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God of War III: It Only Does Half of the PS3′s Power

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God of War III will set the bar for graphics as high as Mount Olympus when it releases in just a few days. But how much of the PlayStation 3’s power did the Sony exclusive actually use to achieve such a high level of jaw-dropping visuals? God of War III’s game director, Stig Amussen, reveals just how much the team at Sony Santa Monica Studios squeezed out of Sony’s behemoth black machine.

During an interview conducted by UGDB, Stig Amussen remarked that he isn’t sure if Sony Santa Monica Studios were close to using even 50% of the PlayStation 3’s power. When asked if the team could go further with the PlayStation 3 with future games, Amussen replied:

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.

Yes, God of War III doesn’t even use half of the PS3’s power, and is already being hailed as one of the best games ever released in terms of visuals, even topping Uncharted 2.

God of War III will unleash chaos on March 16th for North America, and 19th March for Europe.

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God Of War III Demo – Lands on PS3 Europe

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For those members across the sea (or those with a European login) you’ll find that the much anticipated game God of War III is available for download according to the European PlayStation Blog.

While I haven’t had the chance to play it firsthand (2671MB and currently downloading) some of the buzz surrounding reports on the Euro PlayStation blog is that the demo is a near direct correlation from E3 2009.  Those awaiting a demo in the States may be stuck sitting around in anticipation. There is no indication of a similar demo on the US blog, and after checking the store not too long ago, I can confirm that it’s not there. If it does happen to be the demo from the God of War collection released in September of last year, you may not be missing anything new. However, keep your eyes glued to the PlayStation store over the next week, and hopefully our favorite anti-hero will make an appearance soon.

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God Of War Collection Took Just 15 Weeks To Port To Playstation 3

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Sony Santa Monica have confirmed that they read a lot of “blog posts” before deciding to port God Of War I & II to Playstation 3. Dare we say, our own piece may have been what sparked Santa Monica into building the God Of War Collection, with more than a 150 comments [we've cleaned up the backend since - Ed] calling for a God Of War re-release on Playstation 3.

According to GameHunters, it took just 15 weeks for Bluepoint to successfully convert God Of War I & II onto the Playstation 3.  That’s around July/August – sometime after E3 and proving that this whole PS2 ports business is totally feasible for other products.

Of course they’re going to have to be loved franchises to stand out amongst newer Playstation 3 releases. But if you keep making noise about Ico/Shadow Of The Colossus — we’re confident Sony are listening.

And with a 15 week turnaround, it doesn’t sound like they have much to lose either.