God Of War Collection Not For Europe
Not yet, anyway - Sony say it won't be this year.Published 03/09/2009 at 8:28 by nofi
Rumour: GOW Collection Dated For EU [45]
God Of War Collection: A Public Thank You [36]
God Of War Collection: 15 Weeks Of Dev [42]
Thank Zeus, we now have a name for the God Of War collection. It’s called the God Of War Collection, and it’s a collection of two God Of War games, with the PSP version presumably being shoehorned in to the forthcoming God Of War Collection: Director’s Cut. I’ve no idea why the boffins at Sony can hack in PlayStation 2 support but fail to include one of the PSP’s best games yet, unless of course they actually want you to buy Chains of Olympus for the PSP. You should, it’s mind blowing.
So, that’s the rather uninspiring box art, complete with daft header graphics. This box art could have been awesome, and feel free to get Microsoft Paint out and be a little creative – the best ones we’ll send to SCEE and force them to use when they bring the package out over here. Sorry, what’s that? They’re not doing? “We are currently looking into options to bring God of War I and II to SCEE consumers on PS3; however it will not be possible to release the games this calendar year,” said Sony Europe.
“We will provide further information in due course.” Oh, right. Thanks. Well, in the meantime we’ll rejoice in the fact that other publishers are interested in bringing their PS2 games over to the PS3 in similarly repackaged exploits. “We are constantly exploring unique ways to expose players to some of our legacy titles such as Metal Gear Solid and Silent Hill”, a Konami representative Kotaku. “Re-releasing games on Blu-ray presents an exciting opportunity for a publisher, however we have no announcements at this time”.
And as for Capcom? “I don’t want anyone reading this the wrong way (as I’m not saying anything like this could happen) but I’m seeing some interested for DMC to get this treatment”, said Capcom’s Christian Svensson on the company’s Unity forums. “Are there other titles you’d like see go this way? I’m looking for some temperature readings”. We’re thinking how about some remakes of Megaman, we can never have enough of that silly little sprite. No, seriously, Resident Evil box-set, please guys – that could be utterly wonderful, and you can throw in Resident Evil 4, we won’t mind.
Just sure there’s a European release before Mount Olympus freezes over.
Thanks, Erroneus, radiobridge, illogicology, superjag86 and Kratos himself.
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flatspikes | 03/09/2009 08:33
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Excited then thought hmmm… No EU release yet… well I guess I’ll have to wait!
illogicology | 03/09/2009 08:34
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See, I don’t even see why they can’t stick Chains of Olympus on as a file you download to your PSP, same as when you buy it off the store through your PS3.
TRiLoGY | 03/09/2009 08:35
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Ah damn, Well at least my PS3 has BC and I already own GoW 1 and 2. would be nice to try the HD remastered versions though.
Fresh191 | 03/09/2009 08:38
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I was really looking forward to playing through these again and upscalled would have been awesome. What are the chances of us seeing this released before GoW3, after aplying the new epic Im not sure I will be able to go back to the originals.
Does anyone know why this happens, why is it they decide to give USA special releases or early releases I mean isnt Europe Sony’s biggest market for software?
Arch_Angelus | 03/09/2009 08:38
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Isn’t this one of the advantages of having a region free console. If you want to get your hands on this before the years out, just pick up the US version
LivedeviL | 03/09/2009 08:48
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I concur, it’s unlikely they’ll bring out DLC for a game originally on PS2 so no worries about store purchases. Even if there is, you can always get PSN cards off ebay, right?
iNsAnE_gAmInG | 03/09/2009 12:39
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I might pick up an overseas version of this. I’m desperate to play it.
ttuna | 03/09/2009 14:09
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Yeah it might have to be the first game I import just so I have a chance of completing them both before GoW3 because I don’t know how much time I’ll get to play games at uni.
ManeoriX | 03/09/2009 08:39
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Looks like I’m going to have to import this!
hazelam | 03/09/2009 08:39
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it’s that frakking mantra again.
“no plans for europe”
i just wish they’d admit they can’t stand europe, but then honesty has never been a sony strategy has it.
Porcupine_I | 03/09/2009 19:42
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i believe, when developers think “Europe” they only see a thousand countries with a million different languages they have to translate the game for.
hazelam | 07/09/2009 17:55
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funnily enough their vision is much clearer when it comes to any non sony machine, be it pc, xbox or wii.
i think the problem many devs have is with scee not europe itself
carson321 | 03/09/2009 08:40
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Ooooo!
carson321 | 03/09/2009 09:19
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not quite sure where my B ended up, should have reaqd Boooooooo!
carson321 | 03/09/2009 09:19
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Damn typos!
gazo69 | 03/09/2009 08:40
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It should say on the box “Only on PlayStation” (Except in Europe)
Disappointing news, i have only just finished the 2 GoW games but would buy this remake for sure.
teflon | 03/09/2009 10:41
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Maybe they could change the playstation brand to reflect regional releases.
PlaUStation, PlayStatEUn, and JPlayStation?
Ill be importing this, silly Sony.
Averna | 03/09/2009 11:57
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It only does EVERYTHING! Unless you live outside the US… In which case it only does EVERYTHING after a bunch of delays
hazelam | 07/09/2009 17:56
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and different logos for each region, japan and the us will have stylish logos that show what the machines are about and the scee regions will just have a brown stain.
dentarthurdent | 03/09/2009 08:51
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Similar treatment for the Silent Hill series would be awesome, but i bet the trophies would be insanely hard to obtain.
maniulo | 03/09/2009 08:53
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Final Fantasy! If they released a blu-ray with FF1 through 10, plus 12 (or maybe include 11 too but that would probably be problematic), I would surely buy it.
Averna | 03/09/2009 11:59
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yeah I’m hoping for some sweet sweet SE. Final fantasy X, X-2 and XII would be nice along with Kingdom Hearts. Not holding out for any before then as FFVIII and FFIX would most likely wind up being on the PSN store if SE want to give them to us.
scavenga | 03/09/2009 08:55
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Boo!
Erroneus | 03/09/2009 09:02
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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It better be out before GoW 3, I actually never played GoW 1 and 2… yeah i know :/
Jamie Solo | 03/09/2009 10:11
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Ive never played them either
But if it comes to it we can always import them I guess .
Erroneus | 03/09/2009 11:10
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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True… but again, I got plenty of games this fall
Averna | 03/09/2009 12:01
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Yeah, I’ll probably end up importing, which always makes me feel dirty because it gives publishers more reason not to release in other regions. They look at their figures and say “Well we sold x amount in the US and only y amount in the other regions” even though 50% of sales could have been exported. Stupid corporate types!
webby_15-0 | 03/09/2009 09:05
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why dont they just include I and II on III? or jus make them dlc for III. wouldn’t that be easier?
Watchful | 03/09/2009 09:58
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Because they’re likely releasing I & II as part of the marketing exercise to build interest for III.
citizeninsane45 | 03/09/2009 09:17
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I was looking forawrd to giving these 2 games a blast. Hopefully it will be released Q1 2010. MGS, DMC, RE, ICO – all these would be awesome re-releases and can only see these making a shedload of money for the parties involved
Averna | 03/09/2009 12:02
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Hell yeah, ICO and SoC is the first combo that jumped into my mind, especially because they are close to SCE