Gamers can gain experience and keep it when they buy the new content

Jul 3, 2013 21:39 GMT  ·  By

The development team at Sony Santa Monica announces that all downloadable content weapons in God of War: Ascension can be used for free in the game until July 7 and that all experience gained with them will be kept if the player decides to buy them.

The weapons made available are, according to the PlayStation Blog:

Spear of Phobos Spear of Hyperion Hammer of Atlas Hammer of Hephaestus Blade of Thanatos Blade of Artemis Mjolnir Hammer Blade of Judgment Mercenary Blade Champions Hammer Champions Blade

Aaron Kaufman, a community strategist at the studio, says, "Champions, your incredible patience for our upcoming 1v1 'Bout of Honor' mode has not gone unnoticed, and will be fulfilled in short order this month."

God of War: Ascension adds a multiplayer mode for the first time in the history of the series.