zeus" to get hold of it. Giving away a reward for preorders aswell as a collector's edition -- this is becoming to awesome to be true."
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Ve3tro writes: "Sony wants to know your input on what would make the perfect God of War III Collectors Edition, they want to learn about fans most wished for components to everything from extras to how the collection would be packaged."
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"PlayStation 3 has certainly kicked it up to high gear in the graphics department this year. First party titles have torn the eyes out of gamer's sockets and fed them back in high definition glory."

-TheGamerAccess.com
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The team behind God of War III, Sony Santa Monica, explain that the PlayStation 3's SPU processors are much faster than many developers think they are.

In their GDC '09 keynote, titled Practical SPU Programming in God of War III, Jim Tilander and Vassily Filippov of Sony Santa Monica detailed their use of the PlayStation 3's SPUs.

The Cell processor features one main processor, PPU, and 8 specialist processors, SPUs, one of which is turned off for optimisation reasons, with another used for the PlayStation 3's OS...
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Kratos is alive and living in Melbourne Australia. Or so it would seem. This light-hearted gameplayer article tells the tale of a chance meeting with the God of War and has photographic evidence of the event.
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Yesterday at GDC, God of War programmers Jim Tilander and Vassily Fillipov showed off the technology behind the programming behemoth God of War III. While speaking, the programmers confirmed the game will not be running at 60 FPS, as previously speculated, the game will dip and dive during the more intense action sequences. However, if you're fearing another stuttering, jittery mess that was Heavenly Sword, don't worry - the game will never fall below 30 FPS.
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bought the Official Playstation Magazine and on the release date, theres Launch: Fall.
coming from an official playstation magazine, could this be true?
check the images at the post on GameTrailers.com forums and also an artwork.
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Joystiq writes: "We've seen the expertly edited trailer, but today we got our first look at some raw gameplay from Sony's Titan-ic sequel, God of War III. Sony Santa Monica programmers JIm Tilander and Vassily Filippov ended their highly technical discussion of optimizing code for PS3's multiple cores, a.k.a. its SPUs, with a brief 20-second clip."
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PushSquare: "Playstation Underground's "Gamers Advisory Panel" (or G.A.P) have been asked what they'd like to see in a God Of War III Collectors Edition."
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TheSixthAxis.com do some digging around in the schedules for this weeks Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, and may have uncovered the smoking gun which will shed light on the Internet rumours as to whether online co-op is coming to God Of War III or not.
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While the God of War franchise has traditionally been a particularly brutal series, the developers claim God of War III will push the boundaries to the limit. When showing off the game most recently, the developers over at Santa Monica's studio told viewers that "Some of these scenes are so violent, they are never going on the internet - at least, not by us. They're just not appropriate for some audiences."
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Sony has heralded God of War III as the epic conclusion to the story started way back in 2005 by David Jaffe's God of War. God of War III producer Steve Caterson acknowledged this, saying "Our goal is to wrap up the story we began with God of War I and continued with God of War II. We will be finishing that arc". However, this is by no means the end of the franchise.
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The debut trailer of God of War III showed Kratos fighting legions of enemies from the back of a Titan. The whole thing looked massive and impressive, but would the actual game be able to accomplish that? Apparently, it does. In the latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, God of War III director Stig Asmussen fills us in on just how epic the scale of God of War III is.
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GAMER.BLORGE writes: 2009 is looking like a bumper year for us gamers, with a glut of new releases on the way. But what are the most-anticipated games due out this year? We asked our readership and they came up trumps for us yet again.
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It's no secret that ICO and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda will be speaking at GDC this month, but now CGReviews has good news about Team ICO's next project. Not only will it be revealed at GDC (if everything goes according to plan), but they'll also reveal a trailer and gameplay at E3 2009.
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Sony has responded to SPOnG today regarding the 'release date' posted on Play for God of War III. It seems that this may simply be a case of over enthusiasm.

The Play page - pictured right - states the release of the forthcoming blockbuster as September 25th 2009; a Friday.

Sony has already stated that it is gearing up a huge marketing campaign for 2009 - which will include GOW III. However, the game is not expected to release in the fourth quarter of this year - putting it into October at the earliest.

A SCEE spokesperson told SPOnG this afternoon:

"We haven't confirmed a release date for GOW3 yet, we should have more details on this at E3. We're asking Play to remove that now as well."
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Dutch website Gaming Only has found out that several game stores, among which British giant play.com, have dated God of War III for late september. Whether this is the definitive release date will probably be unknown until this year's E3, but it's remarkable that several stores mention late september for the release of the game.

If you want to read the source story in English, press the British flag.
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OTX's Nick Williams says that, according to his company's data, one third of those who plan to purchase God Of War III have yet to buy a PS3, implying a major bump for hardware sales when the game debuts.

It was asked how the consoles trailing in the hardware battle -- the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 -- would fare during 2009, and Williams explained:

"The price point for the PS3 remains a real problem for Sony. Sony execs now find themselves in the precarious position of trying to balance consumer price expectations with the high costs of producing each PS3.

That said, the PS2's continued success more than eight years after launch suggests that Sony is thinking long term with the PS3. If Sony can continue to bring down hardware manufacturing costs, it seems likely that it will offer a price cut by the end of Summer 2009.

The launch of God of War III in late 2009/early 2010 will mark a pivotal moment for Sony. But in order to ensure that this game is a hardware sales driver, the cost of the base-level PS3 will need to be in the same ballpark as the Xbox 360 and Wii.

According to our latest consumer tracking study, only two in three people who plan to purchase God of War III currently own a PS3."
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GameStop Internal Release Date Documents Confirm The Following release dates for:

God of War 3
Uncharted 2
Bioshock 2
inFamous
Tekken 6
Prototype
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The 2009 PlayStation 3 lineup Sony recently announced caused some to raise eyebrows, but today's PSP news delivered clarification about when we'll be playing "God of War III," "Heavy Rain," and others: their release window extends into March 2010.

"Uncharted 2: Among Thieves," "God of War III," "Heavy Rain," "MAG" and "Heavy Rain" may not all arrive before 2009 comes to a close, despite what Sony seemed to suggest last week.
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