Since we first unveiled PlayStation 4 and its deep social capabilities, including the SHARE button, weâve seen an outpouring of excitement from gamers. The PS Nation has rallied around a culture focused on sharing epic gaming moments through Live From PlayStation, interactive streaming, SHAREfactory, Whatâs New and Photo Mode in exclusive PS4 games like Infamous Second Son and The Last of Us Remastered. Letâs go a step further together. Letâs go from sitting back and watching friends play to actually jumping into games remotely and sharing great experiences together in real time. Today at the PlayStation press conference at Gamescom, we will deliver on yet another promise from the PS4 announcement and introduce Share Play, coming to PlayStation 4 later this fall. The best way to think about Share Play is like a âvirtual couchâ. PlayStation 4 will create an online local co-op experience by allowing you to invite a friend to join your gameâeven when they donât own a copy of it. With this first-of-its-kind feature, youâll be able to play games with a friend just as if you were together in the same room. Letâs say that with games⊠youâll be able to invite your friend online to play against the Miami Heat for the championship as the San Antonio Spurs in NBA2K, tackle the challenging Towerfall Ascension Quest Mode together, or aide, heal, and protect you as Igniculus in Child of Lightâs local co-op mode. With Share Play, you can even jump into a game to assist a friend. For example, if there is part of a game that you canât quite finish, you can invite a friend to take over your controls. Like handing over the controller to a friend on your couch, your screen will be shared as your friend gets through the part of the game that has been giving you troubleâcanât get past that part in The Last of Us: Remastered when youâre hanging upside down? Get a little help. Share Play will be coming to PS4 as part of the upcoming system software update v2.00, scheduled for release this fall. The update will also add highly requested broadcast and video share features, including both uploading you game play footage and dedicated app support for YouTube, which we mentioned on stage at E3. Finally, Whatâs New will get enhanced real-time activity through friend-of-friend suggestions, allowing instant access to friendsâ and recently played gamesâ broadcasts, and a real name search function will also be added. More features to come when v2.00 is made available this fall, and we will have more to announce in the coming months.