God of War

God of War is an award-winning, critically acclaimed and bestselling action-adventure video game series loosely based on Greek mythology. Debuting in 2005, the series consisting of six games across multiple platforms with a seventh currently in development has become a flagship title for the PlayStation brand. The main trilogy – God of War I, II, and III – was developed by Sony's Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles. Ready at Dawn developed the PlayStation Portable installments – Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta – which were also published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Capcom published both PS2 installments and Chains of Olympus in Japan. The mobile phone Java ME installment – Betrayal – was developed by Javaground and published by Sony Pictures Digital. As of 2012, Santa Monica is developing a new title – Ascension – for the PS3. The series has also expanded into a franchise to include other media, such as a comic book series – God of War (2010–11) – and two novels – God of War (2010) and God of War II (2013). A film has been in development since 2005.