Fear Effect 1, 2 and Fighting Force 2 look set for PSN

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 3 November, 2011

Square Enix digs into Eidos back catalogue.

Fear Effect 1 and 2 look set for release on PlayStation Network after listings for both game popped up on a ratings board.

Fear Effect, developed by Kronos Digital and published by Eidos on PlayStation 1 in 1999, has been re-rated for launch on PlayStation 3 by PEGI.

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix, the kinky 2001 sequel, is also on PEGI's website. Both games are rated 18 for extreme violence.

Meanwhile, PEGI has listed Fighting Force 2, a 3D take on the 2D beat-em-up genre developed by Core Design and published by Eidos in 1999.

All these games will likely launch on the PlayStation Network Store as PSOne Classics.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • razzastuta #1 7 months ago

    Post deleted at 09:51:41 12-12-2011

  • King_of_Hyrule #2 7 months ago

    Eum, Vagrant Story has been available as a PSOne classic for ages?
    I loved Fear Effect 2 back in the days, such an original visual style, and so brutal at the same time, (look up "fear effect 2 deaths" on youtube)
    Edited by King_of_Hyrule at 03/11/11 @ 08:54

  • Nova1977 #3 7 months ago

    YES!!!!!!!!!!

  • telboy007 #4 7 months ago

    Rating 18 for extreme lessy action! Whoo!

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #5 7 months ago

    @razzastuta

    Try actually looking on the PSN Store :)

  • darm #6 7 months ago

    @razzastuta
    Are you kidding or what? I 100%ed Vagrant Story on my PS3 like half a year ago and it has been on PSn long pefore I noticed it there.

  • Jenova #7 7 months ago

    Awesome, I played both but loved 2 the most. I got to disk 3 but stopped playing as I entered a room full of statues and knew they were gonna come alive, was so scared....

  • amplifiedAnt #8 7 months ago

    Hmm, eagle eyes there EG - but wasn't Fighting Force 2 released on PSN in the 19th October PSN update?

  • Rajin #9 7 months ago

    never played fear effect, looks great though, might have missed something back in the psone days.

    Loved Fighting Force 2, the last missino with the robot boss was very difficult though.

  • HarryMasonHerpderp #10 7 months ago

    There was some freaky s*** in fear effect 2
    and im not just talking about the strange contraption
    the blonde gets captured in....

  • ZuluHero #11 7 months ago

    @razzastuta As others have said, i think the chances of it being re-released are pretty high. In fact, If you go look on the PSN store right now, you'll see that Square has added it, just for you! ;)

    Consider it an early christmas present ;)
    Edited by ZuluHero at 03/11/11 @ 09:55

  • revan8 #12 7 months ago

    Damn. Please come to xbox live, loved both fear effect games. Something I am jealous of on ps3 which has only happened couple of times.

  • Widge #13 7 months ago

    I hated fear effect. The visual technology ended up creating a bit too much of an instadeathy dragons lair experience for my liking.

  • icematt12 #14 7 months ago

    Loved FE1 (towel scene on disc 2 is a stand out memory) but never played the sequal. Would get them both if priced appropiately.

  • Mike1980 #15 7 months ago

    Wasn't the lezzy action just a bit of kissing
    /tissues at stand-by

    Still play for the Aussie death tho :)

  • WinstonChurchill #16 7 months ago

    I learnt the word "sapphic" due to the sequel.

    Very educational.

  • jaguarwong #17 7 months ago

    I'm sure having the two female leads in a relationship in Fear Effect 2 helped get a few extra sales 10 years ago - but today it always seems to cheapen what is a fantastic game.

    It's a bit like DOA - Earlier entries in the series needed a gimmick to sell but by DOA4 had evolved into a proper, technical, fighter... and yet still all anyone bangs on about is tits.

    People say games need to grow up, but they're just responding to the market.

  • andywilkie35 #18 7 months ago

    Get in - Fear Effect was awesome

  • razzastuta #19 7 months ago

    Oh my god! Vagrant Story IS on the PSN? Sorry folks! How the devil did I miss that?!? Granted, I haven't had a good look at the PSN Store for a while....seems like a really long time. Whoops.

    Big thanks to those who pointed me in the right direction, especially ZuluHero, that was awesome. :)
    Edited by razzastuta at 03/11/11 @ 12:40

  • Kendalf #20 7 months ago

    Great news! The two Fear Effects remain two of my favourite games of the PS1 era. Rock hard combat at times, a distinctive visual style and puzzles that were actually, you know, puzzles.

  • Nico4 #21 7 months ago

    As I recall, Fighting Force 2 is out on the European PSN? Fear Effect 1 & 2 re-release however wouldn't go amiss ;)