"God of War II" has been acclaimed as one of the best video games of all time and one of the best video game sequels ever made, and was 2007's "PlayStation Game of the Year" at the Golden Joystick Awards. In 2009, IGN listed it as the second-best PlayStation 2 game of all time, and both IGN and GameSpot consider it the "swan song" of the PlayStation 2 era. In 2012, "Complex" magazine named "God of War II" the best PlayStation 2 game of all time. It was the best-selling game in the UK during the week of its release and went on to sell 4.24 million copies worldwide, making it the fourteenth best-selling PlayStation 2 game of all time. "God of War II", along with "God of War", was remastered and released on November 17, 2009 as part of the "God of War Collection" for the PlayStation 3. The remastered version was re-released on August 28, 2012 as part of the "God of War Saga", also for the PlayStation 3. A novelization of the game was published in February 2013.