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When games are in their early production stages, we as avid gamers wait patiently like starving dogs hoping a crouton rolls off the table and onto the floor. Instead of croutons, we have visually-stimulated images and previews to keep us on our toes. The announcement of a "Hustle Kings" release date set for the winter will be keeping us toasty warm in front of our PS3.
Producer Aaron Orsak claims the game has that "something" billiards games always seem to be missing. If he's correct, playing pool may never be the same. The screenshots will blow you away and you haven't even had a chance to pick up a controller for the thing yet. The secret may be found in proper ball control and an overal handle on the matchups in the game.
For now, we wait. Check out the jump for the article.
Hello all! My name is Aaron Orsak, and I’m the US Producer of Hustle Kings coming this winter exclusively to PSN and the PLAYSTATION 3. As my esteemed colleague at SCEE illustrates, Hustle Kings is without a doubt the most realistic and, frankly, impressive billiards game I’ve ever played. As an avid pool player myself, from 8-ball leagues to smoky snooker halls in the UK, I’ve just gotten used to billiard video games always “missing something”…that “something” is hard to quantify.
But I can honestly say that Hustle Kings gets it completely right! I wasn’t yet assigned to the project when a couple of my colleagues and I got our hands on it here around the office. I was initially quite skeptical given my history of video billiard disappointments, thinking it was going to be just another pool game, but after hitting a few shots I was sold. The amount of ball control is simply astounding, giving the player any and every shot option in the book…from masse shots to subtle swerves and tricky English, you can do anything to the cue ball in Hustle Kings that you can do around a real table. So the realism was there, but how would the game fare for a more casual gamer? Turns out everyone around the office, from the hardcore to the weekend warrior, to people I’ve rarely seen play games, found something to absolutely love about Hustle Kings.
I’ll save elaboration on all the game modes and technical ins and outs now. I can assure you there’s A TON of stuff in Hustle Kings that we’ll be announcing in the next few months. In the meantime, please visit our game details page, and check out the what the PlayStation.Blog.Europe has to say about it. And continue checking back here on the PlayStation Blog for the latest updates on Hustle Kings.
