Sony will be bringing classic PlayStation Portable titles to PlayStation 3 as part of a new PSP Remaster lineup. The company announced the series today along with its first major release.

PSP Remaster offers PSP titles remastered for play on the PS3. The games are spruced up with full HD visuals, compatibility with Dual Shock 3, PS3 exclusive content, 3D support, and other features.

The PSP and PS3 versions of the game also share save data. Sony says that this could allow you to play a game on the PSP while on the go, then continue playing when you return home.

The PS3 versions are also compatible with Sony's Ad Hoc Party for PlayStation Portable service for network play. This free PS3 app normally allows local play PSP titles to use the PS3 as a proxy for true online play.

The series will kick off first in Japan through sales of Blu-ray Disc titles, Sony said. The wording of Sony's statement suggests that the series will also be released internationally and will also see some games offered in download form. The press release did not explicitly mention these areas, though.

For the series' first title, Sony has a biggie. As detailed earlier today, Capcom will release a PS3 version of Monster Hunter Portable 3rd under the name Monster Hunter Portable HD. The 4.5 million selling PSP title will feature 3D support, HD visuals and shared save files with the PSP, and will see release this summer.

For more details on the Monster Hunter conversion see here

PSP Remasters for PlayStation 3 sounds like a fantastic idea, and is bound to make a lot of people very happy…save for those that like their trophies. Unfortunately, trophy support won’t be included in the PSP Remasters line.

The news comes via PlayStation-CS Blog, who got in touch with Sony Computer Entertainment support to ask about trophy inclusion in Remasters. SCE in Japan confirmed to them that trophy support will not be included.

This is just speculation, but one reason for this could be that in the case of games like Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver., save data will be transferrable between the PSP and PS3 versions of the game. Since the PSP is hacked , people might potentially be able to use it to acquire trophies by cheating.

that mean that we can play PSP game on PS3?

hmm... project peace walker??

I hear snipersnake jumping for joy at the thought of MGS Peace Walker playable on the PS3