
Here’s a cool little thing coming out of Summer Game Fest’s press adjacent Play Days event: boutique publisher Annapurna Interactive is promoting its upcoming PS5 lineup with press packs inspired by retro PlayStation box art.
As photographed by YouTuber and ex-Nintendo employee Kit Ellis (hi, Kit!), we can see a PS2 version of Silent Hill: Townfall, a PS2 Greatest Hits edition of Control Resonant, and a PS1 copy of The Lost Wild. There’s also a Nintendo 64 copy of Demi and the Fractured Dream.
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Kit didn’t say what’s inside, but having been to plenty of press junkets in my time, I’d expect fact sheets and press assets, so nothing particularly interesting. But these are the kinds of things you could display on your shelf, aren’t they?
Obviously the idea of creating retro box art mock-ups isn’t particularly new, but I don’t recall seeing a major publisher actually make them.
Bravo, Annapurna Interactive – you guys are always so freakin’ cool!
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The nostalgia is strong with this one. Actually forgot just how iconic the PS2 cases were!
The Lost Wild box is brilliant. Looks like it could be real.
Love the original Playstation cases, i wish they would bring those back.
Too bad we are heading to an adorably all digital future of gaming.
The PS1 cases may have been structurally weak and prone to breaking, but something about them just looked much better than the modern cases.
Yeah those ps1 and ps2 box art was cool. Word up son
@1UP-HUSKY I was just thinking the other day I'd love to see them again for PS6.
@1UP-HUSKY I would settle for being able to buy replacements. I can replace a lot of cases on my Japanese games as they often used normal cd cases, but not the ones that use the case used for pal games. And even if I wanted to use old pal cases, I can’t because of the holograms stuck very firmly to them.
Box art is one of the biggest reason why i still prefer physical copy over digital. Sure not every box art looks nice but i never feel bored looking at them whenever i clean my shelf or just wants to remember a bit of the game.
And i love the aesthetics of PS1 and PS2 box arts. A lot of them looks simple but still retain the cool or unique vibe. Some of my favorites are:
I have a lot of nostalgia for the old game cases, maybe it's because my brain associates them with getting a new game as a kid and how exciting it was.
@PuppetMaster Did you snag a hard copy of Dead Cells on PS4 with the flip-art inspired by Symphony of the Night? I owned this game on Steam previously, but had to double-dip for the case.
@Broosh I'm not yet played Dead Cells. But i've seen a physical copy of Dead Cells PS5 and the cover art has Dracula, Richter, and a bunch of Castlevania characters.
Love it!
To me (probably the nostalgia) PS1 and PS2 had the best artwork.
I love this kinda stuff. If you look on places like etsy, many talented people have been making custom PS1/2 inspired cases and artwork for modern releases. I have a Zero Dawn one that I really enjoy. A lot of it has to do with nostalgia of course, but it's also hard to beat the slick design of that time 👌
Oh no. The nepo baby company is at work. These look awesome. These are what should be part of collector's editions!
I like the idea of this, but the fact that they are PS5 games but say PS2 on the box doesn't make sense. They should have kept the box shape and design, but either just left them PlayStation or put the 5 on it. People would still have understood what generation it came from just by the shape of the box. Implying a new game working on an old console doesn't make much sense aesthetically speaking.
The lost Wilds looks fantastic i love it. I also loved the PS1 cases its a pity they don't bring them back to PS1 size less waste and we dont get manuals anymore anyway.
@JackiePriest I know Etsy has really nice stuff.
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