We haven't done an actual news story for a media update in years (all our media updates are stowed at the bottom of the main system pages, if you're ever on the lookout for them), but the descriptive text that accompanied these new God of War II images was just too badass to not include. Unfortunately, all this text won't fit in our simple update descriptors, and we decided to make a special exception. So here it is, straight from Sony themselves (with a little editing from us). Enjoy!

"The Barbarian King Boss (the same character that almost kills Kratos before the intervention of Ares during God of War) has returned for the underworld to change his fate, mounted on his hell spawned horse, he makes a very deadly foe - he is intent on charging and running down Kratos. Making him pay for defeating him in the past.

But the Barbarian King did not come back from the underworld alone. He brought his minions back as well, forcing Kratos to dispatch them by chopping off their legs and then cutting off their heads, in order to get at the Barbarian King himself. Since their last encounter, Kratos has a few new tricks of his own: using the wind bow magic in an attempt to beat on the mounted Barbarian King while keeping him at a distance, in the hopes of avoiding his deadly charge attack.

It is easier said than done.

Now the Barbarian King gets really pissed off and, after absorbing the souls of his dispatched minions, grows to a size towering over Kratos. After dealing blow after blow to the Barbarian King, Kratos is able to weaken the Barbarian King to a low enough state to engage him in a final mini game struggle. But look out, even in his weakened state the Barbarian King along with his Hammer is still very formidable foe. Kratos has to react fast to avoid being pummeled by the numerous hammer swings. The Barbarian King will not die easily a second time."

Seriously? You have to chop off limbs and behead them? This game can't get here soon enough.