God of War: Ghost of Sparta is Now Available! First Reviews Are In

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Today is the day you’ve been waiting for! Kratos plunges onto the PSP with God of War: Ghost of Sparta, a technologically sophisticated action tour-de-force. Don’t take our word for it – the critics have spoken and they are ecstatic. Get a sneak peek at the first wave of reviews below.

10 / 10 – GOLD Award

“Sparta offers an immersive experience on par with many of the best PS3 games.”PlayStation: The Official Magazine

9.5 / 10 – Editor’s Choice

“Absolutely the best-looking game on the PSP thus far.”IGN

Kotaku Editor’s Choice

“God of War: Ghost of Sparta is a palm-sized epic video game.”Kotaku

Pre-Order Voucher Redeem and PSPgo Owners

Now, for those that pre-ordered through any of our participating retailers, you’ll be able to redeem your retail exclusive voucher code from PSN starting today, November 2nd at 5:00pm PST. Be sure to also redeem your exclusive Deimos Skin (For God of War III) packed into your game disc copy of God of War: Ghost of Sparta!

PSPgo owners, God of War: Ghost of Sparta will be available through PSN today, November 2nd at 5:00pm PST. As a Limited Time Offer, the entire Pre-Order bundle and Deimos Skin will be included as “Gift with Purchase” with God of War: Ghost of Sparta through PSN. To ensure our PSPgo owners are able to take full advantage of the digital exclusives, the offer has now been extended from November 2nd 2010 to November 23rd 2010.

Thanks again to the PlayStation.Blog and Spartan Army Community for their relentless “rage” placed behind the release of God of War: Ghost of Sparta! Hope you guys will enjoy all the pre-order exclusives and the Deimos Skin (For God of War III) as these items were put together for you, the ultimate God of War fans.

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  • I fear the worst…

    …little Kratos avatar has gone bat$#!+ crazy, torn asunder the PSN Update gods, and is roaming around killing tiny little avatar-sized mythical beasts.

    Run for the hills, little pixies!!!

  • @1569 i feel ya ive asked ken but he hasnt answered yet

    • Only the Legionnaire Skin and PSP Theme can be downloaded and used on the PSP. The rest of the items are PS3 specific

  • Thank you Ken, I’ll hold off on redeeming for now but really wanted to see that dynamic theme asap.

  • Ken,

    Same issue many others have mentioned — No avatar listed when I redeemed my code. This was with a PS3.

  • I don’t see my Avatar? what is going on?

  • @1575: The dynamic theme really isn’t that great. Pretty much what you’d expect for a free download though.

  • GoW2 Trial and Game/Skin bundle for PS+ are still not on the store at all.

  • wow this is the last sony pre-order ill ever do there was nowhere on the add that said the soundtrack and the movies were ps3 only. This is awful sony shame on u.

  • okay the things that I don’t have are the Chains of Olympus, Deimos, or the avatar??? can you look into this please

  • never mind

  • Hi I redeemed my God Of War Ghost Of Sparta Pre-order Bundle code and no God Of War Avatar showed up in the download list or my Avatar selection in Account Informotion….Can you help me plz?

  • okay the only thing that I am missing is the Avatar?

  • The avatar is a lie.

  • The avatar isn’t a lie, i just got mine with my whole dlc i already put it on my profile

  • it looks awasome!!!!!

  • Ken Chan | November 2nd, 2010 at 10:06 pm
    Only the Legionnaire Skin and PSP Theme can be downloaded and used on the PSP. The rest of the items are PS3 specific

    Very nice comment there…..
    Telling us PSP users only after we buy the game…
    I’m a PSP GO users without any PS3, and to tell you the truth,
    at first I was happy to see that GO user aren’t left behind this time, still getting the same bonus with the UMD’s…
    But now… I don’t know waht to say… I don’t know if Im dissapointed in buying the PSP GO… or dissapointed in myself to be so stupid and fell for the bonus trick…

  • choko did you just redeem your code?

  • Ken I am missing my avatar I got everything else but the avatar?

  • yep, im still downloading the game director’s game video, but when i reedemed my code everything was there, avatar included

  • They might have added in it after everyone complained about it. It wasn’t in my pack when I downloaded it =/

  • I also did not get the avatar when I redeemed my voucher code. Pre-ordered through Amazon. Please get this fixed soon.

  • got my pre-order code from gamestop and when i enter it i get an error message. is this being fixed or do i need to get a new code?

