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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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 1:57 am by ikaros
*Puts 2000kr. on the table* THIS ENOUGH?! I GOT MOAR!
Okay okay, really… Is this coming to Denmark? Or am I gonna find myself disappointed?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 2:32 am by zedzee
Well, at least now we know why BC was removed from the PS3 consoles.
In the hands of the gamers, it meant they could dig out their old PS2 discs and continue playing with their old collection.
In the hands of Sony and cohorts, it means they can release their back catalogue all over again and charge people for it once again…one game at a time.
Having GoW I and II as part of this ‘collection’, as well as some of the games being available for download from PSN and other publishers doing something similar proves this strategy clearly.
Brilliant. Well done, Sony.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 2:32 am by Senmusha
This is a must buy for me it’s made it even more hard to bare the wait! Now all they need to do is throw in a kratos statue and you have yourself one sick ultimate edition!
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 3:00 am by Devilater
Thanks guys!
How much is it? i hope around £70 or £80.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 5:14 am by Dave-la-kingenbo
This looks like a worthwhile limited edition but it’d have been nice to throw in something on the GOW collection that not just anyone who got hold of it singularly could do. Like an arena mode or something.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 6:10 am by MaceStation
Aww damn it! And I just imported the GoW Collection from the US because I did not want to wait until next year for it. Now I am going to have two copies of it after I buy this Ultimate Trilogy.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 6:26 am by GamesPlayer
I’m buying this DAY-ONE !!! EPIC.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 7:03 am by Splutterbug
What sony no kitchen sink! Looks great I want GOW3 and I want the 1 & 2 collection, haven’t got around to importing yet so now it’s all down to price, hopefully it’s realistic
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 7:03 am by Cuthred
@27
There are better ways to prevent data manipulation and which do not harass people that want to play their save games on a different console once in a while. Copy protection is the wrong way to go. As long as a game supports this, I will not buy it anymore. Copy protecting saves is the lazy way.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 7:12 am by Splutterbug
hmm just seen the Danish price for this 1499 Kr http://cdon.no/spill/god_of_war_iii_trilogy_edition-7583827 which translates to £178 so not happening for me if this is correct, I’ll get importing
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 8:36 am by MesserLupo
Very nice special edition …. except for that ugly Pandora’s Box … come on !
It would be much much better a more stylish metal box or something like that .. something less childish .
Moreover such big box will make more problematic to buy online . All for an ugly plastic box!
Anyway, box aside, it’s a very nice edition! What will be the pricing of this edition ?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 8:53 am by skidpro
Oh heck….I ordered the God OF War Collection from Canada, due thru my letterbox any day now, now this turns up, I will buy it, my USA GoW Collection will be ebayed I guessed…this is great…I thought we would just get GoW3 thats it…Priority USA…..Thanks
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 9:00 am by limper
EPIC!
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 9:04 am by hayzink
i dont know what to do now, i was gonna buy the gow collection at the weekend via my local importer but i want pandoras box.
i want to get some gow action before gow 3.
great edition i just dont know what to do now
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 9:31 am by Polypinoon
@ MesserLupo: Yeah, that would be a great idea, put the special edition in a shiny metal box, like all other se do….
And why would buying such a big box online be a problem? You’ll probably won’t have to pay shipping since it’ll cost more then 50 euros.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 9:37 am by Lydon_Rose
i will be getting this!
i’m a sucker for Special Editions, especially when there this good!
great work guys
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 9:38 am by HazelAM
i have a question, when will the god of war 3 demo be generally available?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:02 am by Gekidami
Shame we cant have an idea of the price. I’m guessing it’ll be round the 120€ mark though. The Collection is normally a stand-alone game after all. Doubt SCEE will be giving it as a free gift.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:10 am by LordCartman
I’ve never considered getting a collector’s edition, but reckon this will change with this. I hope the limited numbers will not be that limited
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:23 am by heathengray
GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMMIE!!!
Well… now I wasn’t going to get all three games (I’ve already completed the first), but if they’re all in a collection, I may have to!
Will there be a less special collection? Including the 3 games, and nothing else?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:40 am by muzzar69
with the god of war collection that comes with this, will that come with a GOW3 demo?
and if so, will it be the same demo as the one shown as E3?
also i saw this on EB and games website available for preorder and they had a MA rating on this.
has this been classified yet?
i only ask because the whole debacle with alien vs predator im worried this will get the dreaded RC.
i dont want to have to import this from the US.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:42 am by Gekidami
You’re asking if the Collection that comes with this GoW3 CE will have a demo for GoW3…?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:54 am by funnydude6556
Some people are complaining about the manual? Wow that’s a new level of sad. I don’t care as long as the ultimate trilogy edition is coming here and it’s being sold in GAME. I missed out on playing the first two GOW as i would underage at the time so the fact that this also contains the collection edition of the first two GOW it’s awesome.
Good news as i assumed we weren’t getting this when i heard about it on Playstation Lifestyle.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:55 am by AcidCrashX
Wow… just… wow. I’ll be picking that up
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 10:56 am by Lagerblad
I also want a Kratos mini-statue!
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 11:11 am by Jakki94
I need this! 110% Awesomeness
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 11:19 am by DAS_IS_COOL
Is it possible to get the collector’s edition but without the GoW Collection?
I already have GoW Collection from Singapore (coz can’t be bothered to wait for a EU release).
