Update: God of War III to hit Spring 2009?

  • Posted March 5th, 2008 at 12:23 EDT by Justin Pinter
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According to our source at Gamestop, starting March 5, EB Games and GameStop stores nationwide will begin taking reservations for God of War III.

With the release of God of War: Chains of Olympus on PSP, SCEA has given Gamestop the go ahead to begin taking preorders for the much anticipated God of War III. For those of you who have picked up your copy of Chains of Olympus today, you may have noticed the God of War III "Coming Soon" advertisement on the back of the game's instruction manual.

As of right now all that is confirmed is that God of War III will support 1080p and have both SIXAXIS and rumble functionality.

Stay tuned to PSU for more information, as tomorrow we should get an update on price and estimated release date.

 

Update: Beginning today, Gamestop and EB Games are taking pre-orders for God of War III. As of now they have the title listed to release March 2009 and for $59.99. Since Gamestop receives their release dates from their distributors, our guess is that SCEA plans to have God of War III ready sometime around Spring to Summer of 2009.

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  1. Galvanise_ | Galvanise_

    • 7:29pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    Excellent. The ending of God Of War II really has me pumped for the third installment.

  2. Quijiba

    • 7:37pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    i love god of war, the story is intense, and i agree the ending of hte second one makes me too pumped for this one

  3. Super_Dante | DanteSuper

    • 8:33pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    1080p... AWESOME !!!

  4. iTHIZZ | gamesNmusic

    • 8:37pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    great news, i reserved GOW:CoO so i will be picking it up tommorrow. while i'm there i am going to reserve GOW III

  5. Babiloo | XavierHarkonnen

    • 8:37pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    moist

  6. AclayPS3

    • 9:21pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    Wow. I didn't expect to hear about God of War 3 so soon, it would be cool if it could come out late 2008, but I'm thinking it might come out Q1 2009.

    I'm not pre-ordering my copy until a few months away from the God of War 3's actual release because I want to get a Special Edition of the game if there is going to be one and I want to be sure that I pre-order the Special Edition and not the regular edition.

    The developers obviously jumped on God of War 3 immediately after they finished God of War 2. Sometimes I think it's good for a sequel to a game to be released at least 3 years after the previous installment because it seems to build more anticipation to me, but if God of War 3 is locked and loaded and is ready to go, then they might as well release it. God of War 3 is going to be anticipated regardless because the ending of God of War 2 would leave anybody pumped up for God of War 3.

  7. gameoholic | Demented007

    • 9:23pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    Can't wait!! The gameplay was amazing in GOW2. Now I can't wait what the PS3 is going to give us with this game, especially in 1080p!!

  8. idenowhereiam | WylieTimes

    • 10:18pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    i wonder when they bare speculating a release for it?

  9. SonyJunkie | Bender6191

    • 10:23pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    This is my second favorite game, next to GTA. I am so hyped for this game, the story in these games are some of the best ive ever seen. God of War 2 probably had the greatest ending of all time, it gave me chills just watching the ending, I will be pre ordering this ASAP

  10. XSpike_SpiegelC | XSpike_SpiegelC

    • 11:11pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    i really need to buy GOW II....so i can catch up...too bad my GOW was stolen....bah!!

  11. Xandure | Xandure

    • 11:26pm GMT - March 4th, 2008

    Good enough for me, i'll pick up God of War: Chains of Olympus and reserve my copy of God of War III.

  12. Lp47PS3 | Lp47

    • 12:18am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Im going to pick up God of War: Chains of Olympus for PSP tommorow, i might see if my EB has started this reservation. God of War 3 will be insane especially Kratos in HD supporting 1080p! Maybe within in all this God of War news and the psp release, we will see a trailer soon. ?!?!?

  13. Falanx13 | Falanx13

    • 1:23am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    What? Why hasn't there been any GoW3 images leaked to the press yet? I honestly wouldn't expect a game of GoW's calibur to show up any sooner than early 2009.

  14. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 1:36am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Favorite game of all time.  Too bad III is the end of the story.

    I'd go ahead and pre-order it but I'll bet that there will be a nice special edition or a nice pre-order set.

  15. Farseye | Farseye

    • 1:37am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    lol, the ultimate gore and blood in 1080p! not to mention sixaxis and rumble! might be better than i anticipated....

  16. stennex | stennex

    • 1:51am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    What for real! PS3 really going to kick butt this year.

  17. Stickemup

    • 3:09am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    I don't get the point of pre-ordering a game that we know nothing about. There is no doubt in my mind that it's going to be awesome, but what I mean is that we don't even know how far they are in production.

