To celebrate the release of the excellent God of War Collection on PSN, Sony has delved into Sony Santa Monica's archives to reveal concept work for an epic underwater Atlantis level that, sadly, got the chop from the series' second outing.

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While Kratos finally makes the voyage to the infamous lost city in his latest PSP outing, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Sony's official PlayStation Blog has revealed artwork and even a fascinating video piece from Senior Level Designer Jonathan Hawkins, walking through the level that never was.Sony blames "high-level changes" to the game during development for the impressive sequence's ultimate demise, although Hawkins' still had a chance to shine during his first level design assignment, being the brains behind God of War I You can check out that little piece of game design history and more by visiting the God of War Anthology page on the PlayStation Store where you can also grab Sony's beautiful HD remaster of the first two titles in the series.