Thank the Gods!

[Trumpets blare for awesome gaming news]
Thanks the Gods is right. The PS2 game God of War is getting a sequel, "GOW Divine Retribution"! Now if you're were not paying attention, asleep or dead you missed out on one of the best games ever! The Spartan soldier Kratos, his fall from the Gods and his subsequent redemption. The story and gameplay are great and the visuals are stunning. Run out to your local store and get a copy and you'll see why it won almost every award conceivable for video games in 2005.

Information about the sequel has been on the hush but here's what we know: 1) the game will pick up where the first left off with Kratos replacing the toppled Ares as God of War and will follow 1 of 3 storylines hinted in the first game
- Kratos' younger brother, abandoned as a child because he was not strong enough to join the Spartan army has fallen to Hades. The unnamed brother vows to seek vengeance on Kratos for having deserted him.
- Kratos visiting his dying mother discovers that his father is Zeus and Kratos decides to take his revenge on Zeus for having abandoned him and his mother.
- after Cronos's death, the Temple of Pandora is rediscovered in modern times, still containing many secrets that have to be discovered.

2) the game is being developed for the PS2 and not PS3. I don't know what that tells us about the PS3's delivery but I'm stoked to get another great game for my PS2! 3) the man responsible for the huge hit first game, David Jaffe, will not be involved. That is saying alot because the whole reason why the gaem was so slick and good was becasue of the guiding artistic/design hand of Jaffe. I'm hard pressed to think Sony would let a great game franchise go south but you never know.

There's no doubt that this game will be unveiled at the Electronics Entertainment Expo in LA in May (I'll be there of course) . I'll let you know the skinny as soon as I hear it. Who's looking out for you?