Classic God of War games could be coming to PS Plus Premium

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Sony could celebrate the 20th anniversary of the God of War franchise next year by adding several classic God of War games to PS Plus Premium.
Recently discovered key art in the PS2 Classics PS Plus Premium catalog hints at native emulation of older God of War games.
God of War games from PS2 and PSP may come natively to PS Plus Premium, but God of War Ascension on PS3 may only remain playable via cloud streaming.

The new finding could refer to the Greek era God of War games that make it to the PlayStation Plus Premium classics catalog in an emulated capacity. Most of the older items in the Sony premiere God of War The series can only be played through cloud streaming on PS Plus Premium, but with the franchise's 20th anniversary coming up next year, that could very well change.

The God of War the series started in 2005 with the title game for PS2 and quickly gained success with over 4.6 million units sold (as of 2012). continuation, God of War 2landed in 2007 to similar levels of critical and commercial acclaim. From there, the franchise hits its stride with a number of new entries on the PSP and PS3, viz God of War 3, Chains of Olympus, Spirit of Spartaand Ascension. Besides God of War 3in the remastered version, none of these games are natively playable on PS5; sore point for God of War fans.

What should the remaster of the Rumored God of War trilogy take from the Norse saga

If recent rumors turn out to be true, then the original God of War trilogy could be getting a remaster, which raises questions about what will change.

However, PS Plus Premium's new discovery suggests native emulation for older ones God of War names could be worked on. An image of Kratos from the Greek era God of War games were recently seen as key art for the classic PS2 PS Plus Premium section, despite these titles being absent from the catalog. This could mean that Sony is working on adding a classic God of War games to PS Plus Premium natively, just in time for the series' 20th anniversary in 2025. Interestingly, a recent rumor claimed that God of War games will be remastered, which may have been confused with PS Plus Premium emulation.

The new PS2 PS Plus Premium emulator is the perfect opportunity to bring back the classic God of War

Sony has increased its efforts to bring PS2 games to PS4 and PS5 recently, especially after debuting a new PS2 emulator for the classic PS Plus Premium catalog earlier this year. So it doesn't seem too unreasonable that Sony would want to ditch the classic God of War games from the confines of cloud streaming and make them natively playable on modern hardware. God of War is one of the company's most respected franchises, so fans would no doubt welcome the ability to play older games on PS4 and PS5.

Similar to recently Siren when re-released on PS Plus Premium, players can expect features like trophies, rewinds, save states, video filters and up-rendering when it comes to classics. God of War games land on a prepaid service. However, the black sheep in this lineup is God of War Ascension, which is only available on PS3. Since the PS5 doesn't include native PS3 emulation at this point, God of War Ascension will most likely be relegated to cloud streaming even if the other God of War games make the jump.