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 19 December, 2009 at 10:43 pm by KingKjellboy
Bought GoW Collection. Replayed Gow 1 and enjoyed it. Saw that GoW 3 would av this. Pre-ordered and now I’m waiting. And waiting. And waiting. Man this’ll take time. x) Can’t wait for this. “Only” 1500 NOK for this pack but what the hell. It’s well worth the money.
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Posted on 20 December, 2009 at 2:25 am by clydex
Just great, I’ve just ordered GoW Collection from the UK recently and now you guys announce GoW III Ultimate Collection
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Posted on 20 December, 2009 at 4:25 pm by EmpireNO
Every store is selling God of War Collection here in Norway now, I don’t think GoW Collection will sell many units when it’s released in Europe in 2010, most people will already have bought the import one.
But that’s what you get for not releasing it at the same time in Europe, blame you selves.
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Posted on 20 December, 2009 at 6:32 pm by jamiejs
Hiya Is there any more news on which sites you can preorder it from please, im really looking forward to this, i got most of the collectors edition ones u see
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Posted on 20 December, 2009 at 6:46 pm by TheUndertaker
This is excellent news… had originally ordered the Ultimate Edition for Gamestop in USA but have cancelled after reading this and will get the UK Ultimate Trilogy Edition, even though I bought the GOW Collection already mainly just for the GOW3 Demo which is amazing… didn’t want the demo to end!
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Looks like GOW is going out with a bang… I’m looking forward to the release of GOW3 but sad that its going to be the end
Now all we need is God Of War the movie with Vin Diesel as Kratos!!!!
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Posted on 20 December, 2009 at 10:26 pm by richieb1971
Where can you preorder the UK ultimate edition?
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Posted on 21 December, 2009 at 3:11 am by Pepe_Da_Farmer
I seriously think this should also be available on the US… I mean, this edition has everything from the Ultimate Edition AND moar. T_T. PLEASE!!!! US AND EU!!!
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Posted on 21 December, 2009 at 10:15 pm by nutbear96
@Thach Quach
Do you know much the RRP will be in £’s? And when it will be available for pre-order in the UK retails? Can you please ask them to put it up for pre-order? I saw it on a Norwegian and I converted the money and I saw that it will cost about £157! Please! I won’t spend any more than £100!
Please can you just tell me how much the RRP will be in £’s then I will sleep a happy man!
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Posted on 22 December, 2009 at 12:52 pm by Stonesthrow
what an ugly ass box…ill skip on this one..got the normal game pre ordered for months now..
little question, will the extra costumes become available for purchase on the PS store later? im guessing yes, but you never know..
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Posted on 23 December, 2009 at 9:20 pm by jamd1
Looks like the usual from sony – make an anouncement and then ignore all comments/questions about it.
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Posted on 23 December, 2009 at 10:32 pm by funnydude6556
do you know which retailers are going to be selling this edition and when? Also has sony set an RRP for this yet? I know it’s gonna cost a lot but i just want to know how much i should set aside for this.
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Posted on 25 December, 2009 at 11:26 pm by NICKXH
That will be awesome! I am deffentaly gettin this without a doudt.
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Posted on 26 December, 2009 at 12:30 am by Pink_Masamune
YES! Take that America! It’s about time that Europe got something that little bit more special. Other than the GoW Collection, there seems to be more in this Special Edition than America got in their version, so I have to say I couldn’t be happier.
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Posted on 27 December, 2009 at 8:32 pm by edward8860968
Great! I’ve saved up already! It will be a good present for my Birthday (it’ll be at March, 31st). But still, I have some questions… if you don’t mind.
I wish you that every exclusive game you’ll launch in future will have as much success as God of War has.
1) What material is Pandora’s Box made of? Plastic or maybe metal?
2) When will it be available for pre-order at internet shops (such as shopto or game.co)?
3) It doesn’t matter, but could you tell us very approx. price of this bundle?
Happy New Year, Playstation! I hope that 2010 will be as good as 2009 was and even better
From Russia with love.
Sorry for my English
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Posted on 29 December, 2009 at 8:46 am by Chopz187
Thach, you’ve got a lot of anxious people here and many of their concerns mirror my own.
I understand that, in essence, you’re throwing 3 games and complete soundtracks of all games and loads of extremely cool merchandise and in-game extras in one package.
