Fans of games like The Last Guardian will be interested by a Shadow of the Colossus remake which is coming to PS4. Read about the remastered version of the 2005 game.
Shadow of the Colossus originally launched on 2005 on the PlayStation 2 – can you believe it? – but a new version is on the way. Here’s what you need to know about the Shadow of the Colossus remake. See also: Best upcoming games 2017.
Like a lot of games announced at E3 2017, there’s no set release date for the game and all we know at the moment is that it will launch in early 2018 .
Despite not arriving until next year, you can already pre-order the game on Amazon for £49.99. You can also pre-order at GAME for the same price.
The remake of the classic game was announced during Sony’s press conference at the huge gaming convention and since it was originally a PlayStation game, it’s no surprise that Shadow of the Colossus remake will launch on PS4 .
There are a lot of gamers out there wondering if it will arrive on PC, too, but sadly that’s not the case. Check out list of the best PC games, though. Read about the interesting co-op only A Way Out.
Sony hasn’t said much about the upcoming game but here’s what we know so far.
Rather than a sequel, this is a remastered version so the main difference is that the graphics have been updated to modern standards. The above trailer gives you a good idea of how far things have come since 2005 and the PS2 and the remake has an overhauled look and feel. Also read about Skull and Bones.
As you’d expect from remastered version, the elements of the original game are very much intact. So that includes colossi beasts, Wander and Argo the horse. Shadow of the Colossus is an exploration game like Zelda but there are no dungeons or even characters to engage with.
There was an updated version of the game released on PS3 in 2011 but this will be a much bigger renovation. The Shadow of the Colossus remake is being developed by Japan Studio and Bluepoint Games, which worked on Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection.
The game was directed by Fumito Ueda, the developer behind The Last Guardian .
Below, you’ll find the gameplay trailer from Tokyo Game Show 2017. As a side note, it was released in Japan as ‘Wander and the Colossus’.
Following the TGS trailer reveal, Sony showcased a second trailer during its’ PGW 2017 announcement.
