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Into the Pixel Highlights 17 Pieces of Video Game Art

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the Entertainment Software Association have announced that their joint project Into the Pixel has selected 17 pieces of video game art that will be added to its collection, widely seen as being the greatest recognition that a video game artist can get. Those who are int...

26 May 2011
14:01 GMT

First Gameplay Video of Kratos in Mortal Kombat Appears

After revealing the massive news that God of War protagonist Kratos will be appearing in the upcoming Mortal Kombat fighting game, NetherRealm, its developer, Warner Bros., its publisher, and Sony, the owner of the God of War franchise, have revealed the first gameplay trailer of Kratos fighting with the other charac...

24 March 2011
16:51 GMT

Here Are the Nominees for the Video Games Writing Award

The Writers Guild of America has announced the titles that will be in the running for the Video Games Writing Award, with Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, God of War 3 and Fallout: New Vegas being the high profile nominees.The Guild has considered games released between December 1, 2009 and November 30 of th...

11 January 2011
03:10 GMT

GOTY 2010 - Best Action Adventure Runner Up - God of War III

The action adventure genre has become almost as all-encompassing as the role-playing one, so we were treated to a lot of worthy titles that fall under this category during 2010. Among them, though, Sony Santa Monica's God of War III shined through. What started off as an ambitious project many years ago on...

22 December 2010
06:50 GMT

Play As Kratos' Brother in God of War III through Ghost of Sparta Bonus

The upcoming God of War: Ghost of Sparta will feature a bonus code that will enable God of War III owners to unlock a special skin for the game that will enable them to play as Kratos' Brother, Deimos, throughout the game. God of War fans are definitely catered for this year, as the hit God of War III was lau...

8 October 2010
15:51 GMT

Blu-ray Drive Is the Biggest Reason to Get a PlayStaton 3

It seems that the PlayStation 3 from Sony is most attractive to consumers not because it offers access to such videogame experiences like God of War 3, Little Big Planet or Heavy Rain but because it comes complete with a competent Blu-ray player. A recent study from The Nielsen Company shows that the recently launche...

26 May 2010
15:01 GMT

God of War III Rips Heads to Reach Number One

There was no doubt that the launch of God of War III would have an impact and the action game created and published by Sony has the potential to beat previous sales records set by the series, reaching first place on release in the United Kingdom and set to make an impact when the NPD Group numbers for the United Stat...

24 March 2010
06:01 GMT

Planned God of War III Epilogue Cut, Might Come Back as DLC

God of War III is set to be released on March 16 exclusively for the PlayStation 3 gaming system for Sony, marking the end of the Kratos saga, which has spanned three main games, spinoffs and hardware platforms. But already the people behind the title are talking about offering more content for those fans of the seri...

9 March 2010
16:21 GMT

Dante's Inferno: Down One Body at a Time

Death is ugly, that's the main observation I have to make from the first hours of Dante's Inferno. This is true both in the sense that the first character you battle, Death itself, is ugly, sporting the horns of a huge ram and the ribcage of a long rotten corpse, and in the sense that being dead and condemn...

2 March 2010
18:11 GMT

A Gamer's Week: February 28

This week, we have a review of BioShock 2 up and running, after offering a series of articles on the videogame that takes gamers back to Rapture. We also have the now usual Weekend Reading article, which deals with how demos should bite the dust as open betas ascend to the throne, and an EndWeekGame piece that deals ...

28 February 2010
10:41 GMT

God of War III Has No Mandatory Install

God of War III should arrive on March 16 and the PlayStation 3 exclusive is one of the most expected titles of this year. After all, Kratos has never had an adventure on current generation consoles until now and, with the upcoming title set to end his revenge saga, players are eager to know everything about the video...

24 February 2010
05:16 GMT

March Will Be Growth Month for Videogames

The NPD Group is set to publish its sales figures for both hardware and software in the United States later today and another analyst expects the market to be down when compared to the same period in 2009. Doug Creutz, who is working for the Cowen Group, is saying that sales will be down by about 2% for both hardware...

