Rumor: HD Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Coming In 2011

[Carnagath]

Rumor: HD Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Coming In 2011

Rumor has it that Team Ico's last-generation masterpieces Ico and Shadow of the Colossus will be making their way to the HD life on Blu-Ray early next year.

If you were to ask one of the sixteen people on the planet who played 2001's Ico what they thought of it, chances are high that they'd tell you that the game - and its spiritual successor, 2006's Shadow of the Colossus - were goddamn masterpieces of the last generation. And you know what? They'd be absolutely right.

So even if the rumor that Fumito Ueda's last-generation gems would be given an HD upgrade and released on Blu-Ray as Team Ico Collection in Q1 2011 [http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/26/team-ico-collection-q1-2011/] isn't true, I'm going to just sit here and cross my fingers that it is. I would buy this in half a heartbeat, people.

If true, it could signal Sony trying to take the same approach with Team Ico's upcoming The Last Guardian as it did with God of War III: Release the first two games in shiny modern(ish) glory to get fans pumped for the third.

I'm not going to complain. I'm really, really not.

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I beat you to it. Hah! Let me write home about it, be right back.

 

[JEBWrench]

Do we get cake for been one of the sixteen?

We damn well better.

 

[Outright Villainy]

I never got to play Ico, and Sotc was one of my favourite ps2 games, so I'd absolutely buy this immediately if it came out. It'd be so awesome...

 

[Brainst0rm]

I've never heard of Ico before, but Shadow of the Colossus was glorious. Am very much hoping this happens

 

[PiCroft]

I hope this is true, I never got the chance to play Ico ($300 + on Ebay?!?!?!!) I would buy this for sure, just like I bought God of War 1 & 2 for PS3.

$300!? What, is it in a hand-crafted box made of platinum?

 

[DTWolfwood]

O yes ill be the first in line to pick up shadow of the Colossus in HD!!!

 

[Notthatbright]

Interesting. Reselling old PS2 games to PS3 gamers without Backwards compatibility. Another reason I cherish my launch PS3 and frown on Sony for getting rid of it in later consoles.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

Wow, I'm actually really excited for this. Shadow of the Colossus was an absolutely beautiful game on the PS2... think about what it will look like this time around!

 

[Cheesebob]

I JUST ORGASMED

 

[kickyourass]

If this is true, I would buy the entire system just for this.

 

[Korten12]

Interesting. Reselling old PS2 games to PS3 gamers without Backwards compatibility. Another reason I cherish my launch PS3 and frown on Sony for getting rid of it in later consoles.

so you dont want two rare games rereleased in HD, with trophies, and one disc?

 

[RoyalWelsh]

I hope this rumour is true. I would get these in a heartbeat.

 

[weker]

it will be highly foolish and lose of money if they don't make this multi platform play station 3 would have too much of a small market

 

[Lemon Of Life]

WOW! I was going to buy a PS2 from my friend just so I could play those, but this is great news! Hopefully it's true! I'm pretty sure this is my first post to use exclamation marks!!

 

[Brain_Cleanser]

I've gotta get it. I never had a chance to get ICO, despite the fact I've been bending over backwards to find it, and I haven't finished SotC yet because I can't figure OUT one of the colossi.
I'm so buying it.
Rereleasing means it's gonna have Trophy support. What the hell kind of trophies can you PUT In these?

 

[Jon Etheridge]

To of the best games ever made on one disc? I'm sold.

This is very exciting news to me. SoTC is, to this day, one of my all time favorite games. Taking down all those Colossuses again in HD is something I will be looking forward to.

 

[hermes]

If this is true, I just hope that they don't do what they did with God of War and release the first two after the third is already out. I would like to play Ico and Shadow of the Colossus before The Last Guardian comes out preferably.

Wait... what? God fo War Collection was out almost 2 months before God of War 3.

 

[Truly-A-Lie]

If this is true, I just hope that they don't do what they did with God of War and release the first two after the third is already out. I would like to play Ico and Shadow of the Colossus before The Last Guardian comes out preferably.

Wait... what? God fo War Collection was out almost 2 months before God of War 3.

Not in England it wasn't. The only way to get them both at the same time was to buy the expensive trilogy edition. The Collection was released on its own at least a month or so after GoW3 here.

 

[rokkolpo]

didn't you make this same thread half a year ago.
with the same ''in a heartbeat line''.