Big Games of 2010: The Sex Inside God of War 3
Sony had a near-final version of God of War 3 playing at the NBA All-Star Game Players' Lounge and at DICE 2010
Sony had near-final versions of God of War 3 playing at the NBA All-Star Players’ Lounge and at the DICE 2010 Game Room. The game contains a sex mini-game, which has been a staple in the franchise. The scene occurs over half-way into the new adventure.
Players will encounter a goddess and her two hand maidens, all topless, all holding and caressing each other. If players wish to, they may join the goddess (and only the goddess) in bed. Actual sex is never depicted as the camera drifts, then fixes on the two maidens, who watch from a distance. As players respond to the on-screen prompts with button presses, the topless maidens will continue to watch, and sometimes caress. Moaning sounds from the bed can be heard throughout the sequence.
The big difference between the PlayStation 3 sex scene and previous PlayStation 2 and PSP sequences is the graphics. Just as the gory action has become a more vivid and beautiful experience, the sex sequence has been visually upgraded and takes advantage of the Cell processing power of the console.
Unlike other Mature-rated games like Grand Theft Auto IV, Dragon Age: Origins and the Mass Effect games, the God of War franchise has not come under fire for past sex-based mini-games. Even the PSP Chains of Olympus game incorporated sex into gameplay. With the high definition visuals of the new game and the threesome nature of the God of War 3 sequence, it’s likely this game might become a target for anti-gaming media and naysayers.
In the U.S., the God of War franchise has generated over $190 million and sold 5.7 million copies since the franchise launched. According to Sony, worldwide sales for the God of War franchise is well over 9 million copies sold.
Sony has a huge marketing campaign for the new title, which hits stores March 16. There are already God of War 3 Slurpees at 7-11 stores and the TV marketing blitzkrieg will kick off soon. Sony is also expanding the franchise beyond games with comic books and a new movie that’s in development at Sony Pictures.
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John Gaudiosi has been covering videogames for the past 17 years for outlets like The Washington Post, CNET, Wired Magazine and CBS.com. He has focused on the convergence of entertainment and videogames for outlets like Video Business, Home Media Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Gamerlive.TV and is also a freelance game columnist for Reuters and writes for outlets like Playboy Magazine, NVISION Magazine, GamePro Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, EGM Now, Maxim.com, AOL GameDaily.com, GeForce.com, and Yahoo! Games. John also serves as the video game expert for NBC in Washington D.C. John was named one of the Top 50 Game Journalists in the world by Next-Gen.biz in 2007. He is the co-author of Scholastic Books' How to Get into Videogames, Prima Publishing's Madden: Twenty Years of Videogame Football and Electronic Arts: The Official History.
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