God of War: Origins Message Board

The high-definition remakes of PSP God of War games Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta get a PlayStation 3 demo starting tomorrow, August 30 (for PlayStation Plus subscribers). Non-subscribers can sample God of War: Origins starting September 6. More »

It turns out that manually upscaling a game from the PSP's native resolution of 480 x 272 to the PS3's maximum of 1920 x 1080 does wonders for its visual fidelity. In order to ensure that the PSP ports contained within God of War: Origins look as pretty as possible this September, Ready At Dawn Studios has coded an entirely new engine to handle the remakes' higher frame-rates and stereoscopic 3D outputs.

As if that weren't enough, every character model from both games have had its polygon count lovingly doubled or tripled by hand. An hour-plus of pre-rendered cinematics has been re-rendered from scratch, and textures for both titles have been completely repainted at four-times their original resolutions. Basically, they've made a Ferrari F430 out of a Toyota Corolla.

When IGN received God of War Origins yesterday, the first thing we did was brag that we had it. Then, we posted 11 minutes of it. Then, we kept on playing. Now, we're sharing the PlayStation Network Trophies packed inside. If you're confused, God of War Origins is a PS3 game that bundles the two PSP God of War games (Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta). Chains of Olympus & Ghost of Sparta are now in HD and have Trophies to increase your PSN level. These are those Trophies.....

Today was a rather huge day in the IGN office. Not only did we get The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, but we also received God of War Origins. This, of course, is the HD/PlayStation Network Trophy-enabled version of the PSP titles God of War: Chains of Olympus and God of War: Ghost of ...

3D support, HD features and more revealed!

God of War Origins is the PlayStation 3 release of the PSP God of War games. It includes HD, 3D compatible remakes of both God of War: Ghost of Sparta and God of War: Chains of Olympus...

Kratos smites his newly high-definition enemies in the opening moments of Ghost of Sparta in this clip from the floor of E3 2011!

Ever since the release of God of War: Chains of Olympus, fans of the franchise have been clamoring for it and its successor, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, to be available to play on the PS3. Well, Sony has heard you and is bringing both games to the PS3 in one fully remastered package called God of War Origins...

God of War Origins is announced as a 3D collection along with Ico and Shadow of the Colossus at the Sony E3 2011 Press Conference!

Sony's press conference is off to the races and we've just learned about two collections coming our way this September...