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God Of War 4 In Development: 3D, Possible Co-op, Better Graphics. Sony Is A Beast HHGS 2/6/11

1. Gears Of War 3 Featuring Tag Team Gameplay
2. New Splinter Cell To Be Announced Later This Year
3. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 - 10/10
4. Rick Ross Signs Wale To Maybach Music
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Hitman07694863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

God of War 3 is simply the best looking game I've ever played, and the GoW producers said in an HHG interview that they were just getting started tapping the PS3's potential. This will be amazing!!!

DualConsoleOwner4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

which is just amazing.

Currently games like KZ2 (2 year old game) looks farrr better than any xbox 360 games out there including Crysis 2 on consoles.

just imagine how much better games would look if PS3 were fully utilized.

distorted_reality4863d ago

Not the usage percentage bullshit again lol......

People who know nothing about tech should never comment on tech.

Iamback4863d ago

well my brother is programmer over at SM, and no their next game isn't gow4.

karl4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

@distorted reality

just look at the games dude... u dont need to get all nerdy on us...

DualConsoleOwner4863d ago

not my words but Santa Monicas

i am sure you know more than people who worked on the game. DUHHH

try not to sound so butt hurt.

Convas4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

DualConsoleOwner: You're an idiot. Stig Asmussen, the Director of God of War 3 said in the GOW3 episode of GameTrailersTV that Sony Santa Monica was scrapping the Memory Ceiling on the PS3 with GOW3.

So please, show me where they said they only used 50 percent. You fanboys speak out of your asses about things you CLEARLY have no idea about. Now, back up what you said, because I sure as hell can.

Persistantthug4863d ago

If the next God Of War does Co Op and keeps the same graphical fidelity, that would be proof of that.

There's always more, Clizzz.

distorted_reality4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

"try not to sound so butt hurt."

Why would I be butthurt? I own a PS3, and have GoW3. I also own a 360, and a bloody good gaming PC. So, please, enlighten me as to why I should feel butthurt.

"i am sure you know more than people who worked on the game. DUHHH "

I obviously don't. But I know that resource usage comes down to optimization, which you obviously have no idea about.

DualConsoleOwner4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

http://www.industrygamers.c...

i was wrong. they said LESS than 50 percent.

hahaah.. I backed up what i said. hahaah

it is so sad that you have to speak directly out of your ass because you are so butt hurt.

cry me a river, but wont change facts that PS3 is far superior.

@Nickjkl +bub!!

yea i checked out CLiazz comment history and he is a xbox fanboy.. and now def butt hurt over the fact that PS3 is far superior.

it's pretty sad that fanboys get this upset over PS3's superiority.

nickjkl4863d ago

hey clizz whats that

you say ram isnt the only thing that contibutes to graphics

you say gpu and cpu also help

my god man your a genuis

http://ugdb.com/article/vie...

UGDB: With God of War III we saw your studio make use of the real power of the PlayStation 3; do you think that it is possible to go even further with the team’s next title?

SA: Absolutely, we can do much more with it. I don’t know if we are even close to 50% of PlayStation 3’s power at this point.

Convas4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

ROFLMAO! You can't even spell my name right, ignoramus. Now you want to call me a fanboy? If my comment history is proof of me being a fanboy, there really isn't hope for this site, or any of it's members.

But I find it funny that you think my post was me being "upset over PS3's superiority".

Is that the best you have? It's a piece of plastic that I will soon own. Oh but wait, you have the reasoning skills of a 12 year old prepubescent child.

Say what you will about me. I know what I know about God of War because I'm a fan, but if they can up what they did on God of War 3, then I'll be there on day one.

http://www.gametrailers.com...

There's the GTTV episode, watch from 17:00-18:00.

Either some one is lying or there was a misunderstanding of the question, but facts are facts. You can only do so much with the CPU/GPU to circumvent RAM/Memory shortages. Bitch as much as you want, that's TECHNOLOGY. Live with it.

bluegreenman4863d ago

why do people like you have to try so hard to start wars online about a fake "console war" just sad in my opinion. gears of war 3 looks better than KZ2 in my opinion... now KZ3.. thats another story.. Uncharted 3.. another story again. lol I love owning all consoles

ChrisW4863d ago

Butthurt is as butthurt does!

