For all of you Hustle Kings out there we have two great bits of news for you.

Firstly on the 19th of May at around 5pm a new patch will be made available which contains the following features and changes:

• Improved Breaking : the pack has now been adjusted so that instead of the rack being perfectly spaced every time, a very slight variance has been introduced between the balls which causes almost every break to be different
• You can now replay the shots that are played in attract mode
• Even more stats during loading screens
• Game options can be modified in online rooms
• Watch other people’s matches in the all new Spectator Mode!
• Plus a new loading icon, viewing player’s profiles during an online match and more

But that’s not all, there is a brand new chalk coming to the in-game store. Second Sight allows you to see the path of an additional ball… really helpful on those tough trickshots and plants.

Finally (and the best bit in my opinion) is that the Hustle Kings Snooker pack will be launched on the 2nd of June. Included in this great pack is a brand new environment, new ball set, with the full snooker rules and scoring. As well as normal snooker if you get this pack you will also get an offline tournament mode, more music and a brand new game mode called Snooker6 where there are only 6 red balls allowing for a much quicker game.

Once you get the Snooker Pack there will also be a batch of new trophies, for you to try and unlock, to help with this we have included a free pack of Eagle Eye chalk if you purchase the Snooker pack! Overall I have really enjoyed the time I have spent playing snooker and can’t wait to get online to pit my wits against the rest of the community!

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Good day to you all, I bring you salutations of the day, and lots of ModNation Racers goodies! I have no qualms in telling you all I have become a huge zealot of this game, and will take every opportunity to tell people about how great it is

Not only does the PSP version of the game appear on the store, but we have demos for the PS3 and PSP versions, as well as the Van Man Mod and Kart pack for PS3. There really is no excuse this week not to try your hand at this great mix of sublime kart racing, and the deep creation tools at your disposal.

Of course, there’s other content available on the store this week. For PSP users there are a further two games available, featuring princes and mech-suits, though not combined (I’m sure there’s a new market for someone to tap into right there), as well as more content for Buzz! and LittleBigPlanet. Also, our friends at Futurlab release their mini title Coconut Dodge onto the store too, if you haven’t heard of this already, you could do far worse than reading the three part series they’ve written here on the blog.

For the full list, you know what to do; have a butchers’ further down this post.

(Some of you may want to take note of the additional territory releases section at the bottom of the post too).

See you in the comments section!

PlayStation Store (via PS3, PSP and Media Go)

Special Offers

(Available until the 26th of May)

• TV Show King (was – £5.49/€6.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
• Critter Crunch (was – £4.49/€5.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
• Hyperballoid HD (was – £3.19/€3.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
• Mushroom Wars (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
• Magic Orbz (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
• Thexder Neo (PSP) (was – £6.29/€7.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)
• Obscure: The Aftermath (PSP) (was – £23.99/€29.99 now – £11.99/€14.99)
• Monsters Inc: Scare Island (PSOne) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)
• Peter Pan: Adventures in Never Land (PSOne) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)
• Zombie Tycoon (mini) (was – £3.49/€3.99 now – £1.99/€2.49)

Permanent Price Reductions

• Joust (was – £3.49/€4.99 now – £1.59/€1.99)
• Championship Sprint (was – £3.49/€4.99 now – £1.59/€1.99)

Downloadable Games (PSP)

• ModNation Racers (£16.99/€26.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (£23.99/€29.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: All locales

• Armoured Core 3 Portable (£11.99/€14.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Australia, Germany, New Zealand, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa or United Arab Emirates

• ModNation Racers – Online Entitlement (Download only if the in-pack Online Entitlement Voucher is missing, or is no longer valid from your retail copy) (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

minis (PS3/PSP)

• Coconut Dodge (£1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: Not available in Australia, Germany or New Zealand

Demos (PS3)

• ModNation Racers Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales

Demos (PSP)

• ModNation Racers Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

Add-On Game Content (PS3)

• Dragon Age: Origins – The Darkspawn Chronicles (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locales

• ModNation Racers – Van Man Pack (£1.39/€1.75) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

• Split/Second: Velocity
  • Full Vehicle Unlock! (£2.39/€2.99)
  • Master Unlock! (£3.99/€4.99)

• Track and Mode Unlock! (£2.39/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

• Rock Band
  • A Girl Like You by The Smithereens (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Only A Memory by The Smithereens (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Grateful Dead Pack 03 (contains the following tracks which are also sold separately) (£4.99/€7.99)
  • Beat It on Down The Line (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Cumberland Blues (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Scarlet Begonias (£0.99/€1.49)
  • U.S. Blues (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Throwing Stones (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Touch of Grey (£0.99/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates

