Another PS3 title will be heading to the NGP – this time its Hustle Kings. When Hustle Kings came out for PS3 in late 2009, it was lauded for its visuals. And for good reason – it’s the finest looking billiards game ever created. This time, Hustle Kings for NGP will feature not only great visuals, but also the integration of touchscreen controls.
If you are a PlayStation Home user, you will be pleased with a Welcome Back package offered to all players as a way of saying “thank you” to our community for your ongoing support. The Welcome Back package includes 100 items, two personal spaces, and an exclusive game available for all users to download for 30 days.
Super Stardust makes it way to Sony’s upcoming portable console, and it’s going to be a blast thanks to the NGP’s dual analog sticks (a portable first!). Super Stardust Delta should feel instantly familiar to anyone who’s experienced Super Stardust HD on PS3. But it’s important to note – Delta is not a port of that 2007 classic. It’s an entirely new game.
If you are already bored of Call of Duty: Black Ops, you will be happy to know that a new DLC pack will be coming next week. Now that the PlayStation Network is back up and running, you can look forward to the long-awaited Escalation DLC pack will be available on Friday, June 10th.
Sony has confirmed that its upcoming next generation portable (or NGP) will offer full backwards compatibility support with all the PSP games available in the PlayStation Network library. Scott Rohde, SCEA’s VP of Product Development, revealed the news at Sony’s Press Event earlier today.
L.A. Noire DLC Content is now available from the PlayStation Store. This is the first of many DLC packs coming over the next few months, and includes standalone cases, collectables and challenges. If you want to pre-order the upcoming DLC content, you can also purchase the L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass, available for a limited-time (until June 16th) discounted price of just $9.99.
Since NGP, or next generation portable gaming system, was announced back in January, I know you have been itching to find out more about the hardware and the games. Sony has lifted the lid on several NGP titles which are currently in development. Check out the list below…
Like most recent games, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will be coming with pre-order bonuses and special collector editions for hardcore fans. Uncharted 3 will have two collectors editions, both of which are detailed below. The best of the two is the Explorer Edition, which comes with lots of bonus content.
Check out new exclusive footage of Resistance 3, set in a sunbaked trainyard. The Bogata, Columbia multiplayer map has an awesome mixture of long-, mid- and close-combat options. Be sure to check out the different HUD for Chimeran players, and the new Resistance 3 rocket-launcher, the Firestorm.
Now that the PlayStation Store is online, details about the European Welcome Back package has been revealed. Existing PlayStation Plus members will get an extra 70 days of membership to compensate for the downtime, while regular PSN users will be able to use PlayStation Plus for free for 30 days.
