Japan And US PSone Classics Coming To Europe

By Nick Baumfeld
Posted on August 1, 2011 AT 09:47am

Sony has today announced that Japanese and US PSone classics are being prepared for release on the European PlayStation Store.

No dates or titles have been announced however it was confirmed that some are already being processed and will be released in the near future.

- Publishers who own the rights to release PSone titles that were previously only available in the US and/or Japan will now be able to apply to have them released on the SCEE PlayStation Stores (providing they are rated by the appropriate ratings boards for each territory).

- All titles will be published as is, with either English or Japanese language game content where available.

- All titles will run at 60 Hz and you will need a 60 Hz capable display to play them properly.

Source: Playstation EU

Bio: Nick Baumfeld has been involved in the video game industry for a good 12 years. He has seen the industry from all view points and has a background in websites, website integration and social media. Nick pioneered the online video game rental business back in the day, moved forward into online video game trading and then moved viral with the well received Video Games Application on Facebook. Today, he has joined up with EGM founder Steve Harris to create something truly unique and special; EGMNOW, a community dedicated to all manner of gamers.

Gaming MO: Nick is a first person shooter type of gamer and enjoys heated bouts of Halo with friends and family (even while being schooled by his children).

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