Thanks to Sony’s Remote Play technology, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to play Arc System Works and Aksys Games’ BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger on their PSPs. Which is awesome.
An HD remake of Bionic Commando (Bionic Commando: Rearmed) is coming to PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade and PCs. But only one version will include the free bonus of fitting in your pocket. Bionic Commando will support Remote Play through the PS3, quite possibly making it the first third-party title to support the system’s integrated service.
Here’s something disconcerting if it pans out as true: Siliconera reports that Echochrome will cost more than double for a UMD PSP ($US 37) version than a downloadable PSN/PS3 version ($US 17) when released on March 19th in Japan. While we’ve seen similar pricing discrepancies with downloadable vs. retail versions of Warhawk, that price difference included a headset for online chat.
The questions then become, are these two versions identical and will the game support Remote Play? And if so, just how much is it worth to have a UMD? UPDATE: Siliconera updated their post, pointing out that PSP Echochrome has twice the levels. I guess that explains the price difference. PS3 Echochrome costs 50% less than PSP Echochrome [Siliconera via OpposableThumbs]
With a slew of new PlayStation 3 owners joining the growing horde this holiday season, the official PlayStation blog has been posting a series of helpful tips for new PS3 and PSP users to get the best out of their shiny new toys. Yesterday’s post drops some details on DLNA-compliance and connecting your PS3 to your home network in order to share movies, music, and images stored on your computer with the console, which is one of the coolest features of the system and one I actually hadn’t set up until reading said article this morning *hides*.
Other tips this week have included getting RSS feeds on your PSP, donating CPU cycles via Folding@home, and setting up downloads through the PlayStation Store to your PS3 remotely using the PSP. Old news for those so deep into their systems that they can remotely control their car via their handheld, but for those of you to new or too lazy to know better will find a slew of nifty ways your Sony gaming dealies are more than just gaming dealies.
PlayStation Tips #4 – DLNA media server [PlayStation.Blog]
The latest game game to take full advantage of the PSP’s Remote Play feature, one that allows PlayStation 3 games to be playable on the handheld, is Imabikisou. That’s the Chunsoft developed, Sega published interactive horror fiction game that 99.99% of you will never ever play. It follows the game that 99.98% of you will never play, Lair, as the second game to make the Remote Play screen jump—that we know of.
According to Impress Game Watch, the game plays just fine, minus some squished kanji that makes reading a bit more challenging.
PlayStation 3 Remote Play [Impress Game Watch via Siliconera]
The mounting buzz on the Playstation forums are true, you can play Lair on your PSP using Remote Play. Well, you can sorta play Lair on your PSP using Remote Play. Unfortunately the PSP does not have the R2 or L2 buttons, so you can’t brake, but who needs to brake anyway. Sure it makes the end bosses and many of the levels a lot easier, but honestly, not that big a deal.
If you do want to do this make sure you play through the tutorial level first because unless you can brake it won’t let you continue through the training and get to the meat of the game. Check back in a bit for our video of this in action on the PSP2K.
