Want to know what one of the most exciting parts of E3 is? Watching the massive promotions being erected around downtown Los Angeles. And with just over a week to go, Sony’s already pulled in the painters to produce a gigantic mural on the side of a rather large building. We assume Kratos’ bald pate will appear in good time.
This is actually the same wall that Sony often hires, with Horizon: Zero Dawn appearing in the same space this time last year. Could it mean that the Norse adventure isn’t all that far away? Might we see it around March 2018 time? All will probably be revealed in a matter of days, but for now just appreciate the scale of the task these poor painters have got ahead of them.
Rather them than us – we're not especially fond of heights.
Update: And below is the completed mural, courtesy of Monkey Flop. One thing of note is the slightest glimpse of a giant snake to the far left peeping out of the water. This monstrosity was spotted in the gameplay demo last year, too, suggesting that it's probably going to play a big part in the plot.
Looking good, eh?
[source neogaf.com]
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I'm guessing 02/2018 (Feb/March) has seem to be PS4 first party release months lately.
"We're very happy to announce... that God of War: Boy and Beard is available to buy right now at retail and on the PlayStation Store"
@ShogunRok, I would probably need to take a few "sick" days if that were the case.
@ShogunRok "Its a 3 hour full price demo for the main experience coming next year, and which point we fire our main creative mind on the series."
@ShogunRok More like "we're happy to announce that in august we'll announce a date when we'll announce when the closed beta will start. But you can preorder today, try the season pass. Here is a new hype trailer"
Nice, I hope we can see how the new battle system compared to previous games.
God of war is the best franchise ever
Updated.
That it was an epic photo then I saw the word "MonkeyFlop"
@get2sammyb Where is the bloody giant snake? I've been looking really hard for a while but I can't find it. Is it the green part behind his right forearm? I thought that was a city on hilltop but I took off my glasses and squinted, 7" tablet, and I suppose it could be a sea serpents head.
@ZurapiiYohane Guess I should have asked you where the bloody giant snake was. Real life side of a building must be better than my 7" screen.
@rjejr It's really hard to see unless you know what you're looking for. Haha!
@rjejr And this was in the original gameplay reveal.
Ok, not really having followed any news about this game, giant snake + Norse setting has to equal Jörmungandr (aka the Midgard Serpent, or World Serpent, whose awakening heralds the coming of Ragnarok), right?
I mean, I can't be anywhere close to the first person to make that connection, but yeah, that seems like it could play a sizable plot role.
Snakes...why'd it have to be snakes?
Nobody is rowing?
That's pretty damn cool.
Are we thinking this is likely to be the box art?
I wonder how many hundreds of dollars this big ol' banner cost.
I like it when the company Monkey flops one out each year. Looks an impressive display.
Damnnnn, this looks amazing!! Gotta find a print!
wow, what a great mural. This has to be the official cover for the game, it just looks too good.
@Fath That's what people are speculating, yeah!
Erecting
This 1st party game maybe the best ever
Kratos is back & i cannot wait.
@get2sammyb re "snake thing"
OK, I see it's scales in the vid, thanks, but all I see in the poster is a half white circle, so I'm guessing that's it and I NEVER would have thought it was living, just a rock.
OH - I had a thought I needed to share w/ you so I'm putting it here - be prepared for the weirdest logic ever, but deep down it makes sense to me
Maybe Switch is getting FIFA and Skyrim b/c Sony told EA and the others that there is no new PSP3 or Vita 2, so those companies are porting games to Switch not b/c they care about a Wii U replacement, they don't, but b/c it's the only portable market console around?
Now I know you've always thought no new portable for Sony, but I was really on board for a reveal in early 2018, but Switch support is the thing that changed my mind. EA would ignore Switch if they had to port FIFA to new Vita 2 hardware, that would be their handheld market. Switch isn't a Wii U replacement, it's a Vita replacement, as far as 3rd parties are concerned anyway.
I still think a handheld PS4 streaming device is possible, PS4 Go, like PS4 Pro in reverse, dumbed down graphics for streaming PS4, PS Now, PS Vue, but not a new handheld based on new hardware for new games. My PS4 Slim is fairly small stacked between my Xbo xOne and PS3 phat. Take out the disc drive and HDD and who knows, maybe they can fit it in a tablet? But not tonight. Skyrim on Switch, no Vita 2 is the only logical explanation, Sony would have wrapped that up.
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