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.

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As most of you know, we are releasing a pretty hefty System Software Update (v1.80) for PlayStation Vita tomorrow, which will enhance your experience and also allow you to play PSone Classics on your device.

Before the update becomes available, we wanted to take the opportunity to walk you through some of the highlighted changes and give you a sneak preview of what you can expect.

PSone Classics

With the System Software Update (v1.80), a large number of your favorite PSone Classics titles will be available for download directly on your PS Vita via PlayStation Store to complement the great range of PSP and minis games already available for PS Vita to enhance the ultimate digital games line-up.

Here is a list of PSone Classics titles that will be available for download on 29th August:
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Update: PS Vita system software update 1.66 is now available for download.

PS Vita system software update 1.65 has been taken down temporarily due to a technical fault. For any customers who may have already downloaded the firmware, they can continue as normal. We will notify you once the latest system software update is available to download again.

A new PlayStation Vita System Software update will be released on 3 April 2012. It will make a few changes to the user interface. You can update your PS Vita System Software using Wi-Fi, PC or a PlayStation 3 system; please refer to this guide if you need help performing the update.

System Software Update 1.65 features include:

• You can now disable the notification alert messages that indicate when friends sign in, messages are received and other activities. To disable these alerts, got to [Settings] > [Sound & Display] > check/uncheck [Notification Alerts]. Additionally, Notification alerts will now display for five seconds instead of three seconds
• ‘After 10 Minutes’ has been added as an option in [Power Save Settings] > [Auto Standby]
• An arrow will indicate when new activities are available in LiveArea
• Caps Lock is now supported by the on-screen keyboard. Simply double-tap the Shift key to enable it

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Get a behind the scenes look at the making of the new PS Vita TV ad ‘The World Is In Play’.

The ad brings to life the immersive and connected experiences you can have with PS Vita and in this film we show how we brought those experiences to life.

From building a bus stop on a football pitch in a stadium in Prague to recreating an epic war scene with a real arsenal of weapons, an explosives expert and an army.

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We are confident that when PS Vita launches on 22nd February, it is going to change portable gaming forever and we have created an advertising campaign to show the immersive, powerful and connected gaming experiences that PS Vita offers.

The campaign celebrates that PS Vita brings the world in to play and brings to life incredible experiences wherever you are connecting to gamers all over the world.

PS Vita is our fifth platform launch and we have not lost any of our passion for gaming. Therefore, launching the ultimate next generation portable console gives us the opportunity to once again share our passion with you.

Take a look at our new TV ad celebrating the start of a gaming revolution, first on YouTube (YouTube.com/PSVITA). And let us know what you think.

PS Vita. The World Is In Play

#TheWorldIsInPlay

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