New God Of War III scans and informations from a French magazine.

We learn that the game will be in 1080p, with no loading ( the game will load during the cut-scene ) and with a perfect framerate. Even in this early version there is no framerate issue. GoW III's engine is an evolution of the GoW II's one.

No sixaxis use, no co-op, no multiplayer, no Pegasus.

Insomniac and Naughty Dog are helping Santa Monica.

60% of the first GOW's staff is still there.

Sex mini-game(s).

[solideagle1]

cool man. well i think Gurilla games should be helping them too. this should be a master piece no doubt about it.
thanks

[Leio]

Well it surprise me that Santa-monica actually need help??

but not a bad thing they are all working together though :D

Anyone can translate the "Sexual healing" part on page 4? it sounds very interesting :D

[Cwalat]

Santa Monica, Insomniac, NaughtyDog and Guerrilla Games

^ Ultimate Cooperation ^

I knew this a long time ago, and i'm gonna say this once more.

BRING THEM ALL TOGETHER... FOR ONE ULTIMATE GAME! :O

[StayHigh]

It looks like this game will come out this year!!

[lociefer]

GOW3 FOR THE FKIN WIN , and plz dont do that dlc crap santa monica , ur better than that (smart asses whose gonna say dlc is compay doin business , gow1 / 2 were doing fine without dlc)

[nix]

that's the best news i ever heard this year... ok, i admit, one of the best news. the others were KZ2 related. this is why i stuck to PS brand. great 1st party games. there's no other console that can beat the quality of games that come out of Sony's camp.

5 more days! q:

[SuperM]

Well they are all helping eachother. Its not like Santa Monica is only recieving help. They are also helping the other teams.

The cooperation is what makes Sony imo the best game developer/publisher in the buisness. They have the best tech in the industry hands down.

[nix]

a disagree...? well here's a JOKE for you then...

what does an x-bot turn into when he plays a Killzone2?

a Bot! q:

[SAiOSiN]

santa monica helped guerilla on killzone 2 :).

[spunnups]

I'm on that boat with you. There's nothing like the Playstation Brand. It's 1st Party Exclusives are head and shoulders above anything else on a console.

[na2ru1]

And now know what the big deal is about. My expectation just got raised higher. Waiting for chain of olympus and gow1 to arrive.

God of War is amazing

[Rock Bottom]

I'm drooooooooooollling.

[yog-sothot]

@Leio (1.1)

quick translation :

"1080p, new engine et perfect use of the PS3 capacities, all this could only swell Kratos' chest... And how to miss those of the girls, much more attractive ! More atomic bombs (in french, this expression means "very hot girls"), more erotic scenes, that's why the developpers promised to us. Et we won't blame them for that."

[Cajun Chicken]

You just TOTALLY played those in the wrong order. Now please, wherever you are in in GoW2, STOP wait for GoW1 to arrive. Then play 'Chains.
Seriously, it'll spoil everything. Start from GoW1 like any good trilogy.

[CrazzyMan]

1080p? Hmm... as long as they surpass my graphic expectations for this gen, i`m fine. And i`m fine with 720p, as long as game has KZ2 level graphics or above. :)

So, i hope, they know what they are doing. But for 1080p a lot of power is needed and if GoW 3 can do that... That just will be AMAZING.

[gaffyh]

Woah so this could be the first fully 1080p game available on any console ever (apart from PC obviously).

[mgsfan55]

1080p? I hope they aren't sacrificing 60fps for 1080p, cause that would suck big time.

If it's 1080p it also better damn well be super smooth 60fps like the other God of War games.

I'll take 680p with 60fps over 1080p with 30fps any day of the week and 100 times on Sundays.

[N4360G]

God Of War III is going to be awesome and is going to sell alot of PS3's,I can't wait!!

[BiG_LU]

I can wait for this master piece now that they got help from one of the best, this game is going to be the sh*t and I will enjoy every detail and move that they add, hope they will be a release date for this year, I can't wait for E3 2010 to see more real time game play.

[Cajun Chicken]

No Six-Axis? I don't believe that, GoW games use every button and feature on the controller. I don't think so. Besides, I'm sure its been quoted that they are using it in interviews.

[Gun_Senshi]

Yes it was. They are looking how to incoprate sixaxis and did say they liked what heavnly sword and folkore did

[himdeel]

...for the sex-mini game.

[jams_shop]

It looks like GOWIII is far ahead in development of what I initially thought. Judging by the last trailer(which was made last year) and some of those new screens could it be that... we might get to play the game this year?