• Rock Band Network
  • Bodies by Drowning Pool (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Days Without by All That Remains (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Energy by Apples in Stereo (£0.59/€0.79)
  • He Sleeps In A Grove by Amberian Dawn (£0.99/€1.49)
  • I Know What I Am by Band of Skulls (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Little Black Backpack 09 by Stoke 9 (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Semi-Charmed Life 09 by Third Eye Blind (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Sequestered In Memphis by The Hold Steady (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Survive by Lacuna Coil (£0.99/€1.49)
  • Talk About by Dear in the Headlights (£0.59/€0.79)
  • When I Get Home You’re So Dead by Mayday Parade (£0.99/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates

• Guitar Hero 5
  • Aerosmith Track Pack (contains the following tracks which are also sold separately) (£4.39/€5.49)
  • Livin’ on the Edge (£1.59/€1.99)
  • Love In An Elevator (£1.59/€1.99)
  • Rag Doll (£1.59/€1.99)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates

Add-On Game Content (PSP)

• LittleBigPlanet – Turbo! Premium Level Kit (£4.79/€5.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

• Buzz! Quiz World – National Geographic Undersea Quiz (£3.19/€3.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Czech Republic, Greece and Russia

FirstPlay (PS3)

• Episode 007 (£0.99/€1.20)

Availability: Ireland and UK only

Trailers (PS3)

• Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Trailer
• Medal of Honor Announce Trailer
• FIFA 10 Ultimate Team Returning User Tutorial

Dynamic Themes (PS3)

• Aqua Panic! Spring Theme (£0.79/€0.99)

Wallpapers (PS3)

• Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Wallpapers 1 and 2

Additional Territory Releases (PS3 unless specified)

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Stimulus Package

Now also available in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates

• Dissidia: Final Fantasy (PSP)

Now also available in Russia

• FirstPlay - 90 Day Subscription and Individual Episodes 001, 002, 003, 004, 005, 006

Now also available in Ireland

• Split/Second: Velocity Demo

Now also available in Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal and Russia

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We proudly announce that Faithless are performing a concert just for VidZone and PlayStation3!!!

Consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo, Faithless are one of the biggest dance acts of all time having sold over 12 MILLION RECORDS globally due to big hits like “Insomnia”, “God Is a DJ” and “We Come 1″. Their new album “The Dance” is out from May 16.

Be part of history and BE AT THE CONCERT by entering a competition to win one of 25 pairs of tickets to see Faithless at the Doncaster Dome in England on May 24 (worth £60 a pair!).
Top prize also includes a new PS3 Slim and the Modnation game – check out our Maxi Jazz and Sister Bliss avatars below!

To stand a chance of winning this fantastic prize, all you have to do is answer one simple question hosted by The Sun Online (this competition is being run by The Sun directly in conjunction with, but not by, VidZone or PlayStation. The ticket prize includes entrance only and not transport, accommodation, drinks, food, etc.).

Can’t get to Doncaster? VidZone is EXCLUSIVELY VIDEO INTERVIEWING Faithless for an hour and we couldn’t chat to them without coming to you first…
Let us know what questions you want to ask Maxi Jazz and Sister Bliss and we will pick the best five questions and post the responses here soon.

When will the concert be live on playstation? Ahhh, you’ll just have to keep checking our posts to find out!

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Ahoy, boys and girls!

Nathan Ditum here, back to tell you about this week’s episode of FirstPlay, which will be on the Store this Wednesday.

It’s a packed episode this week. First we have a preview of Rockstar’s cold-eyed six-shoot ‘em up, Red Dead Redemption. We’re putting together a very special review of the game for a future episode right now, and having played it for several hours already I can say it’s looking absolutely fantastic. It’s epic, atmospheric, and I shot a lot of animals.

We’ve also got reviews of THQ’s big-hitting UFC 2010 Undisputed, and shin-shattering boarder sequel Skate 3. That’s alongside our usual batch of network highlights – this week including the best PSN shooters, a round-up of the comics store and a count-down of your best Just Cause 2 destruction videos – and our screenshot galleries, this week featuring Test Drive Unlimited 2.

That’s all for our regular, cheaper-than-100-one-penny-sweets price of 99p, or just £8.99 for a 90 day subscription. A bargain – especially since, for the next four weeks, we’ll be giving away a full minis game absolutely free, starting with Echoes. See you next week.

See the future of PlayStation. First.

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Hello,

We are MUBI.

Who? What?

Ok, lets make this simple… Do you know who Kubrick is? What about Antonioni? David Lynch? Ring any bells?

It’s ok, don’t bother if you don’t…

But if you are still reading you are going to like this a lot.

Well, we are MUBI and we are basically transforming your PS3 console into your own online cinema. (You can still play games and all that, don’t worry!) We couldn’t resist the idea of everyone having their own exquisite film library—And that’s it in a nutshell.

But lets get this straight, we are not just an online cinema and we are not just some tech and film geeks in California—well, some of us are, yes—but we are 300,000 friends talking, discovering, and sharing films with one another every day. In fact, every 2 minutes there’s someone joining us. Yes. 2 minutes. Sorry to get a bit geeky (we warned you!), but that’s 700 people joining each day. Not bad… but joining what?

(more…)

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