Sony officially confirms God of War: Ascension

Sony officially confirms God of War: Ascension

After a few days to many rumors, viral ads by Sony and other news. The company announced the name of the game that was promised for today. This is as expected, a new installment of the series God of War, whose title is: God of War: Ascension

The official statement reads:

    Kratos, the ruthless Spartan warrior, returns to PlayStation ® 3 (PS3 ™) with a new epic adventure.

    God of War: Ascension ™ is the new project he is working as Santa Monica Studios.

    Through this new episode, the player will discover the origins of Kratos on a mission to get legendary freedom.

Thus, we conclude that the story does not continue after the third game, instead, will be a prequel, as stated in the teaser, where you will discover the torment of Kratos from the beginning before becoming god of war.

Todd Papy is the director of this title to be given more details on April 30 and rumored to be slated for release in 2013, according to a leak on Amazon, of which we will inform you in detail on Joystiq.

So you know Kratos will make an appearance on Playstation3 ! Start the hype thermometer, speaking of Sony Santa Monica, is synonymous with quality titles.

Sex scenes in video game causing controversy in social networks - The Witcher 2

Sex scenes in video game causing controversy in social networks - The Witcher 2

Upon its release on PC, The Witcher 2 generated some comments revolved around the high sexual content, fueling the controversy among netizens.

 The Witcher 2, like his first game is based on the books of Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. Thus, CD Projekt, makers of the game, have decided to keep the adult tone of the novels, directing the title to a wider audience.

Adam Badowski, the study of development, said:'' There are few games like The Witcher 2, and are not afraid to say 'Hey, we are not a game for everyone. We Do not treat you as a child '. The gaming community is growing, and every demographic has something for himself. La diversificación y la búsqueda del objetivo es importante. Diversification and pursuit of the goal is important. We chose ours, adults who want the most ambitious games. And we'll stay with that.''

Apple is working on a video game console

Apple is working on a video game console

According to a rumor posted on the page Cult of Mac, Apple would be trying to return to the video game market as it would be working on a home console with a help of people from Valve.

As reported by this site Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, visited the Valve offices located in Bellevue, Washington last week. The reason for this visit would be that Cook is looking for advice to launch a TV device to be launched later this year under the Apple brand and would be a "game console type Kinect  .According to the news system would be based on touch and motion controls, possibly via a touch screen that would come with the TV and is supplemented by the use of voice controls Siri style.

These rumors are in addition to reports that Valve is trying to enter the console market, after the company posted a job on your site looking for hardware engineers. According to the announcement Valve is looking to create "fully play experiences new ", and we have also reported the company attempts to investigate the field of augmented reality and computers to clothing. Nor Valve or Apple or have confirmed these rumors so far.

This would not be Apple's first attempt to enter the market for video game consoles. The company teamed up in 1995 to launch Bandai Pippin, a multimedia console based on the Macintosh operating system including Internet connection, something totally innovative for its time. However, the system was a complete failure as due to its high cost (600 dollars) less than 50,000 units sold so Bandai decided to withdraw from the market. But Pippin had one merit: it ranked 22 in the list of "worst tech products of history" of the magazine PC World. Looking for be ranked 21??