  18. chilledbreeze7

    • 3:55am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    WoW! 1080P God of War!!! Awsome!!!

  19. Kane | walle

    • 4:09am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Too bad it wont come out this century. They're too damn slow.

  20. Sevket_Erhat

    • 7:53am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    I am so excited!!!

  21. AZURA-DRAGON | Azura-Dragon

    • 7:57am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    woow

  22. gingo | gingo

    • 8:53am GMT - March 5th, 2008

    psn id: gingo.... this must mean that we will be seein it within the nxt year and i predict about march 09

  23. badz_ps3 | BAdz2363

    • 12:36pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    i dont care how you  spin it.  your getting your dates from gamestop...  :(

  24. badz_ps3 | BAdz2363

    • 12:36pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    i dont care how you  spin it.  your getting your dates from gamestop...  :(

  25. TekkenLord | HitMan00

    • 12:46pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    woooooooooooooooooooo, kratos the king of games will kick b*tt again.

  26. netherdragon | netherdragon

    • 1:06pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    lol taking pre orders a whole year in advance. why dont hey just wait until a few months before to start.? does't make much sense to me...

  27. D3v1lwqer23 | netherdragon

    • 1:43pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Done and paid off...man I hope I dont go to a new station between now and then.

  28. Deusthousand | Deusthousand

    • 2:29pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Imagin the bundle pack that will come with.Silkscreen Kratos on the PS3?

  29. nevertell | nevertell

    • 2:37pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    I won't be pre ordering it anytime soon, but I will when it gets closer to release date.  It is going to kick major a s s !!!

  30. hush404 | hush404

    • 2:53pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    makes sense. Kratos has a fetish for March releases.

  31. XSpike_SpiegelC | XSpike_SpiegelC

    • 3:02pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Falanx1313
    "What? Why hasn't there been any GoW3 images leaked to the press yet? I honestly wouldn't expect a game of GoW's calibur to show up any sooner than early 2009."

    thats EXACTLY what the article said.....why do you have a "what?" and act like they said it is coming out this year???

  32. psn_frov | frov

    • 3:21pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Great, hopefully they'll add extra stuff in the future for pre-ordering the game

  33. Die-romantic | Demon_King

    • 3:42pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Must buy God of war games

  34. RedDragon7 | Pheonix7

    • 3:50pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    I'll be SOOOO happy if this game releases in March... My birthday month =D

  35. Jacsterd | matrixcoder

    • 5:25pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    WAAHOO!!! More GoW!!

  36. Untildeath89 | willmakenewonesoon

    • 6:01pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    mm but now that he has killed former god of war and slayed another greek god whats left is he gonna do 1 vs all out war or what, im realy interested but as long as it kinda stays in greek mythology.

  37. Boxweiler | Boxweiler

    • 6:02pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    For the glory of sparta!!!

  38. Farseye | Farseye

    • 6:47pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    oh wow... this is arriving sooner than i anticipated... i must play GoW2 asap

  39. Kenshin93 | FredFredBurger3

    • 6:59pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...................not spring that's one year from now like atleast a february release date will be good !=)

  40. edward_moffet | edd

    • 7:16pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    awesome thats when i was expecting it to be released

  41. Alpha2

    • 8:30pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    Like they didnt already start taking preorders just at the announcement of the game. You guys do understand Gamestop is one of the most opportunistic operations around, they dont know any more about a release date than we do, they're just GUESSING.

  42. nextgenfan

    • 10:39pm GMT - March 5th, 2008

    I cant wait i hope it was out in 2008 Q3

  43. Pablo0620 | Pablo0620

    • 1:22am GMT - March 6th, 2008

    Zeus! Your a*$ is MINE come Spring 2009. Hey that rhymes, it could be the GoWIII slogan

  44. dj_sup3r1or | sup3r1or

    • 3:45am GMT - March 6th, 2008

    FO I will never pre-order one year till release date still have to live up to.

    Coming soon for me is like 3 months or so. This is bull.....t they should not have stated coming soon then

  45. chomperbull

    • 4:36am GMT - March 6th, 2008

    kratos is going 2 save kais as# in heavenlysword2 thats why his wepons were hangin on the wall on heavenlysword 1 please kill kai!!!! buy godofwar3!! or die!!!

  46. Jezer29 | Jezer29

    • 6:54am GMT - March 6th, 2008

    Gaystop is fully of crap. Its more than a year a wait and their taking you lousy $5 from you already.. I dont know but for Sony to put on the back of the manual "Coming Soon" and the game is more and a year away is going overboard or a major over statement.. As always I just let time take its course and things play out by themselve cause I dont like to set myself up for dissappointment..

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