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Kratos, star of PSM's game of the year for 2005, is chain-blade ripping his way back into action...on PS2. The God of War sequel, expected to debut at this years E3 trade show in May, continues the tale of the Spartan anti-hero with a grudge against the Gods, especially with one particular, lightning-bolt throwing one (For the sake of those who haven't beaten the first one - and if you haven't, for shame! - we won't go into details).

He'll reportadly have new moves and abilities at his disposal for this adventure, including some planned for the original game, but cut before release. In addition to using the Blades of Chaos-like grappling hooks to swing and pull with, Kratos is said to aquire a gliding ability by vanquishing Icarus (that was planned for GOWI) and full-on flight by riding Pegasus. New weapons are said to include a Bone Sword and Hammer, joined by new items: the legendary Amulet of Fate and The Golden Fleece.

Like the original, God of War II is expected to release after the holiday rush, likely putting it on shelves in Januaey/February 2007 and making it one of the last true PS2 mega-games.

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In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is that of the winged ram Chrysomallos. It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who quested for the Fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly. The story is of great antiquity – it was current in the time of Homer (9th–8th centuries BCE) and probably goes back to the 13th or 14th century BCE – and consequently it survives in various forms, among which details vary. Thus, in later versions of the story the ram is said to have been the offspring of the sea god Poseidon and Themisto (less often, Nephele).

Athamas, king of the city of Orchomenus in Boeotia (a region of southeastern Greece), took as his first wife the cloud goddess Nephele, by whom he had two children, the boy Phrixus and the girl Helle. Later he became enamored of and married Ino, the daughter of Cadmus. Ino was jealous of her stepchildren and plotted their deaths. (In some versions, she persuades Athamas that sacrificing Phrixus is the only way to end a famine.) Nephele, or her spirit, appeared to the children with a winged ram whose fleece was of gold. On the ram the children escaped over the sea, but Helle fell off and drowned in the strait now called after her the Hellespont. The ram took Phrixus safely on to Colchis, on the far (eastern) shore of the Euxine (Black) Sea. Phrixus then sacrificed the ram and hung its fleece on a tree (sometimes an oak tree) in a grove sacred to Ares, where it was guarded by a dragon. There it remained until taken by Jason. The ram became the constellation Aries.

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Medea's role began after Jason arrived from Iolcus in Colchis to claim the Golden Fleece as his own. In a familiar mythic motif, King Aeetes of Colchis promised to give it to him only if he could perform certain tasks. First, Jason had to plough a field with fire-breathing oxen that he had to yoke himself. Then, Jason had to sow the teeth of a dragon in the ploughed field (compare the myth of Cadmus). The teeth sprouted into an army of warriors. Jason was forewarned by Medea, however, and knew to throw a rock into the crowd. Unable to decipher where the rock had come from, the soldiers attacked and defeated each other. Finally, Aeetes made Jason fight and kill the sleepless dragon that guarded the fleece. Medea put the beast to sleep with her narcotic herbs. Jason then took the fleece and sailed away with Medea.