Hi everyone
I’m Thach Quach, Senior European Product Manager for the brutal and highly-anticipated God of War III, exclusive to PlayStation 3.
I’d like to give you some details about the “God of War III: Ultimate Trilogy Edition” we have planned for Europe, Australia and New Zealand and answer any questions you might have.
We’ve been working pretty hard on this for the past few months but I’m delighted to announce that the “Ultimate Trilogy Edition” will be available in limited quantities in most European countries, Australia and New Zealand at the same time as the standalone God of War III game. Pricing and exact release details to be confirmed in the next few weeks so stay tuned 
This very special edition will come in a high-end, sculpted replica of Pandora’s Box and we are planning to include the following items inside:
- God of War III
- God of War Collection (gentle reminder, this is God of War and God of War II, remastered in HD, running at 60 fps, with Trophy support, all on one Blu-ray Disc)
- Extra game content downloadable via PlayStation Network:
- God of War Combat Arena containing an exclusive environment and seven challenges to complete
- Dominus character skin
- Apollo character skin
- Phantom of Chaos character skin
- Forgotten Warrior character skin
- Exclusive video content downloadable via PlayStation Network:
- God of War: Unearthing the Legend Franchise Documentary. This is a full-length documentary detailing the history of the God of War franchise. A must have for fans!
- Special audio bonus content:
- God of War Trilogy Soundtrack – God of War, II, and III scores from the game
- God of War: Blood and Metal EP – a heavy metal homage featuring original music inspired by God of War
- Additional content:
- Artbook
- Postcards
Below is an image of the actual box and also work in progress visuals of its content. I hope you’ll agree that it looks pretty sweet 
This “Ultimate Trilogy Edition” will be released in limited quantities at the same time as the main God of War III launch next year.
That’s about it for now… I leave you with some concept art pieces which have been released previously but that you may not yet have seen. Enjoy the rest of the end of year festivities.
Thach
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193 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:19 pm by DeathroW22
wow
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:21 pm by JordanBlack68
Excellent idea, defo buying that
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:23 pm by NeonSkull
Add the psp game in there and i’ll be it.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:23 pm by Shadow-King
OMFG!!!!! PREORDERED A.S.A.P!!! Thank you all the guys at Sony
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:25 pm by V00D00CHARL1E
Nice, but all depends on the pricing. I already have the GoW Collection. Which game is the DLC for?
‘God of War Combat Arena containing an exclusive environment and seven challenges to complete.’
Is this actually for GoW 3????
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:29 pm by Thach Quach
Hi V00D00CHARL1E. Pricing is still TBC, we’ll announce this closer to launch. All the DLC is for GOWIII, including the God of War arena.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:25 pm by Pin-Pin-Ire
Merci
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:26 pm by LoneJustice87
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME, I’m importing the GOW Collection from America and it got dispatched on Tuesday. I’m gonna buy this though.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:26 pm by Rhysyboi
This is awesome! I will be definitely buying the God Of War 3: Ultimate Trilogy Edition! Can’t wait!
.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:27 pm by xEN7xASSASSINx
where can i pre-order this? :O EPIC!
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:32 pm by Thach Quach
Hi xEN7xASSASSINx. Retailers across Europe will start their pre-order campaigns for this Edition towards the end of December or certainly January 2010. Look out for it
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:28 pm by Ti_dus
I love you guys!!! So it’s time to sell my GOW Collection imported from US
Yuhuuu, Europe will have Pandora’s Box!!! 
That made may day 
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:32 pm by imajinetion
When is GOW collection being released here? Seperately, that is.
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:37 pm by Thach Quach
Hi imajinetion. Regarding the GOW Collection standalone launch, watch this space hehe
For now we just wanted you all to know that this Ultimate Trilogy Edition is going to include the whole GOW trilogy and it will be available across Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:32 pm by Solid_Snake1987
You took my advice Thatch! Brilliant! I am so getting this special edition. Great to see that you guys listen to the fans.
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:33 pm by Thach Quach
I took it onboard indeed Solid_Snake1987
Glad you like it.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:32 pm by Raider197
Is this the only way to get Collection in Europe?
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:32 pm by Solid_Snake1987
Ooops sorry Thach, put an extra T in! Damn lack of edit button. Just a little overexcited!
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:38 pm by Thach Quach
No worries, it is a complicated name to spell I must admit!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:35 pm by ozjad
OMG I will be so getting this collection. I am so glad i never imported the GOW collection from the US already!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:36 pm by Naeeni
Awesome.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:38 pm by Blasteroids
“I’d like to give you some details about the “God of War III: Ultimate Trilogy Edition” we have planned for Europe, Australia and New Zealand and answer any questions you might have.”
No mention of America? They had the details on the 30th October… http://tinyurl.com/yajwbct
Since it is the same “Limited Edition” but they have a release date of March and a price of $100, will we get same time?
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:43 pm by Thach Quach
Hi Blasteroids. If you look at our respective Ultimate Editions, the content differs slightly.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:39 pm by addyjones1234
OMG, definately buying this one, you gotta give us a price bracket at least, come on
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:43 pm by Solid_Snake1987
@ Blasteroids
From what I saw about the US Ultimate Edition is that they don’t have the GOW Collection in theirs. So ours probably will be more expensive. Hopefully not too much!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:43 pm by Cuthred
just curious …. will GoW3 have copy protected save games? Because then I will not buy it.
