God Of War

So God of War is big, what else is new, right? Well, this is a new type of big. Sony revealed that Kratos' new gig by Cory Barlog and Co has become the fastest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive ever, with 3.1 million units sold in three days.

Naturally, nobody expected radical changes on the UK boxed sales chart, what with this time of the year being particularly quiet when it comes to new releases. God of War and Far Cry 5 remain firmly in front but we did see a few upsets.

God of War has introduced a number of significant changes to the game, from changing Kratos' signature weapon - the Blades of Chaos - to revamping his entire persona. Do these tweaks change the game for the better? We sure think so.

We've got to applaud the sneakiness of Cory Barlog and his Santa Monica crew whose map from the Stone Mason's Edition of God of War turned out to have been a map to the secret treasure all along. Thankfully, Reddit to the rescue once again.

Sony's quarterly financial results have most certainly made the company's quarter, with PlayStation 4 shipping 16 million consoles in in the 2017 fiscal year ending with 31 March 2018 and this result is just slightly lower than last year's.

If there have been any concerns over the new God of War, they had to be dispelled by now. Indeed, the game's director Cory Barlog can rest, because God of War not only garnered critical acclaim - it's doing well on the financial side too.

Sony have confirmed God of War's photo mode will arrive as DLC sometime soon. The idea is to pause the game at any given moment and then move, pan and zoom to your liking, until you find that perfect snapshot. Yeah, it's a glorified selfie.

As the review embargo was lifting from God of War, the game's director Cory Barlog sat in his hotel room, so as to sift through reviews for himself. There was no reason for concern though and it turns out Cory even shed a few tears.

Not that we needed more reasons to get on the God of War hype train but there it is - Sony have launched God of War: Mimir's Vision for Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms, letting players take an AR peek into Kratos' new world.

Santa Monica Studio developers must be celebrating, since their game seems to have nothing but praise in its future. Seeing as the public is yet to decide about the game, we can take all the scores and critic opinions with a grain of salt.