PS Plus Premium Plotting Superior Version of PS2's War of the Monsters for PS5, PS4 1

Underrated PS2 kaiju game War of the Monsters, which was already ported to the PS4 a decade ago as part of Sony’s ill-fated emulation efforts, appears to be getting an updated re-release.

Gematsu spotted listings on the Taiwanese ratings board for PS5 and PS4 versions of the classic, suggesting the game will be re-deployed in Sony’s new emulator. This isn’t the first time this has happened: Siren was also repackaged as part of PlayStation’s refreshed retro push.

What exactly does this mean, then? Well, it means you can look forward to revisiting this classic Incognito Entertainment effort with an extended Trophy list, rewind, and all-around better performance.

This game is generally quite underrated, even though it attracted extremely positive reviews at launch.

Inspired by 1950s monster movies, it sees you assume the role of various different kaiju in action-packed combat scenarios. It’s perhaps a fighting game at its core, but shares more in common with the likes of Super Smash Bros than, say, Street Fighter.

We’d expect the newly emulated version to be announced as part of the PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium update tomorrow, on 9th April, with a potential 15th April release date.

If you can’t wait that long, though, we recommend checking out GigaBash which was clearly inspired by War of the Monsters and is available on PS5 and PS4 now.

[source x.com]