‘Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection’ Fills The ‘Uncharted 4’ Void This Fall

After an apparent leak late last week, Sony has confirmed that Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection will release for the Playstation 4 on October 7th, just in time for players to catch up before the 2016 release of Uncharted 4.

Delivering the single player campaigns of the critically acclaimed Uncharted games for the PS3, this remastered collection will launch around the time that U4 was expected to release before its dreaded delay. Remastered by Bluepoint Games, (the team behind the Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and God of War remasters amongst others,) the package is promising to deliver Nathan Drake’s past adventures in full 1080P at 60 FPS.

Those who purchase the game will receive access to the Uncharted 4 online beta, which is scheduled to launch by the end of the year, in addition to bonus weapons and skins for a physical pre-order, and a dynamic theme for your PS4 start up screen if you pre-order digitally.

I’m waiting for more information on this one before I pass full judgement, but my knee jerk reaction is that these HD remasters are getting a little out of control. With the online modes removed from 2 and 3 and only new trophies and The Last Of Us Remastered‘s famed camera mode to replace them, I’m struggling to find the value here. When you consider that the PS3 copies go for $5 each these days with their full feature set, I can’t imagine anyone needing this unless they completely passed on the previous Playstation generation. Hopefully the underrated Vita entry gets added to the set, or it launches at a budget price to make it more worth it, but hey! Maybe that’s just me.

Still, these are three excellent games that are worth checking out if you haven’t before. What are your thoughts on yet another HD remaster?