GoW III Co-op Confirmed?
Is the big God Of War III online co-op reveal coming this Friday at the GDC? Article written by cc_star in PS3 Rumours, on Monday, March 23, 2009 at 11:07.If you’re a game developer, and you want to go for a conference, then this week’s Game Developer Conference in San Francisco may well be a good place to head. Everyone is going to be there including the 3 big manufacturers: Sony, Nintendo & Microsoft, and a whole host of developers and publishers from Activision to Zynga Game Network and everyone inbetween. Even SCEE are getting in on the act, so let us hope they’re not late.
The itinery for the GDC is available online, and God Of War developers, Sony Santa Monica, are holding 3 lectures throughout the week:
- Practical SPU usage on God of War III – Wednesday 4pm (11pm UK)
- Self Limiting Rigging Methodology used GoWIII – Thursday 1.30pm (8.30pm UK)
- Drop-In COOP for Open World Games – Friday 9am (4pm UK)
Now obviously everyone’s got their eyes on the Self Limiting Rigging Methodology lecture, but I wonder what Sony Santa Monica know about drop-in co-op? A quick look through their back catalogue reveals they’ve only prinicipally been responsible for the God Of War series, how could they know enough about drop-in co-op to give a lecture on it to other game developers if they’ve not been working on it for a forthcoming title they’re working on, eh? It was almost a couple of months ago that we shared the rumours that GoWIII will feature online play, and the rumours around the Internet haven’t stopped since then; this lecture, then, could be the proof of online co-op coming to God Of War.
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Spotter5 | 23/03/2009 11:10
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ooo, practical CPU usage on GoW3..
Pixl1983 | 23/03/2009 11:13
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Excellent stuff! Nice little find that CC.
I’m hoping this will have a similar effect on the experience that it gave Resi. Playing with a mate makes a huge difference.
I’m getting all excited about GDC this year. Partly cos Team Ico are doing a talk and I think we all know what that could mean….
hannes_truce | 23/03/2009 11:14
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Thats awesome news if it’s true. It would be a very welcome feature to an already awesome looking game
Raen | 23/03/2009 11:37
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How would you Co-Op it? There’s only one main character, so who would your Co-Op partner be playing as? This isn’t a shot at the story, more curiosity on opinions.
cc_star | 23/03/2009 11:40
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The rumours have been around since the game was announced, this Friday the rumours will probably be either confirmed or dismissed once and for all.
Where did the rumours come from?
Isn’t Kratos a loner?
Who knows, but by Friday we may.
nofi | 23/03/2009 11:47
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Could also be for Flower, mind…
cc_star | 23/03/2009 11:53
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Co-op Flower… even better
tantalus_blank | 23/03/2009 12:34
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yeah I was thinking that
BoyDay | 23/03/2009 11:48
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You might want to change the headline for this story to God of War 3 instead of GoW3 – when I saw it I wondered why you were reporting on Gears of War 3! ;o)
cc_star | 23/03/2009 11:53
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There is only one GoW
It is the original one
Paragonknight | 23/03/2009 12:04
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Just because you type in GoW and Gears of War doesn’t mean it’s Gears of War intials. It’s just twats typing GoW for Gears of War as it’s more recent than God of War.
Paragonknight | 23/03/2009 12:04
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Meant to say Gears of War appears.
BoyDay | 23/03/2009 21:42
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Yeah but GOW is more commonly used for Gears of War than it is for God of War. Especially since (rightly or wrongly) it’s a more popular game.
Paragonknight | 23/03/2009 12:07
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I don’t see how the co-op would work unless somehow Kratos found something to clone himself or so. Obviously that is trouble for the Gods of Olympus and their minions.
yobrenoops | 23/03/2009 12:13
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Oh please! No another game blighted by this gen’s hard-on for Co-op! I’d love to see figures on % players that actually play co-op as co-op.
BryOnRye | 23/03/2009 12:28
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Agreed, but then again I’m the type of loner that will probably end up spending too much time playing video games before snapping and going on a killing spree.
tantalus_blank | 23/03/2009 12:42
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it was strange that it was really hard to come by last gen, and now gears made it trendy the whole world is doing it. To be honest I think cheapo co-op is fine, where you just have another player that isn’t there in single player, and just makes the game a bit harder when they are there. Then it wouldn’t ruin the single player as much, although there should be games that do both.
I think that competitive multiplayer always has it’s place, but co-op (especially locally) is great for when you have friends round whose ass you keep kicking because you own the console, and you’d both prefer working together against a computer enemy to make it less one sided and predictable.
cc_star | 23/03/2009 12:22
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It’ll receive -10% on metacritic scores if it doesn’t feature it.
If it does go ahead think more Saints Row 2 than Resi 5
3shirts | 23/03/2009 13:50
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I thought GOW was the mnemonic for Gears of War! Where is the ISO standard for these things!
Carl | 23/03/2009 15:56
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I sincerely hope GoWIII does not have online co-op. It really doesn’t need it and i think it would ruin it to include it.
A_R_M_O_N | 23/03/2009 23:51
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Why do you think it would ruin the game if it was Included? If you don’t like it then don’t play that part. Even if something is useless, it’s still nice to have as an added bonus.
C_S15 | 25/03/2009 02:41
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WTF at the trackbacks?!
TheRook21 | 25/03/2009 09:21
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I’ve sent two comments in about it…
TheRook21 | 25/03/2009 09:22
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I wonder if they can set trackbacks so they have to be approved by a member of TSA staff?
cc_star | 25/03/2009 12:09
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There are 10’s and 10’s of trackbacks for every story, but only a couple slip through the net.
Anyway where else can your read about PS3 news, rumours AND buy viagra…
C_S15 | 25/03/2009 14:10
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Now I don’t have to sift through my junk mail!
nofi | 25/03/2009 12:27
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The trackback code is seperate now, I’ll take a look later.