Reigniting the Great War, Kratos ascends Mount Olympus until he is abandoned by the Titan Gaia. The player controls the protagonist and former God of War Kratos, after his betrayal at the hands of his father Zeus, King of the Olympian gods. Loosely based on Greek mythology, the game is set in ancient Greece with vengeance as its central motif. First released for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console on March 16, 2010, the game is the fifth installment in the God of War series, the seventh chronologically and last in the Greek era of the franchise, and the sequel to 2007's God of War II. God of War III is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE).
