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Thu, Apr 19, 2012 | 15:26 BST

Sony announces God of War: Ascension – first info, video

Following an Amazon-sprung leak, Sony has jumped the gun and announced God of War: Ascension, with the first teaser showing a still pretty angry Kratos.

In what is probably the worst kept secret in gaming, God of War: Ascension is coming from Sony Santa Monica for PS3, the company has announced this morning.

Ascension will, according to Sony, lead us back to the “origins of Kratos as he takes his first steps on a now legendary quest for freedom.”

Todd Pappy will become the series’s sixth game director, following in the footsteps of David Jaffe, Cory Barlog and Stig Asmussen. Pappy will take part in a live chat on the US PS Blog regarding the game on April 30.

The announce follows teasing for the past week on the game, featuring aa teaser image from the PlayStation Facebook page.

The image was stored on SCE America’s servers with the file name “ps_gow-teaser_12371_hp”.

Amazon sprang the game before its official 2pm reveal today.

The teaser and shots from it via Sony are below.

[Original story by Brenna Hillier, contributions by Johnny Cullen]

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#101

Charlie Sheen
19/04/12, 7:13 pm

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

#102

Da Man
19/04/12, 7:13 pm

My point – if Erthazus aimed to show that Charlie Sheen’s posts are far more intelligent than his, well he succeeded.

#103

Da Man
19/04/12, 7:17 pm

So anyway..

I actually hated how Bayonetta took some ideas on bosses from GoW and the such. They really should’ve not borrowed that, it doesn’t suit Platinum’s game.

#104

YoungZer0
19/04/12, 7:24 pm

Mhm, this is boring.

I think Sony reached the same point Capcom has reached with DMC, they have no idea where to go with the world and the characters. The solution is so freaking simple though.

A.) Let Kratos be the bad guy.

Let’s be honest there is no redemption for Kratos, he started off as a man full of rage who still understood who he was and what he has become.
God of War 2 shat on all that. He became a stupid child. Always mad that he didn’t get his favorite toy, always pushing for a fight.

Introducing Kratos as the main villain would open up so many paths. There are so many people who’d want Kratos dead, so many people he killed who could’ve had a family member. A son or a husband who wants to see him dead.

B.) Take the fight to different Mythologies. Norse Mythologies for example. Simply perfect. New environments, new weapons, new enemies, simply a completely new art-direction.

#105

OrbitMonkey
19/04/12, 7:30 pm

@CharlieSheen/lolshock94, Homophobia is the range of negative attitudes (fear, contempt, loathing) that some people direct or feel about homosexuals.

So yes ascribing “Gay” as a derogatory term, or insulting someone by using the term “fag” does indeed fall into the homophobic category.

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