A new listing on the French Amazon website indicates that a collection of Team ICO games may be forthcoming on the Playstation 3. The Team ICO Collection, as the listing is named, currently does not have a description but Amazon.fr is already taking pre-orders for the game. The game is listed at a price of €69.65, which constitutes a minor premium over regular Playstation 3 titles in France.
Over the recent months, rumors surrounding a possible HD re-release of Team ICO games such as Ico and Shadow of the Colossus have grown more persistent. These games were released for the Playstation 2 in 2001 and 2005 respectively, and are generally considered to be amongst the most iconic games of the previous console-generation. Though HD remakes have never been confirmed to be in production for these two games, Sony indicated that it is interested in releasing more of such remakes for Playstation classics. A similar collection was released in the God of War series several months ago, to tie in with the release of God of War 3. It is unclear whether The Team ICO Collection will also be released in tandem with Team ICO’s upcoming game The Last Guardian. Amazon.fr lists the collection for a release on June 30th, 2011, while The Last Guardian is officially still scheduled for a release later this year.
The actual listing can be found here.
Now for an official announcement in coming weeks, or TGS in September, I am hoping for a couple of days or weeks.