Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell HD collections listed by UK retail site

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 21st 2010 11:30AM

High-definition updates of last generation's Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia games have popped up again, this time on a UK retail site. Eurogamer points to listings on Zavvi.com of the two Ubisoft trilogies, bundled on PlayStation 3 for £30 MSRP. Splinter Cell has a late November date attached, while PoP is listed for March 2011. Last month, the two HD collections emerged on Amazon France, both with an early November release date.

The PS3 already has the God of War Collection out there, with Sly Cooper and ICO / Shadow of the Colossus bundles on the way. We've contacted Ubisoft for official word on the Splinter Cell and PoP bundle matter, but should that fail we have an asset on standby to extract the information ... through any means necessary.

Source: Eurogamer

Tags: playstation, prince-of-persia, prince-of-persia-sands-of-time, prince-of-persia-the-two-thrones, prince-of-persia-trilogy-hd-collection, prince-of-persia-warrior-within, ps3, Splinter-Cell, Splinter-Cell-Chaos-Theory, Splinter-Cell-Pandora-Tomorrow, splinter-cell-trilogy-hd-collection, Ubisoft-Montreal

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Would totally buy the Price of Persia collection.

@(Unverified)
PO collection would be day one for me even though I have them still for PS2... Great series.

@(Unverified) im right there with you.. i really wanted to get the new POP game but having not played the 2nd and 3rd ps2 versions.. i had to hold it off.. plus its surprisingly hard to find it used in game stores.. i used to see a lot of them back a few years ago, when i was ps2 gaming still..

The more of these collections that come out the more it looks like Sony nixed backwards compatibility just to get people to purchase these things.

@Faceless Troll

And I'm totally fine with that.

@Faceless Troll
Better in HD than upscaled..

@Faceless Troll Because they are all first party titles....

@Faceless Troll
Yeah, on one hand, it's awesome I'm getting to play the old favorites in a higher resolution, but it seems like they're expoiting my nostalgia wihtout having to put in the effort of making a new game. It's a win-win situation, but the way Sony is 'winning' makes me feel a bit dirty.

@ch3burashka Dirty is not always a bad thing. And remember,
HD > up-scaled PS2 visuals.

@Faceless Troll
I see where you're coming from but I'm not particularly bothered by it. For one, the games are an improvement over backwards compatibility since it's remaster to HD and trophy support is added. Also, the games are reasonably priced. $40 for 3 great games (2 for ICO) is a steal IMO. Hell, if GOW:Collection was any indication they'll probably go for even cheaper on release day.

@Faceless Troll

Actually it was to shave $100 or so off of production costs. They didn't even consider these HD remakes until almost 2 years after b/c was removed. And for those that wanted to play PS2 games, there were 140 million PS2's floating around. Another win-win situation.

Any indication of a 360 release? I would assume since Ubisoft made Splinter Cell Conviction a 360 exclusive they would put the HD remake on the 360 as well. But then again, how often are things in the game industry logical. I might finally snag me a PS3 if these were both exclusives.

@Brian333

I'm guessing this is the first one, pandora tomorrow, and chaos theory, not conviction.

@sicsided
Yeah, no double agent either. That and Conviction are on ps3 so I can get those achievements and these I can get trophies on.
I'm interested in all of these collections so far especially the ico/colossus one since GS sells ico for 40 by itself.

PS3 doesn't get new Splinter Cell but it'll get old updated Slinter Cell? Lame to the max!

@ijustw1n

If Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory multiplayer work again (really hoping), I'm game. Spies vs Mercs!

@ijustw1n

I'll take Chaos Theory over Conviction any day.

i would actually most likely get the both of these. with more emphasis on the PoP trilogy though. but still. both great collections. lets hope this is true.

The MK Collections seems to be real. It's available to preorder now @ GS.

It's actually called Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kompilation and i can't wait for it.

As someone who never owned a PS2, I say let the good games keep rolling. I have no problem with them re-releasing old titles instead of worrying about backwards compatibility.

The God of War Collection looked damn good to me, and it was nice to have the back story of Kratos before going into God of War 3.

@theangryheretic

Never owned a PS2? Do yourself a favor and go buy one.

