PS Vita Remote Play Now Live For God Of War Collection And ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus

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PS Vita Remote Play Now Live For God Of War Collection And ICO/Shadow Of The Colossus

Remote Play - God of War

We’ve got some great news on Remote Play. For those who don’t know, Remote Play allows you via a Wi-Fi connection to interact remotely with your PS3, using your PS Vita, and play a selection of compatible games. Today we can announce two fantastic PS3 collections are now available to play remotely on your PS Vita.

First up, God of War Collection, which features the two classic titles God of War and God of War II remastered in HD. And for the video game connoisseurs out there, the amazing ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus Collection is also available, featuring two of the most critically acclaimed games of all time remastered in HD. Both of the above collections have an intuitive new control system where you can choose to have the R2 and L2 buttons mapped to the rear touch pad. And these two titles look fantastic on the 5” OLED screen of your PS Vita and offer some of the very best gaming on PlayStation.

To access the Remote Play functionality for both God of War Collection and ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus Collection you’ll need to download a patch on your PS3, at no extra cost.

ICOShadow of the Colossus

As well as play selected games remotely, you can also access music, videos, photos and use certain applications such as VidZone on your PS Vita or PSP. For instructions on how to set up your PS3 and PS Vita for Remote Play please visit our guide here.

Remote Play is just one of the innovative cross-platform features that link your PS3 and PS Vita to create unique and seamless gaming experiences only available on PlayStation, bringing new gaming experiences and whole new ways to play your favourite games.

Take a look at the different ways to connect your PS Vita and PS3:

Cross-Play

Play, race, fight or team up with other players on either PS Vita or PS3 and enjoy live head-to-head gaming

Available titles: Hustle Kings, MotorStorm RC, WipEout HD, WipEout 2048
Upcoming titles: Street Fighter X Tekken, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, When Vikings Attack

Cross-Controller

The Cross-Controller feature allows a player to use PS Vita as a unique controller to create brand new ways to play games on PS3. By utilising its rich features including touch screen, rear touch pad, six-axis motion sensing system, and cameras, players can enjoy a new PS3 gaming experience unlike that played with Dualshock 3 wireless controller for PS3.

Available titles: Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
Upcoming titles: LittleBigPlanet 2

Cross-Save

Begin the adventure at home on PS3 then continue on PS Vita wherever you travel. By managing game data from PS Vita and PS3 in the cloud, the Cross-Save feature enables users to continue playing their game on the go on PS Vita, right from where they left off on their PS3 at home.

Available titles: Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend, MLB12: The Show, MotorStorm RC
Upcoming titles: Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, Sound Shapes, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Ratchet & Clank QForce, When Vikings Attack

Cross-Goods

Unlock, download or create in-game items and share them between both PS Vita and PS3.

Available titles: Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, MLB12: The Show, Hustle Kings, MotorStorm RC, ModNation Racers/ModNation Racers: Road Trip, LittleBigPlanet Costumes
Upcoming titles: Street Fighter X Tekken, Assasin’s Creed III, Assasin’s Creed III: Liberation, Sound Shapes, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

Cross-Buy

Buy a Cross-Buy compatible game for your PS3 and get the same title for free for PS Vita.

You can also buy compatible DLC such as LittleBigPlanet costumes for one system and use it on another at no extra charge.

Available Titles: Hustle Kings, Top Darts, Motorstorm RC, WipEout, LittleBigPlanet Costumes
Upcoming titles: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Ratchet & Clank QForce, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, When Vikings Attack

Look out for announcements for more Cross-Platform features and you can get more details here.

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