11 February 2010
12:51 GMT

60 FPS Is Essential for Dante's Inferno

Does an action adventure title really need to run at 60 FPS in order to be attractive to gamers? The people at Visceral, those who are creating the upcoming Dante's Inferno, are saying “yes” and the need for a constant and fluid frame rate is so great that the company committed to reaching 60 FPS and...

8 February 2010
13:31 GMT

A Gamer's Week: January 31

This week has been dominated by playing Mass Effect 2, the most recent hybrid between role playing and third person shooting from BioWare. We've got a review of the game up and a Weekend Reading piece linked with its Cerberus Network. And if you are interested in knowing what we've been doing over the weeke...

31 January 2010
11:21 GMT

God of War III Release Date Confirmed for March 16

Sony has sent word that God of War III, one of the most expected PlayStation 3 exclusive videogames arriving in 2010, has received a final release date for March 16. We knew that the game would be coming out at some point in spring since the 2009 edition of E3, but only now is the company committing to a clear date, ...

29 January 2010
08:35 GMT

Sony Adds PlayStation 3 to Unified Distribution Channel

Sony has announced that the distribution duties for the PlayStation 3 home gaming console, which were handled by Sony Computer Entertainment, will be handled by the main company from now on as all the hardware distribution operations will be brought under one roof in order to save money and improve efficiency.A Bloom...

30 December 2009
02:44 GMT

Weekend Reading: Less Christmas Please

Christmas is coming up, which means the big releases of the year are behind us. Players can get their hands on Modern Warfare 2, which will probably be the biggest game of the year, Uncharted 2, which has given a boost to the PlayStation 3, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Forza Motorsport 3, Assassin'...

24 December 2009
11:21 GMT

Spin Cycle: Sony Points Out PlayStation 3 Growth

The NPD Group released the figures for sales of both hardware and software on the United States market for the month of November and the Xbox 360 managed to beat out the PlayStation 3 in sales, 820,000 to 710,000 units.Microsoft was quick to emphasize that it was a return to the pecking order that was in force before...

15 December 2009
03:43 GMT

Analyze That: The Videogames Industry Can Bounce Back

October was not a good month for the videogames industry in the United States, which remains the biggest market in the world. Overall, the industry is 19% down over the same period in 2008, going down to just 1.07 billion dollars, making it worse than the same period in 2007.But it seems that even if the numbers don&...

16 November 2009
03:12 GMT

Ultimate Edition for God of War III Brings New Arena, Pandora's Box

Sony has announced that it plans to release an Ultimate Edition version of God of War III, the action title set to be launched early in 2010, as a PlayStation 3 exclusive and is expected to attract quite a lot of players to the said console.Players who will pick up the Ultimate Edition should get an art book showing ...

3 November 2009
14:11 GMT

Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Could Come to the PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 is a very welcoming console. It has its exclusive releases, it shares some of its videogames with the Nintendo Wii and the Xbox 360 but until now, it has failed to mine one of the most extensive videogame libraries in the world, that of the previous PlayStation home gaming consoles, which had their ...

28 September 2009
05:32 GMT

Halo 3 ODST Is the Most Wanted Post E3 Videogame

Nielsen, which is best known for the ratings it releases related to television programs but also offers several charts focused on videogames, is saying that Halo 3: ODST is the most wanted game in a customer survey made following the E3 trade show.But there are many other titles that appear to be much wanted by gamer...

19 June 2009
05:03 GMT

E3: God of War III Gets Dated for March 2010

Sony held its E3 press conference yesterday and it couldn't have passed without mentioning one of the most expected titles for the company’s PlayStation 3: God of War III. Set to be the next generation final part of the trilogy, the game will see everybody's favorite Spartan, Kratos, return to fight w...

3 June 2009
13:01 GMT

Final Fantasy XIII Is the Most Wanted Game for the PlayStation 3

The biggest announcement at the 2008 edition of the E3 trade show was that Microsoft had persuaded Square Enix to also bring Final Fantasy XIII to the Xbox 360. But the Japanese role playing game is still more interesting to those who plan to play it on the PlayStation 3, according to data compiled by research group ...