[Fishy Fingers]

Rumoured a playable build will be at E3.

[jcgamer]

:)

[PotNoodle]

SCEA said the game will be out this year in a recent press release.

[Mishmash19]

i know in a press release they said this year it will be out...but maybe at E3 they will give a confirmation date at the end of a trailer/gameplay video? hopefully some type of release date confirmation will be made then...

[xg-ei8ht]

oct 09

[celldomceen1]

Seems like they came together like voltron, but whose the head?

[sinncross]

Insomniac helped GG on Killzone 2. It;s not major involvement.. just things like optimization of the graphics engine etc.

besides im dubious of how well this was translated... it was only a week ago when the director was showing concern on how to implement the sex mini game, and how sixaxis implementation had not been finalized.

I'll stick to that info, not this.

[Hyrius]

I'm french and it's said, in the article, that they're not interested in the sixaxis.

Maybe the magazine made a mistake but there's no mistranslation. :)

[Sangria]

If someone is interested, i may do a total translation of each page.

[Hyrius]

I don't think that it would be very useful, we already know everything. ^^

[nix]

ha ha.. bubbles for your enthusiasm. q:

but i think we know most of it. you can bullet point things that hasn't been mentioned yet.

thanks again.

[Fishy Fingers]

A summery would be great, maybe you could pop it in the N4G forums.

[Sangria]

Here it is, full translation available here:
http://forums.n4g.com/fb.as...

[callahan09]

Rendered in 1080p?

That's what it seems. If true.... WOW!

[atke car]

oooooh man i just finishing watching kratos in full hd glory on the playstation store and it looks facki#g FANTASTIC!!! go and watching for your self if you don't trast me...THE AND BEGINS !!!

[russia313]

it looks really good day one buy for me :)

[Aclay]

If Insomniac and Naughty Dog are helping Sony Santa Monica, then I can possibly see God of War 3 making it out before the end of 2009.

I wasn't really surprised to hear about the "1080P" because there was rumors about GOW3 being 1080p for a little while, and Wardevil is another PS3 game that reminds me of GOW3 that's supposedly going to be in 1080P as well.

It's really nice to see so many Sony devs. working together on projects/sharing technology and such. And it still amazes me how involved Insomniac is with Sony while still being an Independent studio, just gotta love those guys ;)

[spunnups]

Insomniac, the most respected studio in video games.

[Tryst]

I wonder though, since we aint heard anything from Insomniac about any release this year, whether them helping out Santa Monica has put their development of Rhachet and Clank on hold...

[Figboy]

i don't think Insomniac gets ENOUGH respect in this industry.

we are CONSTANTLY hearing the praises of developers like Valve and Bioware, but Insmoniac gets kind of pushed to the back of the line, despite pushing their games further than just about most of the competition.

the 360 has yet to produce a 32 player online game, and yet Insomniac has created a 60 player online game, with 8 player online co-op.

they are the most amiable, friendly, sportsmanlike company in the industry.

i had a job interview with them back in 2007, and they were some of the nicest guys i've ever met.

i got to have a chat with Ted Price at the Spike VGAs this year, and again, one of the nicest, friendliest people (i also got to chat with Alex Evans of Media Molecule, and Wil Wright, also amazingly personable individuals).

Insomniac wants the gaming industry to be BETTER.

they've said in many an interview that they'd much rather have developers competiting with their GAMES, instead of with the HARDWARE their games are played on.

it's the reason why they've done what practically NO developer has ever done, and started up the Nocturnal initiative, which offers source code and other information they've learned while developing on the PS3, so other developers don't have to go through some of the time-wasting troubleshooting stages that generally occur when developing on gaming platforms.

their logic was "why waste time trying to solve a problem that has already been solved by another developer?" so they share their discoveries for ALL PS3 devs to utilize.

it's why i scratch my head so much when SO MANY 3rd party developers whine about how hard it is to develop for the PS3, when you have Insomniac, Santa Monica, Naughty Dog, and Guerrilla Games willing to help them understand, and themselves producing THE BEST exclusive titles on the PS3 this gen (Ratchet and Resistance are GREAT games, Uncharted is a GREAT game, Killzone 2 is a GREAT game: all four franchises have offered gameplay/visuals that the industry has NEVER seen on consoles).

sorry about the fanboy rant, but i think Insomniac is one of the best studios in the industry, but because it's a PS3 only developer (despite being independent), they don't get the exposure they deserve. if games like Ratchet and Clank Future and Resistance were multi-platform, or even exclusive to the 360, they'd get a lot more deserving praise.

