Finally, there are some news regard­ing one of my favorite games. I already wrote about the orig­i­nal game here, you may wanna have a look at it. This time, it's all about the suc­ces­sor which – accord­ing to the newest trailer – lives up to it's pre­de­ces­sor. Direc­tor Cory Bar­log writes on his blog that all the pri­mary work is done and all that remains is to work out the bugs as the game is in the Qual­ity Assur­ance stage right now. Some lucky peo­ple are going to get the demo in early Feb­ru­ary and I'm gonna envy them. Well, I'll pick it up in March if they can keep the release date.

God of War II: Divine Ret­ri­bu­tion smoothly con­tin­ues where its pre­de­ces­sor left of. Kratos is the new god of war, far more ruth­less than Ares ever was. Because of what Ares did to him his tor­ment con­tin­ues, even after he became a god. To end his suf­fer­ing he must embark on a dan­ger­ous jour­ney to the far reaches of the Earth and alter that which no mor­tal or god has ever changed – his fate. Dur­ing his quest he has to plunge into bat­tle wher­ever he goes to fight legions of mon­sters bar­ring his way to a peace of mind. The game is rated M for intense vio­lence, blood and gore, and strong vio­lence. I guess there's more to come but ESRB doesn't have all the infor­ma­tion yet. Nonethe­less, there's no other game out there fea­tur­ing such a well thought-out sto­ry­line as well as an impres­sive set­ting and a lik­able anti­hero who hap­pens to be a real bad ass.