God of War III

God of War III is a single-player action-adventure rooted in the brutal world of Greek mythology, putting players once more in the role of the former Spartan warrior Kratos. Picking up directly after the previous game, it sends him climbing the towering heights of Mount Olympus and descending into the depths of Hell to take revenge on those who betrayed him.

Kratos is armed with his double-chained blades along with an array of new weapons and magic introduced for this chapter, facing some of mythology's darkest creatures while solving intricate puzzles throughout a merciless quest to bring down Olympus. The story opens with Kratos leading a small army of Titans, rescued from the Great War, against the Olympian gods, who rush to battle as Poseidon, Hades, Helios, Hermes and Hercules join the fray.

The game runs on an engine built from the ground up, with texture resolutions multiplied several times over from the previous installment, delivering lifelike characters, dynamic lighting and world-changing set pieces. Battles play out on a vastly larger scale, drawing players into a quest defined by realism and unrelenting violence.