At E3 2009 , the '' God of War III '' demo was unveiled , with Kratos on the cliffs of Mount Olympus battling Olympian legionnaires , a centaur , a chimera , and a cyclops . He decapitates Helios , encounters Perses , rides harpies , and uses the Blades of Athena and new weapons ( the Nemean Cestus and Bow of Apollo ) . On October 28 , 2009 , SCE Europe sent emails to PlayStation Network members with an activation code for the demo . On October 30 , GameStop began providing voucher codes for customers who pre-ordered the game , and early copies of '' God of War Collection '' had a voucher code to download the demo . The Blu-ray version of '' District 9 '' included the '' God of War III '' demo and a " making of " featurette , and the demo was released to Qore subscribers on February 4 , 2010 . On February 25 , Sony Computer Entertainment released the demo for download on the PlayStation Store in Europe and North America . Just before the game 's release , '' Eurogamer '' published an article comparing the graphics in the '' God of War III '' demo to those in the final game , reporting improved lighting and realistic motion blur in the final release
E3 2009
E3 2009
God of War III