God of War: Ascension Multi-Player Revealed

<p>If you saw the <em>God of War&colon; Ascension <&sol;em>trailer last week&comma; you saw a joke&period; The trailer started with a distinctly Kratos-esque character glaring back at the player&period; Once the camera pulled back&comma; the character donned a helmet and started attacking a giant Cyclops&period; Second later&comma; the first character was joined by a second warrior&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first character threw a chain at the Cyclops&comma; pulling it off balance&period; The second character jumped onto the back of the Cyclops&comma; pulling it back to expose the belly of the beast&period; Soon&comma; the Cyclops was disemboweled&period; The developers then pointed out that the second character on the screen was a second player&period; What was being shown was not co-op&comma; but rather four-on-four multiplayer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two players that were shown jumped down to join two other players in a large arena&period; Red-painted Spartans crossed swords&comma; or hammers&comma; with blue-painted Greeks fighting in battles that looked exactly like the typical <em>God of War<&sol;em> battles&comma; except with other people controlling the combatants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the background of the battle was a Titan Cyclops that was chained down&period; The objective of this particular multiplayer arena is to capture a specific point on the map before the opposing team&period; The point in question tightens the chains on the Titan and brings him down into the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;god-war-ascension-multiplayer-revealed&sol;god-of-war-multiplayer-1&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-12979"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-12979" title&equals;"God of War Multiplayer 1" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;04&sol;06212110&sol;God-of-War-Multiplayer-1-300x168&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"488" height&equals;"260" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The winning team in this battle was rewarded with the Javelin of Olympus&period; The javelin came hurdling towards Earth for anyone to take&period; The player that grabbed the javelin shot glowing javelins at his opponents while making his way towards the vulnerable Titan&period; The player making his way towards the Titan finished off opposing players in a very <em>God of War<&sol;em> way that lasted slightly longer than a traditional fight involving Kratos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upon reaching the Titan&comma; the rest of the team joined him to take on the Titan&period; The players throw chains at his head&comma; pulling the Titan ever closer&period; The player with the javelin leapt at the Titan&comma; slashing at his face&period; Shortly thereafter&comma; the Titan’s chin split in half&period; In order to finish off the beast&comma; the Spartans threw chains at the Cyclops’ eye&comma; pulling him even closer&period; The warrior with the Javelin of Olympus charged the Titan&comma; jumped and plunged the spear into its eye&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;god-war-ascension-multiplayer-revealed&sol;god-of-war-multiplayer-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-12980"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-12980" title&equals;"God of War Multiplayer 2" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;04&sol;06212059&sol;God-of-War-Multiplayer-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"496" height&equals;"278" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This is one of seven multiplayer maps available in <em>God of War&colon; Ascension&period;<&sol;em> The first half of the game has players capturing different points while the second half focuses on killing the Titan&period; There has been no mention as to what the other maps will feature&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Multi-player will feature light RPG elements and the ability to choose between four patron deities &lpar;Hades&comma; Ares&comma; Zeus&comma; and Poseidon&rpar; although they were not detailed as much&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The PlayStation Blog did a live stream featuring all things <em>God of War&colon; Ascension<&sol;em> was posted today&semi; the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ustream&period;tv&sol;PlayStation">replay<&sol;a> is available to view here&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamesradar&period;com&sol;god-war-ascension-multiplayer-preview&sol;">Games Radar<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;