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Platform PS2 Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment Developer SCE Santa Monica Studio Release Date 03/22/2005

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God of War: Ascension's Trial of Archimedes section to be patched to reduce difficulty

By Tracey Lien on Mar 14, 2013 03.14.13

A particular section of God of War: Ascension — the Trial of Archimedes — will be patched to bring down the difficulty level, according to a tweet from game director Todd Papy. The level in question appears near the end of the game and requires players to fight three waves of enemies with no checkpoints and few health drops. Some players reported spending more than three hours trying to beat that one particular section due to its difficulty. Papy posted on Twitter today that the section "will be patched very soon" to the reduce the difficulty. In another tweet he wrote that he personally tuned that level and "didn't mean for it to be so hard. We are looking into patching it." Papy said on Twitter that he does not know when the patch will release.

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The Last of Us demo available May 31 for God of War: Ascension pre-orders

By Dave Tach on Mar 08, 2013 03.08.13

A demo for The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's post-apocalyptic action adventure game, will be available May 31 for those who pre-ordered God of War: Ascension, according to a tweet today on Naughty Dog's official Twitter account. Plans for the demo, which includes a level from the game, were announced in January. God of War: Ascension owners will be able to access the free demo through the game's main menu. Ascension will be released next Tuesday, March 12, so there's still time to pre-order the game and secure access to the demo. In mid-February, Naughty Dog delayed the release of The Last of Us from May 7 to June 14 because "the game deserved a few extra weeks to ensure every detail of The Last of Us was up to Naughty Dog's internal high standards." To hold you over, you can watch a...

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Watch Dogs, God of War, Destiny and Beyond developers amassing in NYC in time for PlayStation 2013 Meeting

By Emily Gera on Feb 20, 2013 02.20.13

Developers from Ubisoft Montreal, Sony Santa Monica Studios, Bungie and Quantic Dream are amassing in New York City in time for today's PlayStation 2013 Meeting, scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. EST. It is unknown whether they will simply be in the audience or make a formal announcement; however, taking to Twitter, numerous designers including the developers behind God of War have hinted they will be attending today's Sony event. "What does our future hold for tomorrow? We heard they may open Pandoras Box (again) live on stage, that would be AWESOME #playstation2013," wrote Sony Santa Monica. Watch dogs lead designer Jonathan Morin revealed he is also in New York as of Feb. 19, stating: "I just cross Moen, Markov and Pacioretty in my hotel in NY :). Awesome!," while Quantic Dream CEO...

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God of War Legacy bundle includes all six God of War games and red PS3 for $349

By Samit Sarkar on Jan 31, 2013 01.31.13

The God of War Legacy bundle, which includes a Garnet Red 500 GB PlayStation 3, God of War: Ascension and the five God of War games before it, will be available for $349 on March 12 in North America, the same day as Ascension, Sony announced today. Ascension is included alongside the God of War Saga, the PlayStation Collections bundle that features all five existing God of War games: the PlayStation 2 titles God of War and God of War 2, the PS3 game God of War 3 and the PlayStation Portable titles God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of Sparta. The package also comes with a 30-day trial subscription to PlayStation Plus. "We wanted to give our fans a complete collection of the series in this bundle so they can relive nostalgic memories of their first God of War adventure...

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Sony teases 'Game Day 2013', coming Feb. 1

By Tracey Lien on Jan 28, 2013 01.28.13

The official PlayStation YouTube channel posted a mysterious teaser video today for something called "Game Day 2013". The 16-second clip features a woman in a white Grecian dress walking on grass-covered fields toward the camera before fading to a close-up of an eye abruptly opening. The teaser video ends with the date "February 1, 2013." While the video does not contain any other information about what game it could be teasing, the woman's attire hints at a possible connection to God of War. We have reached out to Sony for comment.

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Kratos-themed controller to launch with God of War: Ascension in Australia

By Tracey Lien on Jan 09, 2013 01.09.13

Sony Computer Entertainment Australia will release a God of War: Ascension-themed DualShock 3 controller to coincide with the launch of the latest instalment in the God of War series. The Kratos-themed wireless controller will release alongside God of War: Ascension on March 14 in Australia and, according to GameSpot Australia, will retail for AUD $79.95 ($83). The PlayStation 3 exclusive game will release in North American on March 12, in Europe on March 13 and in the U.K. on March 15. The controller has only been announced for Australia so far.

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David Jaffe says 'the individual game maker' and virtual teams can combat industry disruption

By Dave Tach on Jan 03, 2013 01.03.13

God of War and Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe believes that talented individuals working on virtual teams can soften the disruptive blows that have hit developers over the last few years, according to an interview published on Spong. "The other interesting thing about all of this is the seemingly growing transient nature of the individual game maker, regardless of position on the team," Jaffe said. "What the constant layoffs have done is create a 'sure, no job is forever, but these days most jobs are not even long term' conditioning within the game dev community. Because of this we are seeing two trends, one I consider very bad, one I consider very exciting." The bad trend is that creators can't settle in one area because work tends to be short term. The "exciting" trend, according...

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Kratos was redesigned days before debut

By Megan Farokhmanesh on Dec 16, 2012 12.16.12

God of War's gruff hero, Kratos, is easily recognized by his red design, but the character's first look painted him a different color, according to a recent post from director David Jaffe. Jaffe posted an image of Kratos's original design, featured above, and explained that the change was made after one team member noticed a striking similarity to another game. "Literally days before we announced the first game to the press, this was Kratos," Jaffe wrote. "And then someone on the team ... showed us [a Barbarian from Diablo 2]." "I had played Diablo 1 but never 2, and this was sure news to me," Jaffe wrote. "As it was clearly to many/all others on the team, as this was the first time we'd heard of the character, let alone the similarity." Kratos was quickly given a makeover, spawning...

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David Jaffe shows off design documents from canceled game Heartland and Calling All Cars

By Tracey Lien on Dec 12, 2012 12.12.12

The developer behind games like God of War and Twisted Metal, David Jaffe, uploaded photos of game design documents for two of games today: Heartland, which was canceled, and Calling All Cars. Heartland, he explains on his blog, was meant to be a "return to more old school, opened up single player (and co-op) GoldenEye/Doom 2 style level design ... plus a little Deus Ex thrown in." In a caption for the document, Jaffe explains an escort mission where players could get a sniper rifle, turn on the power in a theme park that looks like a cross between Disneyland and Red Dawn and ride the ferris wheel to a vantage point to snipe enemies. The second game Jaffe describes was titled Calling All Cars. In his blog post he reveals concept art by artist and developer John Wu. Jaffe tells The...

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PlayStation VP of marketing says Sony focusing on PlayStation Plus and PS3, Vita content

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 29, 2012 10.29.12

Sony plans to focus on PlayStation Plus as well as the PlayStation 3's and PlayStation Vita's content libraries in holiday-season marketing, said John Koller, the company's vice president of marketing for consoles and handhelds, in an interview with GamesIndustry International. The PlayStation 3 may lack heavy-hitting exclusives on the level of Halo 4 this year. But Koller touted the big picture, focusing on the console's existing library of top-tier games and the ones due out in 2013. "You're buying into a system that has not only a great holiday ahead of it," he said, "but also a great future ahead of it over the next few years" — a future including games such as Naughty Dog's The Last of Us and Quantic Dream's Beyond: Two Souls. "This isn't going to be a system that people come...

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  • PlayStation 2
    • Released 03/22/2005
    • Publisher Sony Computer Entertainment
    • Developer SCE Santa Monica Studio
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