Introducing Hustle Kings for PSN Posted by Aaron Orsak // US Producer 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
SCEEillustrates below, 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.