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Sony is working on PlayStation 2 emulation for PlayStation 4

Remember those classic Star Wars games that were being included in Star Wars Battlefront PS4 bundles? It appears that three of them are more than just ports, running on actual emulation software that will begin a larger effort to bring PS2 emulation to the next-gen Sony console.

Ozzie Mejia

November 19, 2015 8:51 PM

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As backwards compatibility is all the rage in the current generation of consoles, Sony is currently working on its own approach to bringing older games to a new audience. The key for the company will be emulation, as it appears that Sony is endeavoring to officially bring PlayStation 2 emulation to the PlayStation 4.

Sony confirmed these efforts to Wired earlier tonight. In fact, Sony has already begun work on the emulation front with the PlayStation 4 bundle that's offering a slew of classic Star Wars games. Star Wars: Racer Revenge, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, and Star Wars: Bounty Hunter are all said to be running on emulation software, as first spotted by Eurogamer.

Sony has offered no further comment in regards to its PlayStation 2 emulation plans at this time.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?