We need to know how much this is a going to cost, will it be less than £100 in the UK?
By the way, you and your people are SO wicked cool for bringing this out in Europe!
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Posted on 29 December, 2009 at 8:57 am by Gekidami
Still no sites have this for pre-order as far as i can see. Same goes for the Heavy Rain Collector…
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Posted on 29 December, 2009 at 7:11 pm by MdnytHawke
Would be awesome if a list of stores in the UK was given and when the pre order dates are likely to be
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Posted on 29 December, 2009 at 8:18 pm by edward8860968
Just rember, PS is on holidays right now. So we will hear answers a bit later.
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Posted on 31 December, 2009 at 5:45 pm by dbzgengsta
this is awesome but seriosuly anything over £100 here in UK then they can kiss my a$$ im sorry but its true.
i just converted the “1500 NOK” and that turns out to be £160 and seriously that is a HUUUGE rip of, i mean i know theres alot of cool stuff in here but £160? sry i’ll think i’ll pass. In the U.S it costs $100 and thats equivalant to only £60!!!! thats it!
We europeans are getting BUUUMPED for this definalty.
Like i said said im not not paying anything over £100.
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Posted on 1 January, 2010 at 5:30 am by solidpuma
WHAT?
no North America plans to release?
Damn…. I want one also, and can only import from USA.
Is there a possibility of launch of the TRILOGY edition in NA.
I want that crest so I can put the ashes of my fallen enemies.
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Posted on 1 January, 2010 at 8:17 am by Gekidami
You can get it in the US to, though without the Collection and by the looks of it some other stuff.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/12/are-you-the-ultimate-go d-of-war-fan/
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Posted on 3 January, 2010 at 9:07 am by ChillerHR
Please,
can you give us valid information, which European On-line retailer is going to sell “God of War III: Ultimate Trilogy Edition”, and when will they start taking pre-orders?
Thanks!
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Posted on 3 January, 2010 at 8:05 pm by Darkeiser
Awesome edition. Im gonna buy it for sure but I wanted to know if amazon.uk.co will have it for pre order because I havent seen it yet and I want to get my hands on this baby ASAP. Also will the GOW3 website have a link of all the european retailers that suply this edition? Please reply to this post if you do know something.
Also id like to add that Sony and Santa Monica studios out done themselves. I ve been a GOW fan since the begining and I love the games. Ive been waiting for GOW3 for so long and when I knew about this edtion i thought It has to be mine.
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Posted on 4 January, 2010 at 6:16 pm by Footedbody
I can’t wait to preorder this one!!!!
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Posted on 6 January, 2010 at 1:35 am by Sodan-1
Best. Special Edition. EVER!!!! Must own. Must own. I will sacrifice a small goat to the Gods to get my hands on this. The folks at Sony Santa Monica really are very good to us. What are the chances it will be exclusive to one retailer in each country???
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 7:57 am by RawSnake
GOWUTE is absolutely guaranteed to be in my collection for 2010 unless I come to an untimely end before then! So to all of you other GOW fans out there, remember the best things come to those who wait (Zeus) and to all the people at Sony Santa Monica who worked on bringing us this great title. Thank You.
Oh one last thing, Thach I can see you are giving Uncharted 2 some love with your avatar, respect.
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 9:30 am by jd190
Are we going to get any more news on this edition any time soon Thach.
Thanks
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 1:10 pm by NotoriousR
Great! I’ve saved up already! It will be a good present for my Birthday (it’ll be at March, 31st). But still, I have some questions… if you don’t mind.
I wish you that every exclusive game you’ll launch in future will have as much success as God of War has.
1) What material is Pandora’s Box made of? Plastic or maybe metal?
2) When will it be available for pre-order at internet shops (such as shopto or game.co)?
3) It doesn’t matter, but could you tell us very approx. price of this bundle?
Happy New Year, Playstation! I hope that 2010 will be as good as 2009 was and even better
From Russia with love.
Sorry for my English
Thach, I agree with edward8860968, as these are all vital questions that I want to know the answer to.
And to all you americans who complaining…..suck it!
Besides, you guys can just buy the ultimate edition and collection, it’s prety much the same.
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 8:09 pm by Polypinoon
It’s really time we get some news on this and that we are allowed to pre-order it.
