Universal has purchased the rights to Sony Computer Entertainment's violent action game.

Sony's critically acclaimed and moderately successful action game, God of War, is to get the big screen treatment. Universal has purchased the rights to the game that sees you play as Kratos, a Spartan warrior who battles the most famous beasts from Greek mythology and eventually the God of War himself.

The movie will be produced by Charles Roven (Batman Begins, Twelve Monkeys) and Alex Gartner. No details on the movie's main cast or director have been revealed, and neither has information on the planned rating for the movie. God of War is one of the most brutal games ever made and this probably won't translate well to a PG-13/12A rating. We only hope that the movie goes down the hard R route so the game can faithfully be translated to a movie.