God Of War III Ultimate Edition And Pre-Order Bonuses Announced

To remind PS3 owners to set aside some cash for after the holidays, Sony revealed a premium edition of God of War III for $99.99 and announced some pre-order playable character skins exclusive to three different retailers. Those willing to throw some cash down early will also receive a code that will allow them to play the God of War III E3 2009 demo NOW!

Housed in a replica of Pandora’s Box, the Ultimate Edition includes the following:

-Art book
-Director’s cut of God of War: Unearthing the Legend – a feature length documentary on the franchise
-Downloadable God of War soundtrack featuring music from all three games
-Downloadable God of War: Blood and Metal EP  featuring songs inspired by the games
-Exclusive combat arena environment and seven challenges
-Exclusive Dominus character skin

Those who pre-order the game can score one of three exclusive character skins including:

GameStop: Phantom of Chaos (quick sidenote: Game Informer magazine readers will recognize this early Kratos character concept from issue 198 in our “Guess Who?” feature.)

Amazon: Apollo

GameCrazy: Forgotten Warrior