Action Figure (Unisex-N/a) Kratos (Multicol)

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Santa Monica Studio. God of War ( PlayStation 2). Sony Computer Entertainment. Oracle: From this night forward, the mark of your terrible dead with be visible to all! The ashes of your wife and child will remain fastened to your skin, never to be removed! Narrator: And with that curse, all would know him for the beast he had become, his skin white with the ash of his dead family. The ghost of Sparta had been born. Papy, Todd (June 4, 2012). "E3 2012: God of War: Ascension Unleashes on PS3 Next March". PlayStation.Blog. Sony Computer Entertainment America. Archived from the original on November 9, 2012 . Retrieved June 19, 2012. Lincoln, Ross (June 17, 2011). "5 Video Game Characters with the Biggest Daddy Issues". GameFront. Break Media. Archived from the original on August 26, 2011 . Retrieved July 16, 2012.

Meikle, Jesse (September 24, 2012). "PlayStation Battle Royale Features All-Star Original Voice Cast – Listen To Them Here!". PlayStation LifeStyle. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014 . Retrieved August 9, 2013.Kratos is also the main character in novelizations of the game series by Matthew Stover, Robert E. Vardeman, and James M. Barlog. The novels are a retelling of the games and offer deeper insights into their stories. The first novel was written by Stover and Vardeman together, titled God of War, and was published in May 2010. [69] The second was written solely by Vardeman, titled God of War II, and was published in February 2013. [70] The third novel, titled God of War – The Official Novelization, was written by Barlog and released in August 2018—this novelization is of 2018's God of War, skipping a novelization of God of War III. [71] Most Iconic Video Game Characters of the 21st Century". Glixel. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Hofer, Brandon (December 11, 2010). "2010 Spike Video Game Awards Results". Totally Gaming Network. Archived from the original on June 11, 2012 . Retrieved July 16, 2012. PSU Community (October 29, 2011). "In the Spotlight: Kratos". PlayStation Universe. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013 . Retrieved July 16, 2012.

Gratton, Kyle (September 10, 2021). "God Of War Ragnarök: Who Kratos & Atreus Are Looking For". Screen Rant . Retrieved July 20, 2023. Chen, Grace (November 2, 2010). "PlayStation Store Update". PlayStation.Blog. Sony Computer Entertainment America. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014 . Retrieved August 11, 2013. Main articles: God of War: Ascension, God of War: Chains of Olympus, and God of War (2005 video game) The Core, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015 . Retrieved December 13, 2013. Art Gallery: Kratos". God of War: Official Game Guide. United States: Prima Games. 2005. ISBN 0-7615-5133-6.Davis, Brandon (June 6, 2018). "Steven DeKnight Has Talked To Sony About An R-Rated 'God of War' Movie". ComicBook.com. Paramount Global . Retrieved June 17, 2019. Brightman, James (November 15, 2011). "The Simpsons Attend IndustryGamers E3 Party, Create 'E4' Spoof". Industry Gamers. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012 . Retrieved June 18, 2012. The character was given his name at a late stage in the development of the original game after the character had already been fleshed out. [22] Unaware of the actual mythological god named Kratos appearing in Prometheus Bound, the creators coincidentally chose Kratos, the same Greek word meaning "strength", of which the mythological figure is the personification. [23] [22] Stig Asmussen, who worked on the first two games and was game director of God of War III, called the naming coincidence a "happy mistake", [22] noting that the Kratos in the game and the one in Prometheus Bound are both "pawns". [22] Zoran Iovanovici of California State University, Long Beach observed with irony that, while the mythological Kratos is best known for chaining Prometheus, in God of War II, the video game character releases him. [22] Classical scholar Sylwia Chmielewski states that the video game character Kratos draws extensively on other figures from Greek mythology, including the heroes Perseus, Theseus, and Achilles, [24] [25] but his strongest influence is the hero Heracles (Roman Hercules), who appears in God of War III with the Romanized name and is the character's half-brother. [24] Schedeen, Jesse (March 29, 2009). "Characters Who Deserve Better". IGN. Archived from the original on December 25, 2015 . Retrieved July 16, 2012.

Christopher Judge, best known as Teal'c from Stargate SG-1, replaced T.C. Carson as the voice of Kratos in the 2018 game; Carson had voiced Kratos since the original God of War. Commenting in response to the change, Carson said, "Sony went in a new direction." [28] In explaining the actor change, Barlog said that the way the previous games were made, they were able to have someone else do the motion capture instead of the voice actor. Although Carson had done the motion capture for Kratos in Ascension, Barlog said the actor change was made because of the type of camera work they wanted to do. For the new camera work, they needed someone who was closer to Kratos' size to do the motion capture along with 10-year-old Sunny Suljic, who played Kratos's son, Atreus. Carson was unsuitable for this because he was much shorter than Kratos, who is over 6-feet tall: "Offsetting [Carson's height] for the size of a child, it turned out it was going to be almost impossible to try and actually shoot them and go in and redo the animations." Judge was chosen because he was 6-foot-3 and had the body of a professional football player. In stepping into the role of Kratos, Judge took it as an opportunity to add something new to the character. He researched the character and Carson's performance but decided not to imitate it. Since Santa Monica was going in a new direction, he decided to start fresh. [29] Thier, Dave. " 'God Of War' Review: The Best God Of War Game In A Decade". Forbes . Retrieved May 22, 2018.

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