Though it is unclear when God of War 3 will skewer the PlayStation 3, the series debut on the PlayStation Portable now has a firm date. Today, during a visit to Ready at Dawn, GameSpot was told by the developer that God of War: Chains of Olympus will go on sale March 4, 2008.
God of War Chains of Olympus named best new game for PSP:
From PSPFANBOY who has password protected access to the pressrelease and thus had to summarize:
The jury stated "'God of War' elevates the action genre to an art form, including on the PlayStation Portable: where other titles descend into brutish slaughter, God of War lends the battlefield a sombre beauty."
We've been following this for a few weeks now, hoping it would turn out as rumour but the delay is now effectively official.
Sony's Leipzig Games Convention God of War: Chains of Olympus press release states an early 2008 release for the game, which had originally been expected to form part of this Christmas' PSP line-up.
And although we've suffered them before, this time it isn't simply a European delay, either. A quick check of some of the major US online retailers has revealed a similar situation facing PSP owners on the other side of the Atlantic, with release dates now ranging from January to as late as April, with the latter seemingly the more accurate estimation.
If any game would be a million seller on the PSP, wouldn't this be it? Said by many to be the PSP's killer app and holding the god of war name, combined with the overwhelming positive response from previews, and I would expect this to be a multi-million seller and this stock isn't even breaking one million. A look at previous million sellers Here and only GTA comes anywhere close to this game.
GamePro were skeptical about Chains of Olympus. The first God of War for the PSP has a lot to live up to. With the PSP competing against the booming DS, an awesome God of War action game is just what the Sony doctor ordered. But could it possibly be as good as the console games?
I agree that it is good to have games at 333Mhz BUT it does mean that battery life will be even shorter.
I've read that this bump in speed for the games is another indication that the PSP redesign (which is supposed to have better battery life) is close at hand.
Basically everything already shown from the game was done using the PSP limited at 222 mhz (like every other PSP game), but they are going to use the full 333 mhz for the final game. They also comment on how they can get 1080P on PSP for graphics not used in real time.
Great news for PSP that they're finally using the full CPU speed!
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