God of War debuted on PlayStation ... in large part thanks to Kratos, the tragic hero at the center of story whose popularity made him into a mascot for Sony and an icon for a generation of ...

PlayStation's growing multiplatform approach seems to be on the up-and-up since Jin's revenge tale has proven to be an even bigger hit than games starring icons like Kratos and Peter Parker.

For years, Kratos was one of the prominent faces of the PlayStation catalog ... away from the bloat of exposition dumps and dozens of icon markers to fetch on a map. 20 years later, the next ...