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-2-Console-Slim-Black/dp/B000TLU67W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1285086761&sr=8-1

@theangryheretic
I had one but I totally missed all of these games because i was playing EverQuest. Sony still got me. Ugh.

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

I'll probably get downvoted for this, but don't even bother getting a PS2 right now. I found it entirely too difficult to go back and play the original Xbox and the PS2 now that my eyes are adjusted to the awesome graphics of this gen. Sure there's a crapload of good games for the system, but I don't really think it's worth it to go back and play it.

I know, I know "Graphics shouldn't matter!" But they totally do.

@Liquidfingers As someone who is a PC gamer at heart, and a 1st time console gamer, well, I had an original NES in the 80's, but I'm more a PC gamer......graphics do matter. Don't let anyone fool you. Yes, game play does come 1st, but graphics are pretty damn important too.

@Liquidfingers

I guess it just goes to show how people's tastes are different. I think I have actually had the patience to finish 4 or 5 games this gen. But I replay many of my PS2 (And earlier) titles regularly. I honestly think games are getting more tedious, repetitive, uninventive, and the industry as a whole lacks passion. I'm not saying this with a pretentious nostalgic view. I'm saying it because I truly believe this.

Besides, I can see your point on N64 and PS1 games. But it's not like PS2 and Xbox graphics are that bad. Anyways, yeah, I can't downvote you enough on that.

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

Fair enough. I'll admit that I did recently geek out and replay Halo 1 and 2 in time for Reach's arrival, and I don't really have a problem replaying top-down RPGs of old like the Fallout or Diablo series, but as far as console games go it's usually just easier to accept that I could be playing something equally as entertaining with graphics that are much easier on the eyes. The only time I will usually play a backwards compatible game is if I am engaged in the universe, which was the case for Halo. So the way I see it, these HD collections are great. I just wish they would start announcing them for the 360 already.

Totally in favor of a new PoP than an new Splinter Cell. I feel that PoP is more timeless. It would be frustrating playing Splinter Cell 1 after Chaos Theory perfected that formula and Conviction remixed it.

I'm game for both.
Hopefully they come stateside or looks like I'll import

Hoping this means Conviction will come to the PS3 soon after.

Can't wait to get them i have both systems so either way i get to play them :) lol

OH MY GOD!!! The first 3 Prince of Persia games from last gen with HD and Trophies? YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd love a Prince of Persia collection. Haven't ever played Splinter Cell, but I've heard good things.

Definitely would get the Splinter Cell collection.

Yes! I need to play pop for the first time and sc again

Hey Microsoft, how about an Halo 1 and 2 HD remake, hu?

Give me Metal Gear Solid Collection.
NAO.

I hope they use the original, uncompressed texture, video, and audio assets. Seeing these play in 1080p (with MSAA) @ 30fps will be awesome, but only if the assets are re-authored for HD. MP3 audio, stretched SD video, and 64x64 compressed textures won't cut it on HDTVs. losslessly-compressed audio, re-encodes of the video using AVC, and (at least) the textures from the Xbox/PC versions are the bare minimum here. Anything less is pure laziness.

If they get the original voice actor to re-record the Prince's dialogue in Warrior Within, that would be a HUGE bonus. It would also be cool if they include some HD interviews/commentaries from the designers/producers now that it's been 10 years since the production on Sands of Time began.

Hope these make it to the 360 as well.

I would LOVE to have the Prince of Persia collection on my Wii!
Why not Ubisoft???

would be great to have splinter cell chaos theory on my PS3.
Splinter Cell: Conviction on my ps3 would make my day

For real? This is AWESOME. Bring it. Bring em all.

Personally excited for the Ico Collection and PoP.

This seems like a bit much, now they're just throwing stuff at us.

Haha. It's funny how these greedy b*stards trying to stop the selling of 2nd hand items on video games store, etc. Yet they want to resell this on their own with just renaming the title like adding HD on the end. lol. Anyway, hopefully these releases are bug-free an in true HD not some poor port of sorts. haha.

While we are on the subject of remakes, I would happily pay for a version of Rez with 1080p, DD/DTS, 3D and Move support. It would make a great PSN download title.

Perhaps the Move controller could double up as a replacement for the legendary Trance Vibrator, thus opening up a whole new avenue of potential trophies....

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Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell HD collections listed by UK retail site

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