According to Sony's latest post on the PlayStation Blog, Santa Monica Studios' God of War is the fastest-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive game ever, with more than 3.1 million units sold globally in the first three days of sales.
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When planning my review for this game, I intended to examine God of War for how it plays, yes, but a large part of me also was constantly weighing the story against the previous games in the series. Which meant it disappointed me for repeating the same old mistakes.
The steelbook edition of God of War comes with a bit of runic text printed on the side. Many fans probably wondered what exactly the runes meant, and now we know. And the text is a poetic flourish that hints at the game's main plot.
Tribeca Film Festival scaled back their video games offerings a tad this year. Rather than a full day of panels and keynote speeches by notable game directors, this year will focus on three games- Shadow of the Tomb Raider, God of War, and League of Legends.
Pretty much every single human who plays video games even casually is talking about God of War, waiting for that counter to tick down. Many sites and publications have already released their reviews for the game, so you’ve got to be asking: how could Bleeding Cool ignore this?
God of War creative director Cory Barlog took part in an unplanned interview with YouTube channel Skill Up, to talk about his post GoW plans.
Spectators during an NBA game in Oakland last night were treated to an unexpected display: a new God of War trailer was projected straight onto the court.
Answering a fan on Twitter who had given up on news, director Cory Barlog said not only is the game still coming, but that developer Sony Santa Monica had just completed their first ever run through from beginning to end.
@filthy_mortze ha no…there is a whole game here Just finished first full play through with the[...]
During a YouTube Live interview, Sony Santa Monica creative director Cory Barlog confirmed that the game does indeed star Kratos, and that it is on the same timeline He said:
The main thing we're doing is we're reimagining the gameplay, kind of tearing it down, rebuilding it from scratch, and continuing the storyline[...]
This all started when serial leaker Shinobi tweeted this out:
…to the halls of Valhalla.
My boy.#GodofWar4
— shinobi602 (@shinobi602) April 4, 2016
This was then explored further by NerdLeaks, who found a bunch of concept art on ex-Sony Santa Monica artist Finnian MacManus. As noted by Destructoid though, images are disappearing from the site, NerdLeaks and other places[...]