 God of War : Betrayal is a two @-@ dimensional ( 2D ) side @-@ scrolling action @-@ adventure mobile game developed by Javaground and Sony Online Entertainment 's ( SOE ) Los Angeles division , and published by Sony Pictures Digital . Released for mobile phones supporting the Java Platform , Micro Edition ( Java ME ) on June 20 , 2007 , it is the third installment in the God of War series , and the fifth chronologically . Loosely based on Greek mythology , Betrayal is set in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif . The player controls the protagonist Kratos , who became the new God of War after killing the former , Ares . Kratos is framed for the murder of Argos and pursues the true assassin across Greece , resulting in a confrontation with Olympian messenger Ceryx . 
