Looks like a God of War ad is going up in LA ahead of E3 2017

Looks like a God of War ad is going up in LA ahead of E3 2017.

[zivtheawesome]

HYPE!
This means the game isn't far at all from release. hoping march 2018 (it would avoid the big games in that case)

[MegamanXXX]

I truly believe this game will release this fall

[zivtheawesome]

I prefer sonys current tatic of a strong Q1 with letting the big 3rd party handle fall. This would increase GOW's sales and would let Q1 be an awesome season yet again

[BlakHavoc]

When has Sony shown a commitment at all this gen to releasing their big AAA games during the fall? It's gonna be a 2018 release.

[uptownsoul]

Aww Snap!!!

[Critic4l_Strik3]

That'd be awesome for sure. Only thing is that GOW games releases have been in March

[thekhurg]

ziv - it's not going to impact sales whether it releases tomorrow, in the fall, in the winter, the spring or next summer.

It's God of War. It'll sell.

[starchild]

I think it could be released this fall. But if not it seems we'll probably be playing this by next spring at the latest. I can't freaking wait. I've beaten all the God of War games and loved them, but I'm really glad they're taking the series into Norse mythology, which I've always found fascinating.

[yomfweeee]

To everyone questioning this logic, Sony has released many exclusives in the fall. They don't wait until the spring. They release when it is ready. Driveclub, Last Guardian, KoF 14, UC Collection, Until Dawn are all major titles released August or later. Many other smaller titles too.

They will release when it is ready.

They may want a big title to go against Scorpio too. How embarrassing would it be for Microsoft to claim to have the most powerful system, but then GOW looks better than anything they can offer.

[Goldby]

Yano honestly think it'll be released around if not the same week as Scorpio is released.

What better way to counter a console that plays 3rd party really good with a really awesome 1st party title

[IamTylerDurden1]

Rumors previously stated Days Gone would release in 2017, i think either GoW or Days Gone will release this holiday alongside Gran Turismo Sport and Hellblade.

I predict an August or September Hellblade release.

An October Gran Turismo Sport release.

A November Days Gone or God of War release.

I also predict a soft PSVR relaunch this holiday that includes at least a few hundred thousand units in stock and some E3 game announcements and holiday 2017 dates on new and previously announced PSVR games.

All in all, Sony looks to have a strong potential holiday lineup that doesn't solely rely on 3rd party.

[Ceaser9857361]

The game will release on 2018.. The Lead actor did change the year from 2017 to 2018 on his twitter about me section..
A big AAA game like this wont release during fall since to many heavy third party games releases around that time and Sony is marketing most of them...

[rainslacker]

Between this and GT, it seems like a good "answer" to Scorpio. Two of Sony's biggest and most recognized IP's, which have always moved systems.

Still wonder if they have something else big for this year. Would love Spider-man to come out as well. I know they have the UC spin off, but not sure how much they're going to try and market that. Of course, Sucker Punch is still an unknown, and I'm probably most curious about what they have to show. Looking forward to seeing more of what we know, but it's like SP new IP keeps being forgotten.

[morganfell]

Cory Barlog was able to play through GoW last December. Despite most, not all, but most GoW titles releasing in the spring this isn't the PS3 era Sony and there is every chance and reason for the game to release this fall. And Sony is hanging a banner so they can advertise next year?

[DigitalRaptor]

@ morganfell

http://www.dualshockers.com...

Sony did the same huge banner ad for Horizon in the run up to E3 last year.

It's safe to say God of War will be March 2018.

[JKSimmons]

Hype indeed!

[showtimefolks]

zivtheawesome

yeah i think

god of war
detriot
spiderman
yakuza 6

imagine first 4 months with these 4 exclusives, even though spiderman IP is so big that it can release at any time and sell

[thekhurg]

Days Gone too.....

