Even though Game of the Year contender God of War III was released several months ago, Ballistic Publishing has just announced The Art of God of War III. While it may be a bit late to the party, everyone who's anyone knows that you can't rush perfection.

The book will be released in October and is allegedly a "visual history tour" of the game. It will feature more than one hundred works of art that did not appear in the video game, including concept art, character studios, character modeling and a lot more. There will be three versions of the book available:

A standard paperback edition which will sell for $65, leather bound edition for $129.99 and a “Limited Folio Edition" for a princely $300. That folio edition contains a presentation case, a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity, and a cover ornament designed to resemble the Blade of Exile. Seems like they've targeted the "casual", "passionate" and "insanely obsessed" fans with this book so be sure to snag yours this October.