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 ...
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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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