Posted on 30 August by Ross Alexander – European Product Manager, SCEE

God of War: Ascension – Release Date Confirmed, Special Editions Detailed

Countries: AE, AU, GB, IE, NZ

We are pleased to announce today that God of War: Ascension will release on the following dates:

UK & Ireland: 15th March 2013
Australia & New Zealand: 14th March 2013
Rest of Europe/PAL: 13th March 2013

Available at launch we will have both a Special Edition and Collector’s Edition, as well as the standard edition.

The Collector’s Edition features the ultimate GoW collectible, a 8″ Kratos figurine. Packaged in a premium steel book game case, the set will also include the official game soundtrack (digital version), a PS3 dynamic theme and avatar pack, a double XP bonus for multiplayer (more info on this soon) and a DLC pass to unlock all future DLC for the game at no additional cost (more info on this soon too).

God Of War: Ascension sees the debut of multiplayer to the series and the dev team are working very hard to create a truly fantastic experience. If you want to have the edge against your friends as you all face off on the battlefield online, the multiplayer double XP and DLC pass could be the tools to help you rise to the top.

The Special Edition will feature a premium steelbook game case, the official game soundtrack (digital version), PS3 dynamic theme and avatar pack, and the multiplayer double XP bonus.

In the very near future we’ll have more information and imagery for these two editions, with some exciting details on the multiplayer double XP and DLC content.

Any questions on the above, please chime in below.

Tagged: god of war, god of war ascension, ps3, ps3 games, sony santa monica studios

Countries: AE, AU, GB, IE, NZ

Filed: PlayStation 3, PS3 Games

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Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 4:20 pm by ryannumber3gamer

Cool the game looks good . Next tell us Sly Cooper thievess in time’s new release date aand tell us there is a collecters edition please! Also is there a beta of this game’s multiplayer coming to PS Plus members?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:59 pm by Ross Alexander

I can’t answer for Sly, but on the beta we’ll be confirming our plans in the near future.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 4:22 pm by millgate1

Awesome! and just to be clear, only the collectors edition will include a DLC pass, correct?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:59 pm by Ross Alexander

Yes, only the Collector’s Edition will include the online pass for all the DLC.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 4:37 pm by pn3b0y

will the steelbook have 1 disc slot or 4 so i can fit gow3,gowhd1 and gowhd2 in as well?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 6:05 pm by Ross Alexander

We will be unveiling the steelbook design and imagery of the bonus content at a later date.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 4:38 pm by VictorAnalogy

Ugh, curse you, now I have to get the collector’s edition.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 4:39 pm by Spartan57

Is the God of War Saga Collection coming to UK ???

Posted on 31 August, 2012 at 9:10 am by Ross Alexander

Currently there are no plans for it to release in Europe.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 4:45 pm by Renkse

Hope the figurine isn’t as terrible as the Cole and Nathan Drake figurines have been. :/

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 4:54 pm by Immortal-Wolf--

God or War Revelation Anyone

God of War isn’t he one of the (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse) if the legend is correct in the New Testament of the Bible called the Book of Revelation of (Jesus Christ)

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:00 pm by F4C33oFF

3D support?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:06 pm by Ershin35

Is God of War Saga coming to Europe?

Posted on 31 August, 2012 at 9:09 am by Ross Alexander

At this stage there are no plans for GoW Saga to launch in Europe.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:17 pm by WolfiePL

I will buy a Special Edition, I’m avatar wh*re, are they good ?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 6:08 pm by Ross Alexander

As above we’ll have more info and visuals to share at a later date.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:17 pm by Cyberendpunk

Definitely a day 1 purchase, been so long since GOWIII and I am ready for another blood bath

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:45 pm by almighty-slayer

Sold

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:47 pm by Winckle

Any ideas about the price of the special edition?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 5:54 pm by Toppot

Gonna need to see some images of the Special Edition before I decide.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 6:01 pm by polodinio1234

Can you get the collector’s edition for the same prize or is it more?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 6:21 pm by xenokiller90

@Renkse
Don’t know what figures you got but the collector’s edition of uc3 and infamous 2 were epic the figures themselves were awesome.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 6:26 pm by bennyrafal

Special for me.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 6:36 pm by Carl-G

I can’t wait But i am only interested in the normal Story mode really. Not sure why every game has to have online multi-player for. But i am not complaining;)

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 6:59 pm by CreditDue

Would be nice if the Collectors’ Edition came with a discount for previous GoW games as opposed to a figure for those of us that have yet to play them all and wont given the mental prices they currently selling at online and in stores, but maybe I’m just being greedy

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 8:24 pm by DrSHREEVEERA

When is God Of War Debuting on the PS VITA ??…
The Vita will Surely sell like Hot Cakes.

Any Exact dste on When Playstation PLUS is comiing to VITA??

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 8:28 pm by link1983

I am a guaranteed consumer of the GOW: Ascension Collectors edition. I have to ask, are their any plans to release the Omega Version in the UK? I would love that one too.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 9:58 pm by supersmith2500

UK gets content last again I see.
Fair enough, suits game retailers and even gamers too since the weekend is there.

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 10:15 pm by GametimeUK

I can’t wait. I love GoW, but I may wait and pick up the Collectors Edition when it drops down in price. I got Killzone3′s amazeballs edition for the price of the standard game because they just wasn’t selling.

Any word on the price? Also, has there been any word on a beta for the Multiplayer?

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 10:23 pm by StolenDiagram

Please try to be competitive with the CE pricing and don’t go overboard with it like you did with the GOW3 one. No-one wins in recession, but chances are Sony’s customers are probably suffering just as badly, if not worse than they are!

Posted on 30 August, 2012 at 11:24 pm by vonhammer

Really hate these DLC passes,unless you’ve a full advertisement highlighting every piece of content before the game is out,I see no reason for anyone to buy one.But I guess if you could show it off,i’d be “why isn’t it on my disk as part of the game”.

I do question the idea of paid DLC for this.While the series has proven lasting appeal,the MP hasn’t because it’s new.And as has happened so often,I think drop off rate will be fairly high.
Knowing you guys already have a schedule of DLC release,puts me off investigating in any MP DLC.

If it’s day 1 DLC,I’ll never buy any,no matter how cool it looks.And if it’s skins,armour,weapons on day one,i’ll be done with the series.