God of War III is the end of the trilogy, though more may come but ”spread out over time”… so they’ll ”put it to bed for awhile”. Try not to cry.
”I think there comes a time when to maintain a high level of quality… the bottom line is you can’t get burned out, and the source material can’t always be the same,” God of War director Asmussen told 1UP in an interview.
”I want God of War to be one of those games where if there are more God of Wars, we’re seeing them spread out over time – it’s not like our studio’s making a new God of War every two or three years or something like that, and then the series becomes irrelevant.”
It sounds like Sony will be holding off for quite a long time before plunging back into the world of Kratos and his insatiable appetite for carnage.
”I like the approach of, ‘We just won’t make Metroid for 10 years. Why do we have to keep making Metroid?’ And then when it comes back, it’s fresh and you remember why you loved that game so much,” continued Asmussen.
”I think it would be good at this point to take that approach with God of War… For a trilogy, it’s great. Let’s put it to bed for awhile though.” Does this thinking apply to handheld releases? ”I wouldn’t rule anything out at this point; this is just kind of how I feel about it.”
So another major title is way off, by about 10 years if Asmussen gets his way, but we could be seeing some PSP stuff earlier than that? Depends how restless Sony get.
Are your gaming loins burning for God of War III? It releases exclusively on PlayStation 3 this March 19th in Europe. Check out the trailer below.
