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God of War: Ascension has a long legacy to live up to. Jack Arnott speaks with Sony Santa Monica about raising standards and why toning down the violence simply isn’t an option.

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Ascension will feature a mode, called Trial of the Gods, in which you and a friend can team up to take on increasingly difficult waves of bad guys in a timed arena. Click through for a video.
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God of War has had a price execution this week, courtesy of PSN Europe. You can get up to speed on the whole series for less ahead of God of War: Ascension’s release later this month.

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Sony has released a multiplayer trailer for God of War: Ascension showing off the Mythological Heroes pack you get when pre-ordering the game at select retailers. It’s below. Game’s out March 12 in North America, and from March 13 in Europe.

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A new God of War: Ascension developer diary has been released, discussing the mythological succubus Empusa. In Greek mythology, she was at one time a demigoddess and the daughter of Hecate, but in later writings she became a type of spectre-monster under the control of Hecate. Whatever her origins are in the game, though, she looks rather formidable and her physical attributes seem to defy gravity. Lucky her. Game’s out March 12 in NA, and from March 13 in Europe.

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Sony has released a new God of War: Ascension trailer showing off more of the single-player. It should get you pumped for the demo which lands tomorrow for all PSN users in Europe, and later this evening for North America. There’s not much longer to wait: it’s out March 12 in NA, and from March 13 in Europe.

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PS4 is expected to be revealed tonight, along with a string of debut games. God of War developer Sony Santa Monica Studio has dropped a mighty big tease about something that could be Kratos-flavoured for tonight.

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God of War: Ascension has received a new batch of detailed concept art this morning, courtesy of Sony Santa Monica Studio. The images show off new campaign locations covered in horns and a foul-looking horned beast.

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The God of War: Ascension single-player demo will be released next week to the “winning team” in the Rise of the Warrior social challenge. It’s a week earlier than when everyone else gets it on February 26. The first team playing as Spartans or Trojansto to hit 10-million points, will earn said early access to the demo on February 20. Join here or just click for more information.

Sony has announced that if you pre-order God of War: Ascension through Best Buy, you’ll nab an exclusive Viking-centric multiplayer weapon inspired by the Viking series on the History Channel. While supplies last, every copy will come with a voucher for the DLC weapon “Mjölnir,” or Hammer of Thor, for use in Ascension’s multiplayer mode. The code also unlocks the Mythological Heroes Multiplayer Pack, which includes four armor sets inspired by: Achilles, Orion, Odysseus and Perseus. Hit up the PS Blog for more information.

Sony has detailed the God of War: Ascension bundles to be made available in Europe a bit more, which means if you don’t want a white PS3 with a Gold Controller, you can get the console in black instead. White shows a lot of smudges, well, it does in my animal filled house. Anyway, it’s nice to have options, and you can also pick up the Gold DualShock Controller separately. All console bundles come with a 500GB system. Hit up the links for more information. Thanks, CyberMarco.

God of War: Ascension is going to see Kratos ripping a range of mythical beast to shreds with his blades and bare hands. It’s as inevitable as the coming of night. This morning, a solitary piece of concept art for a new enemy called Empusa has appeared online.

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God of War: Ascension is out next month, and Sony wants to show you what all went into the motion and voice capture for it. You can watch it below, courtesy of the PS Blog.

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God of War: Ascension is the latest game to earn the the coveted R18+ age classification in Australia. Lobby group Electronic Frontiers Australia has now called on Queensland residents to kick up a stink over the way mature games are handled at retail in the region.

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Sony has released two videos showing how Kratos was brought to life in the God of War: From Ashes live-action spot. You can view the videos below, or through the PS Blog. God of War: Ascension is out in March.

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God of War Ascension is the latest game to earn Australia’s still-fledgling R18+ rating, and is being quietly banished from stores in Queensland, according to an alleged retailer email.

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God of War: Ascension is getting a PS3 super slim bundle on March 15th, Sony has announced.

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Some concept art for God of War: Ascension has turned up on AGB. A couple look familiar to us, but they are still cool to look at, and honestly we look at so many screenshots on a daily basis it’s hard to tell what’s new and what’s not anymore. You can have a look for yourself below the break. Game’s out on PS3 in March.

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The God of War: Ascension “From Ashes” live action trailer teased earlier in the week has been released in full. Watch it below.

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God of War: Ascension will show raging Spartan Kratos in a new light. While it’ll focus on his more human side, it’s not going to whittle him down to a wimpy idiot. Sony’s Santa Monica Studio has explained what it wanted to achieve in revealing the human backstory of Kratos, and why player-defined moral choices wasn’t an option.

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