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Well this is definitely a welcome surprise. ModNation Racers is also coming to the PSP. This has fully solidified my interest in the franchise, especially since I still play Mario Kart on the DS and Gameboy Advance. The PSP game will feature almost all of the same features as it's big brother version that will land on the PS3 sometime in 2010. Read more for details and the developer interview with GameSpot. For some reason the video only wants to work in full screen, so click the full screen icon until I can fix the problem or click on the source links.

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Hustlle Kings is something that everyone should be able to appreciate. The game is a pool simulator that features in game music, online play and a career mode. The game looks and plays beautifully, so if you like pool check out Hustle Kings, which is now available on the PSN store at a price of $9.99. Check out the impressions video and let me know what you think.

Update: I included a link below for those who want to know all the official details about the game.

OFFICIAL DETAILS

The new PlayStation store update for Thursday February 4th is up. The highlights for today's update include the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Demo and the Alien vs. Predator demo. Here is a full list of all the updates as posted on the PlayStation Blog. This one looks like a pretty decent update. Read more for the full list.

This is the launch trailer for SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 for the PSP. It's scheduled for release on Feb. 16, but I can't get past the fact that Slant Six ruined Socom for the consoles and this should have been a story mode in Socom: Confrontation. But I tend to hold on to things. You?

Bethesda has announced an Autumn 2010 release for Fallout: New Vegas for the XBOX 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Fallout: New Vegas will be the latest chapter in the acclaimed Fallout series and will take place in (of course) Vegas. This chapter in the Fallout series is being developed by Obsidian Studios. Below is the first trailer for the game.

Dice and EA have announced that there will be a demo for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 made available later today for the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Store. Not to be confused with the beta that was released back in November 2009. The demo features the map "Port Valdez" and focuses on vehicles where up to 24 players compete against each other in the mode called "Rush". Vehicles will include three air vehicles and five land vehicles like tanks, quad vehicles and armored mobile AA vehicles. The demo is available already on the XBOX 360 and PC.

The full game release is still slated for the XBOX 360, Playstation 3 and PC on March 2nd, 2010 and March 4th, 2010 in Europe

For those of you who have purchased Torchlight, or have at least downloaded the last Torchlight Demo, developers Runic have released a 410MB demo via BigDownload. If you have already purchased the full game, the demo is an update for the game to v1.15, but if you have not purchased the full game, this patch is a demo that will give you roughly 2 hours of gameplay and can be unlocked into the full game upon purchase.

Last night at about midnight Pacific time, the MAG servers went down for server maintenance and to prepare for the new patch that released today. I guess it was inevitable. I wake up this morning to take the kids to school and get some work done for the site and low and behold I start getting phone calls and messages about how the new MAG update has completely messed things up. The rumors are saying that you can't get into matches and that the lag that was once nonexistent is now running rampant. I have yet to fire up the game and try for myself but I hope, if the rumors are true, that they fix these problems soon. When MAG is running properly it is a great game. How could they fumble the rock like this when the game has only been out a little over a week? Check back later for updates on the situation.

UPDATE - I played a few matches and talked to people on the different squads and it seems the problems were hit and miss. There may have been problems earlier but they have been fixed now. So if you get on MAG later today don't worry everything is running smoothly.

Numerous news outlets and retailers have been reporting that Splinter Cell: Conviction now has an official release date of April 13th, 2010. This news comes after several delays that the game has had already and now looks to be set in stone. The game will be released on the XBOX 360 and PC.