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:44 pm by Thach Quach
Good question, I will find out for you Cuthred.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:44 pm by bodath
Oh well, I guess I am buying the God of War Collection (imported the US version) again.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:46 pm by Paulus-NL
great box. love the gow collection. you guys did a great job turning it into HD. even today (among all the other blockbuster games) these 2 games are very very good because of the great gameplay,soundtrack,story,visuals. Can’t wait for GoW3
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:48 pm by Apnomis
Wow, I don’t normally go for these ‘big’ Special Editions but this one looks absolutely epic! Providing it’s around the £70 mark rather than the £100 mark I will definitely be getting this! Any news on when/where we can preorder?
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:49 pm by Zverikk
Epic release. Thank you Thach for the news and for caring about European GoW fans. I guess it won’t be available in Russia, so I’ll preorder this in UK.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:52 pm by Joe382
woaaah I need this!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:57 pm by DimiKun
day one
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:58 pm by gillyallan
wish ALL games now had copy protected games saves. Might stop all the modern Warfare 2 hacks.
got to hand it to the locked game save of KZ2. At first I hated that but now I understand !!!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:59 pm by DimiKun
will my saves of the us version of the collection work with the pal version? probably not, right?
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 7:59 pm by DOMDOTMAN
There a little bit in there for everyone
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:03 pm by mnky
Oooh looks good, I only hope I can afford that bad boy
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:04 pm by Galvanise_
Man, as If I wasn’t plan on getting the collectors edition already, this has doubley made my mind up.
Well done SCEE!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:06 pm by Tekkenfanaat
Sweet! Must have this one!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:07 pm by Stranger93
Woot! I’m surely gonna buy this if the price isn’t much over 100 euros.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:08 pm by KatanaStrikes
Thanks for releasing this in the UK. So annoying to see this was announced a while back for the US when Europe there was nothing. I’m a big GoW fan so this is a must buy… But one thing please don’t go down the stupid route of making this a certain retailer exclusive as I won’t be buying it and will just import it from a retailer of my own choosing.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:11 pm by GtBunny
I am SO glad I didn’t import the GoW collection now, I had a feeling something like this may be planned! I’ll be preordering this as soon as possible!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:12 pm by donwhann
awwww man, i need to pre order this asap. good job guys !!!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:13 pm by zabbyh
Do the bonus costumes give you any bonuses in-game? i.e. like the costumes in GOW1 and GOW2 which give you a certain skill boost.
Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 11:17 pm by Thach Quach
Hi zabbyh. The character skins don’t give any special powers. You can uses these skins as soon as you complete the game.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:24 pm by reggiedavidclark
Thach, can you tell us what the Pandoras Box is made out of please? Thanks
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:25 pm by Tramain1987
PRICE? Day 1 purchase baby!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:28 pm by Rijckaert
Going to get it ASAP.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:29 pm by mushroomhead_bg
When will be the euro release date of GOW3?I think this is the question which every gow fan would ask.I hope at the same week as the USA date?Please don’t delay it…
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:33 pm by theshepanator
wow, I’m getting THAT, will the DLC be avalible to buy for the stand alone game?
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:33 pm by Sambuque
Hi Thach,
It’ll be lame to stick with the black and white instruction manual for this special edition. I don’t understand how little publishers manage to put a beautiful coloured manual in each of their release, collector’s or not, while Sony pulls off a limited collector’s steel case that contains a lame and ugly 6 pages B&W manual.
I’ll get it anyway but, among all the evils of mankind, I hope B&W booklet aren’t.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:34 pm by Muhib786
WOW!!!! WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!! A first da ybuy from me (I was already planning to buy God of War 3 but now i’ll consider camping outstide the game shop to buy this!!!). Thanks Sony Santa-monica and THANK YOU SONY!!!!! Can’t wait till March 2010…….who on earth said SOny forgot about us Europeans!!!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:38 pm by AuRoN89
No Home Support?
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:40 pm by VenomUK
Big PlayStation 3 exclusives should get special editions. I loved Uncharted 2 but the ‘special’ part was a couple of postcards and a couple of skins for £18 more than what I could have got the standard edition for (online).
So this is really great news. A big, bold, truly special edition for God of War III. I hope other AAA titles get the same treatment. Well done!
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:44 pm by tomoe-chuu
@27: The problem with MW2 is that Infinity Ward didn’t protect the save games.
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:45 pm by LSB123
Oh my god of war (sorry)
SICK
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:47 pm by Silent_Gig
exelent so it was worth the wait, but im gunna be so confused when i get the collection. Should i play god3 first then the previous 2 or should i play 1 2 and then 3 =-=
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Posted on 17 December, 2009 at 8:53 pm by Westenfeldt
Oh, i already have purchased the God of war collection from the US. Så i won’t be buying this.
@ Silent_Gig : If you want to know the story, then you should play GOW I first, then GOW II. And GOW III last.
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