[MrSec84]

IMO it makes sense for Dreams, Days Gone and Detroit to launch in Q1/2, I'd forgotten about Yakuza 6, those 4 will probably be out early 2018, Spidey, Knack 2, God of War and GT Sport would all do fine releasing September to December 2017 because most are well established brands, plus very different games from the major AAA 3rd party stuff coming this fall.
Maybe Knack 2 gets moved to Jan to give things a bit more space, but it's pretty different from anything else coming Q3 or 4 this year.

If we look at what could be coming in 2018 and 2019 or even 2020 (assuming PS5 doesn't come until 2020) Sony could probably have a good 7 major releases per year, they probably need to release a game or 2 every month from September onwards this year to make room in their bank of coming titles releasing later down the line.

It's pretty crazy what could be released after June 2018, tonnes of devs already released PS4 games and have been busy on their next games.

[rainslacker]

I'd love Spider-man this year, but you are right, that's a big IP that can be released to counter anything the competition may be offering up. Although I think Sony will just release it when it's ready, or maybe if some other spider-man related media is releasing, although haven't been keeping up with that.

[jeremyj2913]

And stick with tradition.

[Kyizen]

I think stacking games fall/holiday is bad idea that Microsoft keeps doing. When yoi got huge 3rd pary releases and you launch your huge 1st party game gamers are going to have to choose. That and MS then has nothing the rest of the year when 3rd party is quiet...

[XStation4pio_Pro]

I bet it's sooner than that. I'm hoping holiday 2017.

[TheCommentator]

Maybe they can celebrate the game with a God of War themed feast! Can you imagine how cool that would be? I'm sure it won't offend anybody... again!!!

[AspiringProGenji]

Having gone back to the GOW series to resist the hype for this one, I still cant believe all the hate Ascension got. It is one of the top in the series to me.

With that said, Santa Monica has yet to dissapoint. My expectations for this one are high. Gimme now!

[Kratos0289]

As a God of War fan I liked Ascension didn't love it the first half after the hecatoncaries battle really slowed down the pacing of the first half, the second half is great my other gripes is the combat by locking combos behind the rage meter, the story never took the series anywhere and my biggest gripe...changing the parry from a well timed quick L1 to L1+ X with a terrible animation to boot all in all Ascension was a game that did not need to be made

[mkis007]

I agree with your parry remarks. Bad decision.

[Adexus]

I thought Ascension was alright, but it really didn't stand up to the other games for me

[rainslacker]

Not being the biggest GOW fan...I liked it alright, but don't eagerly anticipate it....I did like ascension almost as much as the others. I have to say, given the change in direction with the new one though, I'm actually really excited about it. Christopher Judge is actually a very good actor, and my biggest critiicism of GOW has always been it's rather simple story with what I felt was a character who wasn't terribly dynamic. This one looks to remedy that. While I wouldn't mind if they kept the original game play, as it was always great, I'm not upset about the change there.

[FernDiggidy]

GOW 3's combat is so much better than Ascension's.

[BlakHavoc]

Yaaaas! A 5-10 minute gameplay demo with a release date in the bag.

[Kingthrash360]

With all the floor space might be playable

[BlakHavoc]

Maybe. I don't recall whether or not Horizon was playable after E3 last year or not. Either way I think there'll be some previews of the game sometime this year.

[Nyxus]

This means it will have a big presence at the show.

[Rimeskeem]

It will have a Godly presence at E3

[The_Sage]

That's pretty punny.

[Silly gameAr]

Might even have a playable demo. That wold be cool.

[UCForce]

Day Gone and God of War will go out in big way.

[corroios]

Brutal system seller.

In Kratos words: buy my game or die in hell.

[The_Sage]

Hadies.

[rainslacker]

Except it's nordic GOW, so technicall "Hel"(one L), which is their underworld.

Interestingly enough, there were actually several realms for the norse afterlife. Among them Valhalla overseen by Odin. Folkvang(sp?), overseen by Freya. One for those who died at sea whose name and overseer I can't remember. Hel, the common place where dead people went, and not equivalent to the Christian Hell.

