Rumour: Sony to re-release select titles under new "Essential Collection" brand. Full list and release dates inside.

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http://www.examiner.com/article/first-batch-of-playstation-3-essential-collection-games-revealed

 

According to Amazon France, Sony Computer Entertainment will be releasing several Playstation 3 games under the “Essential Collection” branding including several big-named first-party games such as God of War III .You can take a look at the first batch of “Essential Collection” games for the Playstation 3 below:

• Dance Star Party
• Eyepet & Friends
• God of War 3
• Heavenly Sword
• Heavy Rain
• inFamous
• MAG
• Medieval Moves
• MotorStorm
• Move Fitness
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
• Resistance: Fall of Man
• Resistance 2
• Start the Party!
• The Fight

With the exception of Heavy Rain and Resistance 2, which are both coming out on November 7th, all of the “Essential Collection” games mentioned above will be re-released in Europe on September 19th. Although the pricing for the Playstation 3 re-releases has not yet been revealed, Sony Computer Entertainment dropped the price down to £9.99 for the “PSP Essentials” games.

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With this new branding and a cheaper, slimmer version of PS3 also rumoured, it seems Sony may be going after the cheap-ass gamers and the expanded audience (many casual titles) this holiday season.