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God of War: Ghost of Sparta

An HD remaster of God of War: Ghost of Sparta included in "God of War: Origins Collection." It features high-definition resolution, stereoscopic 3D, anti-aliased graphics locked in at 60 frames per second…

13 September 2011

God of War: Ghost of Sparta is an adventure developed by Ready At Dawn, released 13 September 2011 on PlayStation 3.

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What God of War: Ghost of Sparta is

God of War: Ghost of Sparta is an adventure game developed by Ready At Dawn and released in 2011. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Oracle foretold that the demise of Olympus would come not from the Titans; but by a Marked Warrior, a mortal. The Olympian Gods Zeus and Ares believed this warrior to be Deimos, brother of Kratos, due to his strange birthmarks. Ares sieges a village of Sparta and interrupts the childhood training of Kratos and Deimos, with Athena on hand to watch over him, and kidnaps Deimos. Kratos attempts to stop Ares but is swept aside and scarred across his right eye by the violent Olympian. Ares prepares to kill the young Kratos for attacking him. Athena stops Ares and tells him they only came for the Marked Warrior, not to take the boy's life. Taken to the Domain of Death, Deimos is imprisoned…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the God of War series

God of War: Ghost of Sparta is the 14th of 42 entries we hold in the God of War series. It arrived 10 months after God of War: Ghost of Sparta. The next entry was God of War: Chains of Olympus in 2011.

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What it launched against

God of War: Ghost of Sparta launched on 13 September 2011, within three weeks of Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011) and Gears of War 3.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Shadow of the Colossus (2011), Gears of War 3.

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When did God of War: Ghost of Sparta come out?
God of War: Ghost of Sparta was released on 13 September 2011 for PlayStation 3.

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