6 May 2009
17:41 GMT

PS2 God of War Games Might Not Arrive on Blu-Ray for the PS3

A few weeks ago, a survey brought forth by Sony Computer Entertainment America about the upcoming God of War III game and its collector's edition generated a lot of speculation on the Internet. The reason was that one of the options that players could select to see in the CE of the very anticipated title was a B...

6 May 2009
03:24 GMT

A Gamer's Week: 11-18 April

Hello and welcome to another edition of A Gamer's Week, your roundup of the most important things that happened in the industry these past few days. It's been a pretty busy week as the NPD sales charts arrived at the end of it, but don't think that before Friday things weren't already pretty hecti...

18 April 2009
10:01 GMT

God of War III Survey Shows PS2 Titles on Blu-Ray

The PlayStation 3 has seen a lot of versions appear, with some very different features contained by several of them, the most important one being the backwards compatibility, which has rendered the early consoles capable of playing PlayStation 2 games. Now, however, the PS3 doesn't have that option, which has ma...

16 April 2009
03:20 GMT

God of War III Will Be a Big Boost for PlayStation 3 Sales

Sony is betting big on God of War III. We've recently seen one concept art image showing off a fire Titan that Kratos is set to ride into battle against the Gods of Mount Olympus. It reveals the scale for which the game aims and sets a high bar for the official release that should take place, if the rules for th...

5 March 2009
09:45 GMT

God of War III Shows Off Fire Titan

A lot of PlayStation 3 users must be eagerly waiting for the release of God of War III, as all indications are that the title will close up the saga of Kratos, while delivering more action and more thrills than the previous two installments in the series that made it to all the Sony gaming platforms.Sony must be very...

4 March 2009
18:51 GMT

Kratos to Ride on Cyclops in God of War III

It seems that everybody's a God killer. Kratos will be in need for some riding lessons as he gets ready to star in his next adventure, God of War III. The developers say that they plan to make him ride Cyclops in the heat of battle, crashing enemies under his weight.Game Informer has a new preview of God of War ...

13 February 2009
03:55 GMT

God of War III is the Last Game in the Series

A world exclusive trailer for God of War III was showed at the Spike TV powered Video Games Awards and now Sony is beginning to slowly release information regarding the title, which should arrive in the second half of 2009.A recent press release regarding the game, sent out by Sony, claims that the title will be &ldq...

17 December 2008
19:01 GMT

New Details About God of War III Appear

God of War is probably one of the most popular franchises to appear on the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable systems, as all of the titles brought an intricate story to life with the use of innovative gameplay mechanics and level design. The games followed the story of Kratos, an ex-spartan soldier who seeks rev...

17 December 2008
15:01 GMT

God of War Creators Sued

We know that God of War III is in the making, thanks to an official announcement and a brief trailer, but what we don't know whether we will ever get to  play the game. There's a good chance that development might be slowed down or even stopped as main developer David Jaffe and Sony Computer Entertainm...

19 September 2008
03:15 GMT

God of War III Finally Officially Revealed

When was God of War II released? Because that's just when the first rumors about God of War III began to come out. Of course, the fact that one of the developers alluded to a PlayStation 3 version of the game did not help much. Since then, we've had Chains of Olympus on the PlayStation Portable to keep us o...

16 July 2008
10:04 GMT

Gamer's 2008 Calendary Part 2

Back to the 2008 preview of all major events and some important releases of both console and games! In case you've missed the calendary for the first six gaming months of the year, HERE it is, summing up everything from January till June. The idea of this fictional calendary came up as I was checking out a simi...

4 January 2008
06:32 GMT

Cory Barlog on God of War III

Fans of the God of War series have always had reasons for tension. Doubts about whether the game was getting a sequel or not first emerged when David Jaffe, the Lead Designer for God of War (one) moved onto other projects and eventually his own studio. Cory Barlog then grabbed the helm (God of War 2) but he too has n...

4 January 2008
05:46 GMT

PS3 Relying on God of War III for a Sales Boost

The news of the day is that the development of God of War III is working out fine, but Cory Barlog, GoW II's director is leaving Sony. However, it seems that the company is relying heavily on the launch of its third God of War game hoping to boost the sales of its not-so-popular next-gen device. Just look at th...

9 November 2007
03:50 GMT


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