Sony Santa Monica has unleashed the Manticore from God of War: Ascension in a new nine-minute "making of" trailer showing how the massive monster came into being from concept art to animation, and footage dating back to 2010.

Entitled "The Manticore takes Flight," the video chronicles how the team created the first "flying apex predator monster" in the series. Izzy, the game's lead concept artist, talked a bit more about how the creature was created by answering some fan questions on the game's official site.

The game comes out on March 12, exclusively on the PlayStation 3.