Also, how INSULTING that the officila God of War site is only aimed at the North American audience, and completely ignores the rest of the world!
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Posted on 8 January, 2010 at 5:09 am by Chopz187
If Thach is based in the UK, he’s probably snowed in, which is the likely cause to the lack in response.. so have a heart!
Or he’s having his fun and toying with us! In which case, I would too!! lol (He’s far too professional for that though)
It’s predictable that pre-orders with online retailers in the UK are gonna be Amazon, Game, HMV or Play. Maybe it’s going to be exclusive to one retailer, we’ll see.
However, Thach, please advise when it will be available and how much will it be.
Cheers, pal!
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Posted on 8 January, 2010 at 6:31 am by NotoriousR
So to any Australians out there,
http://www.ebgames.com.au/ps3-149070-God-of-War-3-Ultimate-Trilogy -Edition-PlayStation-3
They price it APPROXIAMTELY at $258. So I’m guessing 100-150 pounds for the UK. Hope this helps!
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Posted on 11 January, 2010 at 3:06 pm by jd190
It is up on game.co.uk for £109.99. It’s more than I thought it would be, but it is a mean collectors edition.
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Posted on 11 January, 2010 at 3:33 pm by VictorAnalogy
Thanks jd190. I was expecting £100+ so no surprises here. Buying GoW I+II and GoW III would run to about £90 (assuming £45 each) so this is a pretty good deal by all accounts. Pre-Ordered!
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Posted on 11 January, 2010 at 6:05 pm by Menchi
Price is a bit steep, was only expecting £90 or so. Really not sure if I can splash out the price of a console [360 Arcade] for two games from last gen, and 1 new one.
Hopefully the price will be reworked a little, as the collection does look very nice indeed.
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Posted on 11 January, 2010 at 6:23 pm by quackfu
It’s also available for pre-order on gamestation.co.uk, same price as Game £109.99. But you must search “God Of War 3 Trilogy”. Hope this helps all of you God Of War Fans.
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Posted on 11 January, 2010 at 11:57 pm by Chopz187
Well worth it, preordered! Just gonnna check if you find it elsewhere for less. Besides, I’ll make some money back, I have God of War collection already, so I’ll end up selling the sealed version for a nice price.
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Posted on 12 January, 2010 at 1:34 am by Gnadenhammer
Will the Trilogy Collection have the same freeze behavior like the normal God of War Collection?
Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGLvFqjzWI
and this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zojerpQ-VY
and finally this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0_zDj8pHu8
If yes, please at least release a patch.
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Posted on 13 January, 2010 at 2:46 am by drgori
It seems that there will be 2 physical CD’s instead of downloadable lossy mp3s
that’s good but I saw only one cd for the three GoW soundtracks I, II AND III ? (and ok +1 for a heavy metal remix one ???)
does this mean that we won’t get the complete GoW I soundtrack (31 tracks) as in the promo cd or the full 27 tracks of the GoW II cd soundtrack that was sold ?
could you publish clear and complete information about the tracklist of the cd’s ?
Thanks Thach !
Eric
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Posted on 13 January, 2010 at 1:49 pm by Khafra
I just want to know what the god of war box is made of is it plastic??
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Posted on 13 January, 2010 at 8:39 pm by edward8860968
Ok, that collection costs 120 ponds. And you know what? I’ll buy it. For those who say it’s too expencive: It’s End of Trilogy! And I’m ready to pay 120 pounds for 3 games (whole trilogy) and a lot of other stuff.
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Posted on 13 January, 2010 at 8:43 pm by Mullarks
full lot for £75
cdwow.c om/games/GOD-OF-WAR-3-ULTIMATE-COLLECTION-Playstation-3/dp/6443735#bc= 4a02
or if you want the games without all the crap check out cdwow and it’s even cheaper.
just ordered the collection for £30 and will play whilst I wait for gow3.
Why are people grateful for such a lengthy delay on old content even being available in the uk?
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Posted on 14 January, 2010 at 8:04 am by kareltje32
Does Gam.co.uk have it as exclusive in europe or only the uk? Cause it would suck if i cant get the trilogy at a retailer near me.
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Posted on 14 January, 2010 at 8:06 am by majesticbeastt
Hehe wrong account:D but does anyone know this?
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