Snake Raiser4863d ago

Apparently using 100% of the power of the PS3 is actually impossible. Because if they did Kratos would actually jump out of the TV and rip your head off. Then Jack Thompson would sue.

TheLastGuardian4863d ago

I really really really hope HHG is right about this. I would love for Santa Monica Studios to make God Of War 4. I guess it would have to be a prequel since well I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't play GoW3. I'd love to play it in 3D but 3DTV's are still too expensive. Not so sure I want co-op.

After seeing the NFS: Hot Pursuit, I wish I would've bought it instead of Black ops. Too late now. It's 2011 and I've got way too many games to buy this year. Motorstorm Apocalypse is the only arcade racer I need all year.

Steve_04862d ago (Edited 4862d ago )

@All arguing about PS3 "usage" in terms of GoW3 and 4...
I remember reading an article, I believe behind the team at Naughty Dog, about the argument of "power" and "usage" in consoles. They were talking about the PS2, but what they said still applies. I can't find the article atm, so I'll post what I remember.

Essentially, any code you write will use "100%" of the CPU cycles available of any processor. The same holds true for any frame rendered by the GPU. It makes no sense to develop software to be run at anything other than maximum speed. In this sense, the whole idea of percentage usage is garbage.

Think of writing a game as filling a jar. You can fill the jar with large rocks, and say, "This jar is 100% full". But then, you can fill it further with small rocks between the spaces of the large rocks, and say, "This jar is still 100% full, but I am fitting more into it.". This is akin to optimizing your software. You can then fill the remaining space with fine sand, and then you're filling the jar almost to capacity. But then you could fill the jar with water, and then with compressed air... ie. there's always some small space left to fill in the jar, even if it's always "100%" filled.

Now, of course it's still a lot more complicated than that. You have to consider the storage space on the medium, transfer bandwidth from the medium or HDD to the processor, bandwidth between the processor and GPU, available memory, and so on. You can't simply say, "Well our last game used, like 50%, but this one is 100%!!!" So why do they say stuff like this in interviews and through PR? because people won't listen to the full explanation. Most people don't care or understand the details.

So, in future, take statements like that with a pinch of salt, because unless you know the means for comparison, it is a meaningless figure. They could be saying "GoW3 used 25gb Blu-Ray, but GoW4 will use 50gb!!!" or "GoW 3 ran at 30fps, but GoW4 will run at 60fps!!! cough *Although at half resolution* cough."

Wow, I used only 10% of my brainpower writing that, imagine if I used 100%!!!

EDIT: Additionally, the whole idea of the "power" of a console is ridiculous. Power is simply the rate at which work is performed, or better put in this case, the rate at which energy is consumed. I guarantee you that no matter what game you put in your PS3, it will use either 180W, 135W, 110W, 73W or 60W of power, depending on what model you have. And it will always use "100%" of that available power consumption, on average.
Something else to think about, Owners of the new slims, your consoles are rated at 60W of "Power" compared to 180W of "Power" for the launch models. Does that mean your hardware is only 1/3 as powerful? No.

nickjkl4862d ago

wrong steve o

if you max out a cpu and gpu the program you are running will start to lag

whether its photo shop or a game

maxed out is never a good idea

Eamon4862d ago

People spout percentages like 50% or whatever as though they are talking about petrol consumption.

You can get a game that uses all of the hardware potential to its full and you can also get a game that looks better but uses less hardware potential.

It's called efficiency.

Anarki4862d ago

I cannot stand people who use the "my relative works at xxxxxxxxxx"... what are we, 5?

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morganfell4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

******SPOILER ALERT******

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The only mistake they made was having Kratos kill Hercules.

The fact is a game from Sony Santa Monica based around the Twelve Labors of Hercules would be astounding.

HappyGaming4863d ago

is a prequel possible?
story wise?

redDevil874863d ago

That was one of the most epic boss fights i've ever played!

thehitman4863d ago

I wouldnt want to play as hercules though w/ that character design just my opinion.

Hudahudahuda4863d ago

I didn't like the version of Hercules myself. They were planning another design for him though where he wasn't as big and looked alot younger but instead they opted for a hulk clone. Apart from his weapons he didn't seem as well fleshed out as most of the other thing SM does.