Not sure if there are more, although I know there are many more Norse Gods. But given all these different places, and the differences between them, it opens up lots of possibilities for a lot of varied locations and game play.

Sorry for the aside, since I know you were just having fun, but thought it would be cool to discuss.:)

[Relientk77]

Sweet I'm excited to see more of it. The gameplay they showed off last year was great

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Hype!!!!

[KickSpinFilter]

F YA!
"And one more thing...GOW4 out now!" (or November)
please...
After all, this is a game that could weather the onslaught of AAA 3rd Party Games coming out this Holiday Season.

[Sm3000]

That's zelda's azz if this drops this year

[Einhander1971]

Would be great to have a playable demo on PSN, when Sony does its E3 presentation.

[Einhander1971]

Oh agree about Ascension amazing game, shows again how powerful the PS3 was.

[Blu3_Berry]

Oh man I really hope this can arrive by the end of the year. I would be so happy. Cause you figured that Uncharted Lost Legacy is in August, you think they have one more big title released for the holidays and I am hoping that its God of War.

[TheColbertinator]

In the end there will only be chaos.

[The_Sage]

The blades of chaos slicing through the competition?

[rainslacker]

Last year they had a puppet robot dino from Horizon walking around. Maybe this year, they can have Chris Judge going around with an axe breaking everything and being pissed off. Chris Judge can be quite intimidating just standing there.....although he seems like a pretty nice guy.

[UCForce]

In the end we will be victorious. Not for you.

[BlakHavoc]

Nice GoW3 quote

[TheColbertinator]

Yup yup

[joab777]

So this is the fall release...Maybe?

[BlakHavoc]

I highly doubt it. I say Q1 of 2018.

[trooper_]

I'm hyped. Bring it on Sony!

[sadsatan]

this is gonna look next-gen imo

[ClayRules2012]

The stage demo released last year at E3 already looked stunning.
I mean, the character models of Kratos & his son looked incredible, and the environments/enemies, and the big Giant boss all looked amazing as well. Plus, the deer at the end looked pretty amazing, with the hair moving on it's body, while Kratos helps his son put the knife in its body. And that's from a year ago, I'm sure there's been improvements made to lighting, textures etc...

The most impressive thing about last years showing, to me, is that it was running on the standard PS4, not the Pro. Absolutely stunning. So, I can't even imagine what SSM have done for the game in terms of visual enhancements. Seeing this in 4K, with HDR enabled, bloody hell... lol.

[Phill-Spencer]

It was jawdropping!!! And i really trust sony santa monica they will achieve making the game feel new but also familiar with the change of the camera, in addition to the new mythology. So excited for this one!

[Critic4l_Strik3]

I was in LA last weekend....I wish I was there this weekend instead

[Gamist2dot0]

I see God of W. Probably Warrior or Women.

[TheOttomatic91]

Trailer at E3 that shows release date? Sure I'm in although I expect a 2018 release.

[thornh]

Still think it is going to be this fall as Sony's counter to Scorpio. Still betting on a GoW PS4 Pro bundle @ $399 for the holiday. With RDR slipping to 2018 this seems more likely to me. Game has been in development for 4 years and was fully played through by the developers months ago. We'll hopefully find out in just a few more days.
And, how in hell is Sony going to top last years' E3 opening? It really was the best ever.

[Forn]

I had a dream that this year Sony worked in the orchestra again like last year. The conference room/theatre went dark. Then you hear and see a single cellist start playing the first notes of the Bloodborne theme, and everyone starts freaking out.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

October release date eminent

[Nathan_Hale53]

I am really not so sure with this remake. The new setting/era (nordic) is amazing, but I don't know how I feel about the design decisions. I don't really want a super emotional like GoW, and it feels much more slow. It is early and I will definitely try the game, but I am unsure as of now.