to me, Insomniac is what RARE SHOULD have been this generation. Perfect Dark and Banjo PALE in comparison to Resistance and Ratchet. i don't think that's my opinion, i truly think it's FACT, judging by the quality of both studios games. and Insomniac has release nearly as many titles as RARE has this gen, so there's no excuse (RARE released Perfect Dark, Kameo, Viva Pinata, Viva Pinata 2, and Banjo and Kazooie: N&B. Insomniac released Resistance 1, Ratchet and Clank Future: TOD, Ratchet and Clank Future: QFB, and Resistance 2. Ratchet and Clank Future 2 releases this year, the third for the PS3. Banjo was released by RARE in the third year of the 360. 4 titles in 3 years for both studios).

[cranium]

Insomniac isn't a first party studio? O_o
I've purchased all of their games since the first Ratchet & Clank and I always assumed they were first party.

[jetlian]

frontlines fuel of war has 52 player online and was 360 exclusive

[mac4u10]

THE TABLES HAS TURNED SONY IS MY GAMING FUTURE

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

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[PotNoodle]

I never doubted you sony ;)

(Well, maybe a bit)

[Sheddi]

Anticipation over 9000!!!

[Truth]

I had a crappy day and that gave me quite a laugh, thanks man! ;)

[frayer]

Poor bots will have to go to Youtube and watch how this epic game concludes....

[frayer]

Poor bots....

[pythonselkan]

I think the game will make it for this year's release... It already looks stunning and visually better than any other game to date... I just can't wait anymore, i'm willing to buy and play this game even in pre-alpha stage! lol xD

[ELite_Ghost]

GOTY
KZ2 SOTY

[umair_s51]

whats SOTY?

[ELite_Ghost]

shooter of the year

[jmd749]

all sony needs, is a price drop to $299, and improve on their online service a bit, and it'll be all over.
GOW3 @ [email protected] = awesomeness

[Mogravity]

This is what Sony ma fav company from the big 3! As the guy above me has said. I'm also willing to buy this game in pre alpha stage.

[archemides518]

full 1080p, "perfect" framerate (30 or 60fps maybe)? i totally hope it happens but i'll believe it when i see it (in my hands), regardless of all the previous rumors. excuse me if i don't trust sony but after showing that awesome motorstorm pacific rift trailer at e3 and then months later shipping with a gimped to hell version of the showcased track i'll stay skeptical. and none of this 960x1080 BS either, and hopefully not 1280x1080, but at least 1440x1080 upscaled would be good if what is said is true.

[swinesucker]

Yeah, I dearly love my exclusives and bluray but we can only wait to see if this is true 1080p.

NOTHING on the consoles has yet to be true 1080p except psn titles and other graphically less intense ones.

I laugh at all the fanboys because I will never buy a multiplat simply because they look so much better on PC. As if I care about a shadow missing here how about twice the resolution missing on both consoles!

Anyway, we'll see.

[Avto]

You know I'd better have [email protected] than [email protected], the reason for this is modern consoles are not very powerful, I mean sure they are good look at Killzone 2 and Uncharted but nevertheless they are too weak for 1080p games, if they go for higher res they will have to make simple shaders and stuff, so for the sake of rich and complex look they will have to go with 720p.

[jetlian]

be true 1080p. not on these consoles anyway

[Kain81]

CHAOS.PERFECTED.

[Shane Kim]

With Santa Monica teaming up with Insomniac and Naught Dog, there is no stoppage in Kratos. Heads are going to roll as Kratos uses the blades of olympus to decapitate the infidels known as xbots.

[Snake Raiser]

"heads are going to roll..." OVER THE GROUND! (with no bodies attached.)

[phil2319]

i hope you mean the blades of athena or the blade of olympus

[Shane Kim]

In GoW3 the weapons will infuse into one, know as Blades of Olympus :P.

[Razzy]

LOL @ Snake Raiser. Reminds me of Fallout 3 after you blow a Raiders head off, especially on a hill. Chasing the head down the hill is as funny as hell!! You can search the head once it stops and somehow you can grab armor, weapons etc. from it LOL

[Nelson M]

1080p, with no loading ( the game will load during the cut-scene ) and with a perfect framerate.

That right there has just kicked the Sh*t outa the Xbox (Well what little bit of Sh*t thats left after Killzone 2 has finished with it )

[eagle21]

speechless. :)