Lately there have been rumors circulating that God of War IV was going to be announced. There were even pictures revealing a store in South Africa that was already taking pre-orders on the game. Originally I didn't think there was much sense in making another God of War game seeing that Kratos had killed all of the remaining gods in GoW III, but a prequel never occurred to me.
That is exactly what Sony announced this morning as the revealed the newest addition to their trademark series. The new game won't be called God of War IV because it isn't progressing the story of the series. Instead it will be named God of War: Ascension and will be a prequel, telling the story of Kratos before he devoted his life to murdering the gods.
Amazon.com released box art and a trailer today as well, shortly after Sony announced the game. The trailer features no gameplay, but is narrated by the Titan Gaia who talks about how "there was a time before Kratos became the monster known as the Ghost of Sparta" and how "there was a time before something other than rage consumed him." Most likely the game will have the player control Kratos when he was the leading the Spartan army, before he was tricked by Ares and had the Blades of Chaos burned into his flesh.
Sony says the game will be the most ambitious title in the series and they are hoping to push a release by Spring 2013.
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