[MrSec84]

Technically it's not a remake because it doesn't rewrite the history of the past games.
Spartans were around between 431 to 404 BC, Vikings were well over 1000 years after that, so Kratos still keeps his history. While he's more than a mortal man he's not as young as he once was, given a lot of time has past since GoW3 you can't expect Kratos to be the same man he was over a Millenia Ago.

The 5th mainline game seems to have a lot more depth to the past entries, which gives the series more meaning. Cory Barlog has said that the classic style of gameplay is still there, but there's more too it than past entries.

[rainslacker]

I think it's just like a reborn Kratos. Is that even his name in the game, since that's not a nordic name.

Anyhow, I doubt they're going to touch the original lore of GOW. If they are creative, they may even somehow work it all in together to make it into a sequel in some way. Kind of a stretch, but if he actually is Kratos, it would be nice to see how he went from Greek to Norse gods. For the most part, Norse gods were vengeful or feared to some degree like some Greek Gods were.

[Eonjay]

This actually isn't new for the series as Kratos was always motivated by either love or heartbreak.

[dRanzer]

Or revenge

[SethBrundlefly]

Cool!

[PyroPotatoe]

God of War 2017

[mockzer0]

Are they hand painting this??? 😲

[Critic4l_Strik3]

seems like :O !!

[jznrpg]

I will be headed back my home town Los Angeles to visit my father and grandma this month, I will keep my eye out for the ad. I miss it a lot for stuff like this, I never see anything like it in Minnesota lol

[MrSec84]

God of War has been in development since Barlog returned to Santa Monica Studio in late 2013, since this game changes things up for the series I doubt it's automatically a given this entry will release in March next year.

Out of Sony's currently announced lineup of major releases this, Spiderman and Gran Turismo Sport would certainly stand out from the crowd of other big AAA fall games, plus Sony does need to make space in their release lineup, so they can give future games room to breath.
Knack is also at least an established franchise, makes sense for Sony to put known quantities out in Fall and give the new IPs their time in the spotlight, away from the heavy hitters, as much as possible.

At least Q1 and 2 2018 isn't as flooded with massive, established game entries as Fall 2017 is.

Dreams, Days Gone, Detroit, Sucker Punch's new IP and From Software's next big PS4 exclusive are all likely slated for 2018, The Last of us Part 2 will also likely release by the fall of 2018, since it will have had a long development period by then.

Then there are the 2019 titles, likely including the next Horizon game, Death Stranding, probably another Ratch & Clank, Sony Japan are rumored to have a big new IP in development, a new Resistance has also been rumored for a while, same goes for Sly Cooper, Deep Down has also been confirmed as still in development (that could be 2018 or 2019 release).
Monster Hunter and Devil May Cry have been rumored as PS4 exclusives, along with a PlayStation All Stars reboot.

There are numerous devs Sony are partnered with, like Ready at Dawn, Supermassive Games, Sumo Digital, all of which have had at least a year and a half to have be working on new PS4 exclusives since their last releases.

It makes sense for Sony to want to get at least 3 or 4 things out by the end of 2017, just to make room for the rest of their future catalogue of stuff.
What's been announced so far, besides Death Stranding and The Last of Us Part 2 could all likely be released by the end of 2017 if Sony wanted it out, but games need to have their time to shine, giving new IPs winter and spring makes the most sense from a marketing and sales perspective.

[Elda]

Death Stranding is probably a 2019-2020 release & TLOU-2 a 2018-2019 release.

[Trigem]

I can't wait! Time to kill Gods once again. ⚡️

[Elda]

Imo this game may be released this holiday.

[XStation4pio_Pro]

I've seen it with my own eyes. The legends are true.

[BIGBOSS08]

I got this feeling that spiderman will be out near the end of this year with god of war kicking things off early year. Not long until we find out now. I think sony will have release dates for everything they showed last year except for maybe death stranding. The last of us 2 will get a release window at psx.

[Mr Marvel]

God of War games are like Gran Turismo & Naughty Dog games for me... I don't even need to see footage or get caught up in the hype, they're just automatic day 1 purchases.