We’re rarely left speechless here at PS3 Attitude, especially when it comes to this particular writer (and OK, Danny – we couldn’t shut him up if we wanted to) but, well … where to start?

Perhaps with the facts:

There’s a new God of War III trailer and you really need to see it. In fact, in a rare display of humility, stop reading this and watch it right now.

Potential cardiac arrest is just a click away …

You’re back? Great.

Popping up on Eurogamer TV (and now everywhere) the three minute (that’s right, we said minutes) of in-game footage shows Kratos literally laying waste to beasts and nasties akimbo. It’s epic, it’s brutal, it’s like dipping your eyeballs into a vat full of angels having sex*.

The sceptics of you out there might be thinking exactly what crossed our minds when we first clapped eyes on this object of beauty: can this really be all in-game footage? Well, for the naysayers, a SCEA representative has already contacted the MTV Gaming blog to let them know that the new footage is indeed real-time gameplay.

Now, excuse us while we go watch it again. And again … and again …

*Sorry, we completely lost the run of ourselves there. Blame the trailer.