 The comic book series was announced at the 2009 Comic @-@ Con International , and was scheduled to debut in October 2009 , but its launch was delayed to coincide with that of God of War III . Scott A. Steinberg , Vice President of Product Marketing at SCEA said , " we are thrilled to work with the world 's largest comic book publisher to bring one of our most beloved PlayStation franchises ... to comic book fans . " In an interview with IGN , the series writer Marv Wolfman stated that when he heard a rumor of the series , he " put [ in his ] name right away and kept pushing " to be chosen as the writer because God of War is one of his favorite video games . Wolfman said that he had already played the first two games , so there was no research to be done and " it 's because [ he ] loved the game that [ he ] wanted to do the comic . " He received copies of the scripts for all the games to ensure his work was as accurate as possible , and stated that he worked very closely with Sony Santa Monica — the developer of the video games — and tied the comic book 's narrative directly to the story they created for the games . Wolfman said that Santa Monica ensured the mythology was consistent while revealing new facts about Kratos ' past . 