El_Assenso4863d ago

I agree totally!! That would be awesome having a game based around the 12 Labours of Hercules. Great idea buddy, bubbles-up!!

Redempteur4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

@redDevil87

hercules ? epic ?

it was a good fight but i don't see how it tops , ares's fight ( GOW1 ) or the third sister of fate ( GOW2 ) and the most epic of all .. zeus fight in GOW 2.

in GOW hades is more technical and poseidon is way more epic . i won't even comment on zeus trap ( GOW2 ) were you had to destroy the statue piece by piece ..
Hercules was predictable and most of all wasn't alone ..
GOW is full of more spectacular or more challenging bosses IMO

Snake Raiser4863d ago

I kinda agree. Kratos vs Hercules was cool, but I wish they had built it up a little more.

RedPawn4863d ago

Fuck it, Athena needs to recruit the Norse Gods so Kratos can rip them a new ass.

Jazz41084862d ago

according to sony devs killzone 3 uses 100% of ps3s power.

Snake Raiser4862d ago

Or just have a whole new series about the Norse Gods. Or any religion really. They could pull it off.

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DigitalAnalog4863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

Each engine designed for the PS3 has different standards of percentage to which the game pushes. For instance, every UE3 game on the PS3 are barely different from another aside from the artstyle and it's presentation. We can assume right there, that is the limit of the PS3 when using said engine.

Killzone 2 director thought they've fired up all canisters when it was released even though they've stated explicitly that 60% of the SPU's were used. Now the sequel is confirmed to have 3x more polygons/draw distance; which, mathematically speaking, should be 180% of the SPU usage - when the available limit is at 100%. Strange, isn't it?

It is what GG games said, they've managed to make Killzone 2 run at 50% of their new engine's utilization. The same could be applied to many of the PS3's bespoke exclusives. Later, you'll find Uncharted 2 suddenly has been "optimized" to run under 70% of the PS3 when the new U3 engine is completed. etc etc.

I hope this clears this "power of teh cell" argument. But that's my 2 cents.

-End of Line

ChrisW4863d ago

I have found that mixing Land-o-Lakes' Mint Cocoa with Vanilla Protein Whey is really damn good!

bluegreenman4863d ago

ChrisW
If your referring to me then your wrong. Im definitely not butt hurt... I own all consoles and a beast custom built PC, so I get to enjoy all great games no matter the platform.. so maybe your butt hurt that you cant afford to enjoy all the great games, so you just come troll on N4G to make yourself feel better :)

ChrisW4862d ago (Edited 4862d ago )

Uhh... actually no. You were just unfortunate to post before I did. But I am going to have to say, "DAMN you're sensitive!"

P.S.
I gave you an "Agree" just for owning a "beast custom built PC." As do I. :)

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RedDead4863d ago

Hahaha, I just new it was a hiphopgamer article with such big claims in the title.

Sarcasm4863d ago

Yup same here. It's sad that we can easily predict it now.

TheLastGuardian4863d ago

I knew it was him from reading the title too. Doesn't matter to me. I've gotten over the fact that most of HHG's titles are just asking to be clicked because I actually find these videos entertaining. I watch every sunday.

Trizard4862d ago

I still think he's mentally deficient. His grammar is still as a first grade level and does make up a lot of bullshit. I can barely find anything of his credible.

wsoutlaw874862d ago

well it does say hhgs in the title

RedDead4862d ago

When your not in the article and just browsing n4g it's too long to see it

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outwar60104863d ago

BEST NEWS EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yugioh1004863d ago

"God Of War 4 In Development"

wow another sequel already why am i not surprised.

ScentlessApprentice74863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

GOW is within Sony's Top 3 IP's, both in a critical and commerical sense. You must be living under a rock or Aaron Greenburg's bed not to know that.

yugioh1004863d ago (Edited 4863d ago )

Sony used up their top games there's nothing left except to make more boring sequel's every year as usual. You must be the one under a rock if your not smart enough to know that.

DatNJDom814862d ago

Like halo, gears, and...... wait wat else does 360 have?

HappyGaming4863d ago

Stop trolling your comment history is pathetic...
Don't you have anything better to do than talk bad about PS3 and PSP?

Did Sony kick you in the face for no reason while you were walking back from fanboy academy school or something?

