PS3 Fanboy

We know very little about God of War III, other than it's coming. The trailer shown at E3 did little more than confirm that (though it seems that Kratos looks extra angry in HD). Now we know a little more of what to expect from the game, thanks to writer Marianne Krawczyk revealing at the Austin GDC that the script for GOWIII might run up to 120 pages. That's a lot of words for a character who doesn't say a lot.

Apparently the game will be a "very specific three-act experience," meaning we can look forward to a beginning, middle and an end. That's good to know, considering too many games seem to follow the "opening sequence, game, closing sequence" format. Thankfully it seems that the PS3 isn't just allowing for improved gameplay experiences, but improved storytelling, too. Fine by us, bring it on.

Are these rumors more official because they come from the "official" PlayStation Magazine in the UK? Probably not, but most of them are pretty obvious anyway. That, or we've already covered them. First up is the rumor that God of War III won't arrive until the end of 2009. Considering we've seen no footage from the game whatsoever, we knew it wasn't coming this year, but Christmas? Who knows.

The magazine goes on to say that "the BBC reckons Sony has an amazing secret game in the works for 2009." You don't say. Capcom is supposedly developing Dead Rising 2 for PS3 as well as 360, which makes sense considering their big love for multiplatform development. Sony has in-game XMB working internally - and we should hope so too, considering they're releasing it in the Summer. As for Netflix coming to PS3, that's old news. Though still a rumor.

The only two things that the magazine mentions that aren't totally obvious are that Mass Effect and its sequels will be heading to PS3 (we'll have to see about that, Microsoft have a habit of paying big bucks for their exclusives) and that Team Ico's next game will have links to Norse myths. Not a lot we can do with that information until we see more of the game, but it's nice to know. Right?

Considering that we weren't expecting to see God of War III before 2009, we're surprised that Sony are claiming that the game is coming "soon." Does this mean that we could be getting two Kratos adventures this year? No doubt we'll learn more later in the year at either Sony's Gamer's Day (whenever that lies this year) or at E3.

Headline doesn't make sense to you? Obviously, you've been missing Joystiq's nightly "today's most" videos. It's okay, we're a better blog anyway.

When we saw KazamaFury's self-made God of War III promo video, we were blown away by the professional quality of this teaser. Sure, there's no footage of God of War III to be found (that would be impossible). Regardless, it tantalizes and makes the years-long wait for the inevitable sequel slightly more painful.