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 12:02 pm by Carnivius_Prime
VenomUK my Uncharted 2 – Special Edition only cost me £32.49. GAME had for a while it at £39.99 same as regular and I used some of my GAME points to knock it down further. Was a total bargain especially considering I still play it a lot.
I’ll likely be getting this as I do enjoy playing the God of War games even if I find the stories a bit dull.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 12:08 pm by L337LUKE
I want this for definite i can’t wait, even if i have two god of war collections, this is just to epic to miss!
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 12:10 pm by Mok_ojin
This is nice collection an has definatly made me halt on the import of god of war collection. If they can have this an attractive price I’l def hold my money for this megapack
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 12:11 pm by stormyuk
Will GOW Collection be available with GOW3 without all the material guff I am not interested in? Is Europe getting GOW Collection? Ta
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 12:26 pm by VictorAnalogy
Totally, utterly sold on this. The second anyone even hints at offering a preorder I am there with flippin’ bells on.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 12:27 pm by r31dkml
Great stuff, GOW collection is a great thing to go with GOW 3 Ultimate Edition!
But… erm… I want both GOW 3 AND GOW Collection, but if this edition is too expensive, I will not buy it
So my question is: Will GOW Collection be Sold in Europe, just the game?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 12:58 pm by DonMatteo13
‘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.’
YAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYYA. Im 15 and currently looking for a job lol so all the money ive been saving this year for the games next year ($320) will go towards this edition
. do you guys have a release date for the Collection standalone in Australia yet?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 1:06 pm by toolfan2007
Do want!!! o_O
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 1:26 pm by Deihjan
Oh…my…gods..
I would sell my body for all kinds of stuff if I could get one copy of that.
I can’t stress how much the massive fangirl in me is burning to get this
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 2:17 pm by fleinn
“This “Ultimate Trilogy Edition” will be released in limited quantities at the same time as the main God of War III launch next year.”
Hi, face. Hello, palm. *shakes head*
So you had a perfect opportunity to hype the God of War 3 release for gamers new to the series, or somewhat interested people waiting for the new game. And you choose to make it into another obscure promotion for specially interested die hard fans instead, who rather want to play GoW2 than GoW3.
Seriously, you people are completely clueless.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 2:46 pm by wreck_em
QUESTION: Here in India we get the EU versions [brit ones, to be exact] but can’t recall any such editions making to India. Any chances of this one coming to India too? Preferably within week of EU launch?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 3:00 pm by dbzgengsta
seriously one of the best news ive heard in ages. and the fact that we get abit more content than US is just wowowowow! seriously excited about this now.
BTW people you should all visit the offical GOW3 forums, theres a discussion going on there about this trilogy ED.
damn im excited!
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 3:08 pm by Ryuzaki1304
Hi Thach, this limiteed is very a lot of beautiful, but personally I believes it would be perfect with the addition of an action figures of kratos, that say of it?
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 8:27 pm by geddesmond2
Haha I knew yous would do something like this. I went and imported the God of War collection already so I’m going to leave this package alone. Will yous be releasing any other special editions of GOW for the people who already have the GOW collection. Don’t punish the people who imported the collection already. We couldn’t wait any longer for the remastered editions.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 11:23 pm by andrewr4
i will so be getting this, hope I can import it because I have a suspicion that GOW3 will be edited/RC in Australia…
Same as Heavy Rain, I want the collectors edition but refuse to pay/play an edited/sub-standard version.
I can hope however
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 11:26 pm by Mr_Donk3y_punch
Thach, that’s a god damned beautiful thing.
Too often special eds are not special. The only thing I would consider missing would be an actual blade of chaos but I’m sure that was discussed at some point!
I was fortunate enough to get a demo code recently and was knocked out by the quality of production, its managed to re-capture the feeling of the first game I felt was slightly missing in the second.
I work for *a certain specialist retailer* and have always found their pre order schemes for this kind of thing sorely lacking (the Arkham ltd. ed. for example)
I hope this gets a huge marketing push with the trilogy edition as an exclamation point. Its a system selling must have.
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 11:38 pm by dstith76
will this be in the US TO we have the Ultimate Edition but not this edition so can you please let me know ? on here or the the godofwar site thanks
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Posted on 18 December, 2009 at 11:50 pm by jamd1
Looks great Thach – Will the Gow collectors edition be the PAL version of the game ( with videos instead of telephone no’s for the GOW1 secret messages )?
Also will the GOW2 Boss 3 trophy glich be fixed ? – I’ve replayed a savegame 4 times and replayed the whole game in bonus play twice with no trophy.
Looking forward to the January burst of GOW 3 videos etc.
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Posted on 19 December, 2009 at 12:44 pm by ijeffers
Going to be looking out for this!
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Posted on 19 December, 2009 at 2:10 pm by HublyBub23
Please just want to know will South Africa recieve this GOW. to play GOW I and GOW II in HD will be sweet!!
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Posted on 19 December, 2009 at 4:20 pm by K_cper0
I have one question. Is this exclusive set will be available in Polish (I mean God of War 3).
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Posted on 19 December, 2009 at 5:32 pm by Pepe_Da_Farmer
Man, this looks so much better than the Ultimate Edition, so I have a question: If I buy this edition, will it be region locked, or will I be able to enjoy the awesomeness without a problem? Please answer!
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Posted on 19 December, 2009 at 8:55 pm by Stoopid_Snot
this is gonna be a pre-order
got the GoW collection but what the hell
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