Sony Santa Monica's sent Kratos's latest off to manufacturing ahead of its March release.

Here's the tweet from Christer Ericson, the developer's tech director:

God of War 3 has gone gold and is being manufactured! Wheee!

Which is great, considering it's now confirmed to be featuring a sexy mini-game, and all.

We're still waiting for a concrete UK God of War III release date, but the game's now been confirmed for March 16 in the US and March 25 in Japan.