B1663r4863d ago

Actually, PS3 fanboys tend to make themselves huge troll targets, because they are the biggest cry babies in the history of the internet. He probably doesn't care one iota, he just likes watching you guys dial 911 for the wahhhhhmbulance

yugioh1004863d ago

Whatever you say nerd did i hurt you feelings just by telling the truth? It's idiots like you that encourage this crap every year, and idiots like you that throw their money away on garbage.

WesMcLaren4863d ago

Says the kid who throws away his money on card games...

cyborg69714863d ago

You shouldn't be surprised,just jealous cause your 360 has only 2 exclusives coming.

outwar60104863d ago

a fanboy comment replied with a fanboy comment lol wtf

badboy8084863d ago

Do you know how long good games take to develop to sound stupid.

silvacrest4863d ago

i wonder, did you say the same thing about halo, gears, fable etc....

gam3fr33k4863d ago

Last Guardian and Agent say hi. Wait till E3 before you complain about sequels you're gonna buy anyways

ALFAxD_CENTAURO4863d ago

Is stupid how can you make multiple accounts to troll.

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Former Activision studio Toys for Bob partners with Xbox to publish its first game as an indie

Former Activision studio Toys for Bob partners with Xbox to publish its first game as an indie. This is something of a homecoming, as Microsoft owns Activision.

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Obscure_Observer5h ago

Very very early in development. Still, fantastic news!

Let´s GO!!!

Lightning773h ago

I guess.

How come they didnt either let them go or sell Tango and others to another publisher? Not saying Ubisoft, EA would be any better. (Capcome would of treated them right )

At least it wouldn't be MS of all ppl destroying them.

MS really should let go Tango go like they did TFB here.

darthv723h ago(Edited 3h ago)

one was under Bethesda (Tango) the other under Activision (TFB). Clearly each one handled the separations of their subordinates differently.

Obscure_Observer2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

"How come they didnt either let them go or sell Tango and others to another publisher? Not saying Ubisoft, EA would be any better. (Capcome would of treated them right )"

Perhaps because Zenimax and ABK handles such matters differently based on their own internal policies as "independent" publishers.

Whoever, chances are it´s simply because MS didn´t wanted Tango or Austin to be acquired by competitors and develop new bangers for them, giving MS a bad rep in a possible future. Which could also be the reason why they ensured an exclusive partnership with TFB and its new game, before anyone else.

Sad and disgusting. But it is what it is.

-Foxtrot5h ago

Manages to buy their freedom especially after all the shit Microsoft has been doing with its studios lately

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Goes right back to them as partners.

Okaaaaaay...

darthv723h ago

Id venture a guess that TFB working directly with MS was a better outcome than working through Activision to get to MS.

VersusDMC1h ago

From the article...

"Toys for Bob spun out as an indie back in February after Microsoft instituted sweeping layoffs that impacted 86 employees, which was more than half of the staff"

I doubt those 86 employees enjoyed the Microsoft experience over Activisions.

Inverno1h ago

MS shuts down studios because of lack of resources and then helps these guys by giving em resources. Also MS is what forced them to buy their freedom in the first place? What kind of logic 😂

Sciurus_vulgaris3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

Xbox’s gaming division seems to still function as 3 semi-autonomous sub-divisions, Xbox Studios, Bethesda and ABK. The three main sub-divisions can seemingly shut down or build studios and set up partnerships independently. This would explain why Bethesda can recently shutdown studios, while ABK spins off one studio, while building a new one. Plus, Toys for Bob could be spun off by ABK, only to immediately re-partner with Microsoft.

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All Call of Duty Black Ops Games Ranked

The Nerd Stash: "Developed by Treyarch Studios, Call of Duty: Black Ops games are some of the best in the series in terms of gameplay, story, and -- of course -- Zombies."

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Report: Black Ops 6 to Be Another "DLC" Download for Call of Duty HQ; Same With MW3

It seems Black Ops 6 will be another "DLC" download added to the Call of Duty HQ app for all platforms when it launches later this year.

purple1016h ago

this news makes the choice easy, Concord it is, - totally different, but happy for a change, not played any other shooter for about 5-6 years now

Kaii5h ago

Yeah, they are adding more extensions to make the entire streamlined experience more convoluted.

P_Bomb1h ago(Edited 1h ago)

Omg why? The bloat! It’s already at 180GB last I checked.