This morning's Top Story is the rumor that the eagerly-awaited ICO and Shadow of the Colossus remakes may have been delayed to the holiday season.
A post by someone claiming to be a Kmart rep over onCheap Ass Gamerestimates that the ICO/Shadow of the Colossus HD collection for PS3 will actually drop some time later than anticipated -- during the holiday period of this year, rather than the previously-assumed springtime release date.
The individual post by itself isn't very much to go on and we only have the assurance of"SHC-Gamer"that he is an official Kmart/Sears rep. It's also worth considering the fact that Kmart and Sears aren't typically the first place you'd think to go for release date information.
A little investigation turns up a few pieces of evidence which could support his claims, however. The UK's Play.com lists the collection as being available onNovember 7, 2011, which is rather too specific to be a placeholder date. Amazon.com, on the other hand, lists it as available onDecember 31, 2011which is a date typically used as a placeholder by Amazon when the specific release date isn't known. GameStop, conversely,doesn't list a date at all, and Walmart, whoaccidentally revealed a possible April release dateback in September of last year,no longer lists a dateeither.
Searching for"Shadow of the Colossus"on Sears' site brings up, among other things, acharming vintage poster of a bodybuilderand no sign of the game in question. Not quite the kind of"colossus"we were after.
The release of the ICO/Shadow of the Colossus HD collection has been interpreted by many as an attempt to reignite excitement in Team ICO's work prior to the release of their next game, The Last Guardian. If the rumor of the collection's delay turns out to be true, though one of two things will happen. Either the ICO/Shadow of the Colossus collection will drop very close to The Last Guardian's"late 2011"release date announced at TGS last year --potentially hurting sales of both -- or The Last Guardian will also be delayed until next year. Releasing the collection during the busy holiday period, too, would mean there's a chance it would get lost in the"rush."
A lot of people have been waiting very patiently for this pack -- so how much longer will they have to wait? There's been no official word from Sony on the matter as yet.
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