God of War Ascension Details April 25, 2012

Well, it’s confirmed, a new God of War game is coming exclusive to the Playstation 3 and it is going to be titled God of War Ascension.  Take a look for yourselves at the initial release teaser.

As someone who has played through every God of War game made (and done a pretty lengthy podcast about the series as well) I wanted to make a reference to a few images in the teaser, and what may be coming in the game.

The game is expected to take place at the very beginning of the series, which we had only seen glimpses of in the original God of War.  As was shown in that game, Kratos had pledged his soul to Ares years earlier in order to help him defeat the Barbarians.  In exchange for his loyalty, Kratos became a servant of Ares, and was given the Blades of Chaos (the first version of the classic chain blades Kratos wields).

When Ares betrays him and makes him accidentally slay his wife and daughter, Kratos renounced his loyalty to the God of War and for his actions became cursed by the local Oracle to wear the ashes of his wife and daughter on his skin forever.  The game looks to take place at the time where Kratos rejected the oath he took to Ares, and all the consequences that must have come with it.

Some of you may have recognised the narrator’s return immediately.  In the first game, she was simply the narrator, but in the second game you discovered the narrator was the Titan Gaia, who had been watching Kratos throughout the events of his life.  It’s nice to hear that she has returned and hopefully she will continue her narration through the new game.  There were also references to some classic enemies that Kratos has fought in previous God of War games, in particular the cerberus appears in the announcement video, which shows it may be returning as an enemy in this game as well.

Other artwork, in particular the early game box art shows an image of Kratos bound very similar to Atlas the Titan was in God of War II.  It would be a very gripping metaphor if this image made it into the game as it turned out in God of War: Chains of Olympus that it was Kratos who had originally bound Atlas to hold up the Earth after he tried to destroy Olympus and the rest of the world with it.

God of War Ascension is coming exclusive to the Playstation 3.