'Jak and Daxter' will return as a PS4 collection with a 1080p upgrade
Jak and Daxter is coming back.
Naughty Dog isn't the house that Uncharted built, believe it or not. Long before the studio embraced blockbuster Hollywood production values, it was among the most prolific PlayStation developers behind exploration-heavy platforming games filled with cartoon characters.
Crash Bandicoot is probably the most memorable of these efforts -- as evidenced by its imminent HD re-release -- but don't forget about Jak and Daxter. The series offered a PlayStation-centric answer to Nintendo franchises with its colorful starring duo and catch-all gameplay.
Now, Sony has announced plans to re-release Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing -- with spruced up graphics, of course -- on PlayStation 4 in 2017. The four games represent all of Naughty Dog's contributions to the series.
Jak X is the only multiplayer game of the bunch and it will support splitscreen play, but not online. All four games will benefit from 1080p "up-rendering" -- meaning they're ports rather than full-on remakes -- and all the social features that you get with a PS4.
The individual games will be coming to the PlayStation Store -- no disc release from the sound of things -- later this year. For now, enjoy the just-released trailer's walk down memory lane.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
