Released appropriately near and during the Ides of March, God of War: Ascension is the first major home console release in the series since God of War III. A prequel to the main trilogy, Ascension seeks to explain the events leading up to the main trilogy, especially the how Kratos came to break his oath [...]
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The Revengeance of Action Games
In video games there has been a debate about how to balance story telling and gameplay since games moved from an 8-bit medium to something that could imitate a more cinematic experience. This debate comes down to how much control is given or taken away from gamers. Often developers rely on cut scenes to tell [...]
God of War: Ascension Available Now
God of War: Ascension is available now exclusively for PlayStation 3. The game has hit retailers for a suggested retail price of $59.99. A God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition is also available for $79.99. The special edition comes with an eight-inch Kratos statue, digital version of the game’s official soundtrack, dynamic theme for PS3 [...]
New Game Releases: March 10-16
This week’s game releases include: the first Starcraft II expansion with Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm, a throwback to the very first years of Kratos’s story with God of War: Ascension, an FPS that focuses primarily on the challenge of sniping with Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, and the release of Battlefield 3’s latest DLC [...]
The Mythology of God of War: Ascension
With the upcoming God of War: Ascension, everyone’s favorite angry spartan will be tearing Greece a mythological new one for the sixth time (seventh if counting the cell phone game). After five (or six) bloody, vengeful rampages across age-old Hellas in which Kratos killed most of the major Olympian gods, titans, and monsters; how much [...]
Familiarity in Game Realities
Déjà Vu, I Choose You! Hey, that’s not just a nice rhyming title, most of the fundamental aspects of games released today have been around since kids sat in caves playing crank powered log consoles like Fred Flintstone. Atari in the 1970′s, Yabadabadoo. This wide range of weird ever present aspects are familiar yet unnoticeable to [...]
Sony 2013 CES Coverage Part 2: Games & More Tech
As one could expect, the 2013 Internationa CES fare from Sony does not offer much news in the way of upcoming games, but it did allow for some hands-on gameplay of some upcoming AAA games without having to wait through a line. Sony admitted they are only showing games that will be released in next [...]
God of War Multiplayer Beta Impressions
It would be an understatement to say that the announcement of the God of War multiplayer mode was met with a little head scratching. Then again, it shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise since several single player oriented games are now including a multiplayer portion as well. With the release of God of [...]
God of War: The God of Gaming Sagas
Why do we continue to play God of War? Well, the obvious answer is that the saga continues to release high-quality games which fulfill our need for intense violence and action, stunning graphics, and a story which keeps us bedazzled with its complex web of characters from Greek mythology. But perhaps the more subtle answer [...]
