See what's coming in the week ahead for the PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP and DS. New hardware too: red God of War PSP and Metal Gear branded bluetooth headset.
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PSP Fanboy Writes
"You know you want it. The limited edition God of War Entertainment Pack is finally available for pre-order. The package includes an awesome red PSP, a copy of God of War: Chains of Olympus, and a number of other goodies, like Syphon Filter: Combat Ops and Superbad UMD. Entertainment Pack, indeed. The pack releases on June 3rd for $199.99."

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Sony is running a God of War Machinima competition. Gamers can head over to the God of War Machinima website and use the God of War online editing suite to create their own God of War Machinima. You can choose from a large library of clips, text, effect, music and you can even add your own voice to the video using a microphone, headphones or speaker.

After you have completed your video, you can publish it and embed it to your social networking pages as well as upload it to the God of War gallery so gamers from around the world can view it.

By registering on the site and submitting your video before the 19th of May, you stand a chance to win prizes including a PSP, a copy of God of War: Chains of Olympus, an exclusive God of War artwork print, God of War T-shirts as well as Kratos action figures.
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PS3 Addict shares the contents of the amazing God of War: Chains of Olympus press kit, and a nice surprise.
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The Dutch website InsideGamer has held a competition in order to find the best Dutch Kratos. This week, visitors can choose between six regular guys who all have been transformed into Kratos. Every candidate had to give their best shot at imitating Kratos. Voting on the best Kratos can be done until the end of next week!
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This week on the American side we're looking at the release of the Wipeout Pulse Demo, with the addition of some trailers. On the European side were looking at junk that aren't really worth checking the PC Store for.
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It always has been no holds barred for Kratos, and Japan's usual lack of love for western video games is just another obstacle he'll try to get out of the way. Capcom has finally announced that it will be bringing the Sony PlayStation Portable title God of War: Chains of Olympus by developer Ready at Dawn to its home country's shores this summer.
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God of War: Chains of Olympus developer, Ready At Dawn, has confirmed that the upcoming (at least it is in Europe) PSP game will be its "first and last" mark on the franchise.Speaking on its site, the developer discussed the studio's future plans, revealing that it'll be leaving Sony's franchise - and the PSP - behind in its next project."Moving forward, we can confirm that Chains of Olympus will be our last PSP game," the company said, adding: ... » Read More

Ready At Dawn write: "Moving forward, we can confirm that Chains of Olympus will be our last PSP game as we're moving on to other projects and other ideas on other consoles. We can also confirm that this will be our first and last God of War game as, just like Daxter before it, there will NOT be a PS2 port of the game. We like our games PSP exclusives :)"
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Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. today announced that God of War: Chains of Olympus, the game developed by Ready At Dawn Studios, has shipped to retail outlets across North America, exclusively for PSP.

God of War: Chains of Olympus is an action adventure that delivers highly detailed graphics, incredible animation detail and yet another adventure in the dark and brutal world of Greek mythology that fans of the God of War franchise have come to know and love.
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What is a great epic, and how is one born? Nathan Phail-Liff, 3D artist at Ready at Dawn Studios (Daxter), was at the 2008 Game Developers' conference to discuss his studio's challenges and solutions in bringing a hit franchise to the PSP, in the context of their recent work on God of War: Chains of Olympus.

Describing his studio's philosophy concerning the many problems that occur during development, Phail-Liff said that "the difference between a AAA great game and a good one... is being very self-critical and how you react to those mistakes."
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Some quality releases this week including God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony PSP), Army of Two (Xbox 360, PS3), Major League Baseball 2K8, and Bully Scholarship Edition (Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360).

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of March 2, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
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Sony America has revealed a new PSP will be released in June to celebrate God of War: Chains of Olympus. The new PSP pack hits the US in June and will feature "the famous face of the Ghost of Sparta - Kratos," gushes Sony PR. Back in the real world ... » Read More

Videogaming247 has been told by SCEE that there are "no plans" to release either the Metal Gear Solid 4 or God of War: Chains of Olympus bundles announced last night in Europe.
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Here's Game|Life editor Chris Kohler's God of War: Chains of Olympus clear time. (You can view the full screenshot at Game|Life.) You can add on roughly another half an hour to this, as Chris played the first half of the game on a preview disc and then had to start again on the review code.

But even then, Chains of Olympus is still really short at just under five hours. Chris would be a little more forgiving of this if the game was jam-packed full of holy-shit moments like previous God of War games, but it just isn't.
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 Bundle
To coincide with the much-anticipated North American launch of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in late Q2 2008, SCEA will introduce a PS3 bundle, which will include an 80GB PS3, the upcoming blockbuster Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, and a DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller for $499.99 (MSRP).

DUALSHOCK 3
The final piece of big news coming out of DPS is another much-requested release date: SCEA will introduce the DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller for the first time in North America in April 2008 for $54.95 (MSRP). Compatible with more than 100 PS3 games, DUALSHOCK 3 has both rumble and motion-sending SIXAXIS technologies. So now you'll be able to play Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, and, yes, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots with rumble turned ON.

God of War PSP Entertainment Pack
In June, a new PSP Entertainment Pack will be hitting stores, featuring the famous face of the Ghost of Sparta - Kratos. Here's what you get in the bundle, which will be available for $199.99 (MSRP):

* Limited-Edition "Deep Red" PSP with Kratos silkscreened on the back
* God of War: Chains of Olympus
* Superbad on UMD video
* Voucher to download Syphon Filter: Combat Ops from PLAYSTATION Store for free

God of War: Chains of Olympus still arrives for PSP on March 4, 2008.
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Kotaku: In addition to Metal Gear Solid 4, Sony will bundle another hit with one of its platforms, offering a special red God of War themed PlayStation Portable package in June. The special edition edition PSP will follow in the tradition of last year's Star Wars Battlefront bundle and feature a rendering of Kratos emblazoned on the back side of the device.
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Highly anticipated PSP title makes its PSP Store demo debut.

You may need to log in to your PSP Store account to see/access the file.
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1UP writes:

"Nathan Phail-Liff, the lead 3D artist for Ready at Dawn, kicked off the "God of War: Deconstructing an Epic" panel by saying that his team set out to make a full-fledged God of War title with their upcoming PSP release, God of War: Chains of Olympus. In other words, they were not looking to make a portable game or a PSP game, and he reiterated, this was not going to be a panel about making portable games."
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God of War: Chains of Olympus is finally nearing release. So much so that Sony's flung out a new batch of shots for the bound-to-be-awesome action game.We're massive fans of the franchise and you should be to. Check out the new shots.And head over to the Chains of Olympus game page for more coverage of quite possibly the coolest PSP game ever. ... » Read More