  • I’m downloading everything rite now :)

  • :|

    the avatar was the main thing in the preorder I was looking forward to…

  • Your probably sick of seeing it, but I am also missing my Kratos Avatar, only six items….I redeemed on PS3 and everything. But here’s a question how many people that are missing there avatar ordered from Amazon?

    • There was a technical issue with a few of the codes. Call our customer service line tomorrow and we’ll take care of it – 1-800-345-7669

  • I ordered mine from Amazon, and no Avatar…

    • Not retail specific, just a technical issue on our end. Please call our consumer service line at 1-800-345-7669 tomorrow. We’ll take care of it

  • I did, darthbane

  • still not working. should i call customer service as well?

  • ok thank you

  • I preordered my copy back in August. picked it up today at Best Buy and no DLC voucher code. How would I go about getting that?

  • Thank You, Ken

  • Thanks for your response Ken.

  • Ken, but what if we call tomorrow and they don’t know what we’re talking about. Sorry I’m just really paranoid like that. Really wanted that avatar.

  • GAH I really hope this gets answered…Best Buy e-mailed me today letting me know that my PRE-ORDER has been backordered. I thought part of the reason for pre-ordering was to reserve the game to prevent this from happening.

    Anyway, my question is, will that order still contain the pre-order goodies??? It better…

  • Wow, up late answering questions! A winner is you. Thanks Mr. Chan!

  • Is it me, or is the “God of War – Game Directors Live” broken into two parts and listed as a game, or did I miss the video files somehow?

    • You got the files directly. The videos were built within a video application for the PS3, with it’s own menu and chapter system

  • wo0o0ot now is out!!! thnx you so much sony!

  • Ken, big disappointed when i bought the game today and saw that the
    Soundtrack and Game directors part 1&2 are only PS3!

    you should advice people before…!

    i own both so no biggie, but would be nice to have those on PSP, after all, when you buy the PSP game, goodies should be for PSP or advice they will be only for PS3 owners!

  • i have an extra code for the pre order bonus content pack if anyone wants it…it might work…it might not…the code came from amazon.com…good luck…BF62-H8N5-2BNR

  • downloaded last night and had no issues with any DLC. Received everything. This game is awesome.

  • is there a actual voucher for the dlc because amazon only email it? any body here have a actual voucher?

  • Im willing to buy your voucher i prefer for used one because Im only adding it to my collection.

  • @1605 – KEN,

    So that is how it is suppose to be. Thats cool, I only ask, because the God of War III pre-order movie was a real video file, and came with a PSP version. So I wanted to know if I was missing this with this new video. But I guess not.

  • KEN

    Just want to thank you for releasing the PSP3000 God of War: Ghost of Sparta bundle. It’s my first PSP and I started playing God of War: Chains of Olympus last night, and it’s great! Also, my DLC from GameStop all worked finally around 12AM to 12:30 AM central.

    Thanks for sticking with us through the issues with the PSN Store!

  • BTW, everything looks great, I am happy with the DLC. Just not happy with the wait, but it was well worth it in my book.

  • KEN

    I seen at around 7:15 you said give Customer Service about an hour to get everything in order. Well I called at 8:30…the guy was very nice on the phone. I informed him that I had not received the avatar in the Ghost of Sparta DLC bundle and I’m not really sure he knew what was going on, but he looked into the situation and came back to me with basically “Try the code again at a later time, more likely tomorrow.” Is that the answer everyone is getting?

  • I waited until today and called. The lady was nice but told me I would have to call back in 30 minutes, for some department to open up. So I call back and the gentlemen just tells me “they are aware of the issue.” How is this going to be resolved exactly? Am I going to have to keep calling back?

  • Hey..ken
    look i’m from saudi arabia and i use the US account because
    there is no G0W still in the PSN store so is use the US account
    to buy it only..

    and i buy my PSN CARD it was $50
    do you think it will work on my US account???

    pls help me..:((
    lets chat on yahoo..
    johnpain_09@yahoo.com

  • do you think that PSN CARD will work on my US account??
    even i’m in saudi arabia?

    do you think PSN CARD in saudi are different from US PSN CARD..??

  • PSN Cards purchased from retailers only work
    on the PSN that represents said region. To use PSN Card
    on US PSN Store said card must be
    purchased from North American retailer.
    Then shipped to your address.
    Perhaps try Amazon.com. I live in US, and
    thats what I had to do to shop on EU PSN Store. ^_^

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