Ico Officially Leads Colossus to PS3 in HD

[Tom Goldman]

Ico Officially Leads Colossus to PS3 in HD

It's official: Ico and Shadow of the Colossus will soon be bundled together and released in HD.

After rumors and a Walmart listing [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/103402-Colossi-Spotted-at-Wal-Mart-Heading-Towards-the-PS3] clued us in that a Team Ico PlayStation 3 collection was on the way, it's now been officially revealed by Famitsu magazine in Japan. It's not like we didn't know this day was coming, but it's nice now that it's here.

The collection will contain Team Ico's first two games, the PlayStation 2's Shadow of the Colossus [http://www.amazon.com/Ico-Playstation-2/dp/B00004YUWA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1284519370&sr=8-1], upgraded with HD graphics. They're both awesome pieces of work, and often cited in the "games as art" argument, though Ico became pretty hard to get and gained most of its following after it was already out of print. Shadow of the Colossus is still readily available, but it'll be great to check out its massive colossi in HD.

The game's boxart also leaked out of a God of War Collection [http://www.webhallen.com/spel/playstation_3/114561-ico-shadow_of_the_colossous-collection], hasn't come out yet.

In Japan, the games will be released separately, but they'll stay together in other regions. More news about the collection will likely be revealed at this week's Tokyo Game Show.

Thanks for the tip Jack and Calumon [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Jack+and+Calumon]!

Source: Siliconera [http://www.siliconera.com/2010/09/14/ico-follows-shadow-of-the-colossus-to-ps3/]

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[PiggyGamer]

My excitement for any other gaming-related news has been SHADOWED by this COLOSSAL announcement.

 

[Extraintrovert]

My excitement for any other gaming-related news has been SHADOWED by this COLOSSAL announcement.

*facepalm*

Also, Playstation 3? NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!

 

[Julianking93]

I can't even express my joy about this. I honestly can't. ^-^

This is fucking awesome. I never got a chance to play ICO before

 

[Pingieking]

Also, Playstation 3? NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!

Did you honestly expect it to go multi-platform? It's a Sony first party game.

As for the original topic; :O
Words cannot describe my excitement. I can finally get a copy of Ico! Without having to shell out tons of $$ on ebay! AND TROPHIES! I WANT MY ICO AND SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS PLATINUM! NAOW!!!!!!

 

[The Lost Big Boss]

YES! HOLY MOTHER OF GOD YES!!!

CAPS LOCK RULZ!!!!!

 

[JPH330]

Hey, Yahtzee told me I should like this game! Yay!

In all seriousness, I played some of SotC and it was a pretty good game, but I don't have a PS3 so I really can't be all that excited. Pretty nifty to know though.

 

[FinalHeart95]

....
*high pitched squeal*

Between this and the Sly collection... damn.

 

[Grayjack]

Guess I'll have to play the games everyone gets excited over.

 

[hottsaucekid]

Getting PS3 for Christmas now. Never even heard of either of these games until I came to the escapist, but if anything most people say around here is right these games are definitely worth buying a PS3 over.

 

[icyneesan]

Right so that whole PS2 compatibility add-on is now useless two me as these are the only 2 games I wanted to play on a HDTV

 

[RatRace123]

Sploosh!

The collection I and every PS2 fan have been waiting for.
YAY!

 

[Mr. Gency]

Fairy Godmother was right! Dreams do come true when you believe! (now all I need is to dream about a Keyblade and I'll be one step closer to completing my plan)

 

[Sean Hebner]

Sweet!! I'd love to give them money!

 

[Nylis]

YES!!!!

SotC is one of my all time favorite games. But I lost the game before I could finish it, and could never find it in any game stores. Now that it's back, well, I guess I don't have to explain how happy I am.

 

[CrafterMan]

An ICOnic Collosus of a news article.....

But seriously.. I'm buying this!

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY

 

[KEM10]

I hope it is at the same God of War I and II price of $30

Hey, Yahtzee told me I should like this game! Yay!

Ya, but he's 0-1 with me because of Psychonauts.

 

[Sacman]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

 

[Nylis]

Fairy Godmother was right! Dreams do come true when you believe! (now all I need is to dream about a Keyblade and I'll be one step closer to completing my plan)

Rofl, so true!

However, I think you need to be a little more specific. A dream about a Keyblade, that involves at least Sora, that is not on the DS or PSP, and is not in any way shape or form a prequel.