God of War III gets $100 Ultimate Edition

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Oct 30, 2009 10:41 am PT

Series retrospective, art book, soundtrack, metal album, exclusive in-game combat arena, and character skin for Kratos to come packed in Pandora's Box.

In Greek mythology, Pandora's Box was a vessel, which, when first opened, unleashed all manner of evil and suffering on the world. Now, Sony has chosen the relic as the ideal packaging for its God of War III Ultimate Edition, the $99.99 deluxe edition of its upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive action game.

The only thing left inside is hope…and swag.

Sony today announced the Ultimate Edition will arrive alongside the standard version of God of War III. In addition to the game and decorative Pandora's Box packaging, players of the Ultimate Edition will receive an art book and access to a wealth of downloadable content. Gamers will get a feature-length retrospective on the franchise, the trilogy soundtrack, and a selection of heavy metal tracks inspired by God of War.

The special package will also come with a pair of in-game bonuses: A new "Dominus" skin for Kratos and the Combat Arena environment that lets players take on seven challenges. Finally, preorders for the Pandora's Box package will come with a code to download the God of War III Electronic Entertainment Expo 2009 demo, the same bonus included in November's God of War Collection and December's Blu-ray edition of the hit film District 9.

For more on God of War III, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

168 Comments

  • AudioCG

    Posted Nov 25, 2009 12:23 pm PT

    Its worth mentioning that Trivium is writing a song specifically for this game, "Shattering the Skies Above". I expect that it will be track #1 on the Metal Disc.

  • XO422

    Posted Nov 25, 2009 10:37 am PT

    IT WILL BE SO DAMN COOL IF SONY CAN PUT A COOL SOUND EFFECT WHEN U OPEN DA Pandora's Box THAT WILL BE SO COOL

  • ilovejaydee

    Posted Nov 25, 2009 9:04 am PT

    HOLY PISS FUK

  • Lexaeus775

    Posted Nov 23, 2009 7:06 am PT

    oh man, i cant wait till this game comes out.

  • 02050muh

    Posted Nov 21, 2009 9:41 pm PT

    definitely gonna buy ps3 when this come out

  • valensim

    Posted Nov 8, 2009 8:14 am PT

    i would buy the PS 3 only for playing GOW 3, Uncharted 1 and 2 and Gran Turismo 5

  • convince73

    Posted Nov 6, 2009 4:41 pm PT

    so sick i might have to go to the E.R.

  • super-cheeseman

    Posted Nov 5, 2009 10:51 pm PT

    Does anyone know if this ultimate edition will be out in canada?

  • Gambitcrawfish

    Posted Nov 4, 2009 4:45 am PT

    There aren't many CE's that are worth the price tag. I can tell this one will be.

  • Antagonist8503

    Posted Nov 3, 2009 12:13 pm PT

    Well, at least I know where I'll be putting my PS3 games from now on...

  • gamepunk86

    Posted Nov 3, 2009 11:40 am PT

    now THATS not a waste of 100 dollars...people will actually spend that much???

  • jadefury27 posted Nov 3, 2009 9:47 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    jadefury27

    Posted Nov 3, 2009 9:47 am PT (hide)

    I dont get the importance of giving the E3 demo of the game...when you're buying the game.

  • handstone82

    Posted Nov 3, 2009 6:35 am PT

    swicked!

  • kamizuka

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 7:39 am PT

    i cant get this on day-one i would if i can. My God i hate it that they ban lots of great games in the mid-east!!! why did you bring nude-ladys in this game!?!?! :'(

  • Nero_Viper

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 7:20 am PT

    extra skin and combat arena?! cool! pandora's box lookin' like a real deal...

  • Mangler

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 6:53 am PT

    F...ing cool, I love my Xbox, but these PS3 exclusives (Drakes, etc) beat anything on the 360...Awesome

  • SosdanRhuzine

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 4:28 am PT

    Wait. Will this be available in Australia?

  • DiscGuru101 posted Nov 2, 2009 2:48 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    DiscGuru101

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 2:48 am PT (hide)

    $100 is too much for an eye-soar demon box.

  • khanm

    Posted Nov 2, 2009 2:38 am PT

    I'll buy a ps3 for this game....simply amazing

  • rustynailrdm

    Posted Nov 1, 2009 9:49 pm PT

    awesome

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