God of War Slurpees Coming to 7/11

Kratos-themed drinks coming with downloadable content codes in February.

Sony is teaming up with 7/11 to bring out Slurpees based on the upcoming title, God of War 3. Kotaku reports that the drinks will be heading to 7/11 stores in February, and feature "ferocious blackberries and frosty limes" as the flavor. Blackberries don't particularly ferocious to us, and this unfortunately beats out our suggested "blood and pained screams of your fallen enemies" flavor. But fans can look forward to more than just a syrup-based frozen drink, since the cups will contain codes that can be cashed in at Slurpee.com for God of War 3 downloadable content.

God of War fans have a definitive date to look forward to as Sony has announced that the third installment in the series will be released on March 16th in North America. According to the European PlayStation Blog, the PAL release date is forthcoming, and though it can't set a date yet, Sony Europe is aiming for a release date in the same week as the U.S.

Sony's done something right, as PlayStation 3 hardware sales figures are up a whopping 76% increase over the previous year. During the holiday retail season over 3.8 million PS3s were sold worldwide. Sony notes that the newly redesigned slimmer PS3 coupled with "compelling software titles" lead to this success……