2009 was a great year for the PlayStation Network and Hustle Kings was voted one of the best games on the PlayStation 3 last year. Not since Bankshot Billiards have we seen a decent  pure Pool game on any platform until now. In HD this game is truly one of the best out there with features like screenshot captures, YouTube uploads and a punishing career mode. For just £7.99 this game was a must-b... more.

To celebrate the launch of First Play today we've got an interview with David Boddington, the producer of First Play. What is First Play? FirstPlay is a new weekly interactive show, containing hi-def video reviews and previews of the latest PS3 and PSP games, round-ups of cool stuff from the PlayStation Network, screenshot galleries with audio captions, and exclusive downloadable content.... more.

If you had pre-ordered Heavy Rain then you would have recieved The Taxidermist free, however it is also now available on the PlayStation Store. The Taxidermist sees one of the games main characters Madison Page in one chapter on her own. In the chapter you visit one house in search of the Origami Killer. Normally I would go into great depth when reviewing, however in the case of The Taxiderm... more.

After a short delay BioWare have released the Mass Effect 2 DLC onto the Cerberus Network and the Xbox Live Marketplace.  Priced up at 540 MS Points, Kasumi Stolen Memory is clearly the best DLC for Mass Effect 2 so far. The DLC starts by the Illusive man informing Commander Shepard that he has to go in search of a master thief called Kasumi Goto at the Citadel.  The moment you arrive at the ... more.

NXT Gamer is honoured to bring you an interview with PostaBargain.co.uk's Martin, I want to thank him for the time. So then, tell us a bit about yourself? Well where to begin... my name's Martin, I'm 30 and I'm from Glasgow.  I work for the community as part of the emergency services, which is a very rewarding and satisfying job.  I have been a Firefighter for 6 years now, but before I... more.

With the success Codemasters had with Race Driver: GRID and the first in this series of games it was a safe bet that DiRT 2 would blow us all away with the sheer graphics and the gameplay you would match this will the first Colin McRae game to hit the next-generation consoles. Codemasters have done that and gone beyond! Using the game engine of the brilliant GRID game DiRT 2 has a lot to offer ... more.

Today is the day that the Xbox Live 'Deal of the Week' goes live and what a better way to spend your Easter break than to play Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved! The block-blasting sequel to Geometry Wars is available to gold Xbox LIVE members for 50% off this week only! (400 Microsoft points) Here are the features of Geometry Wars 2: Retro Evolved There are six modes in this game as mention... more.

Here at NXT Gamer we want to give the spotlight to YOU the gamers. For our first installment we have a PS3 gamer, xHeatherPS3x who gave us her views on the gaming industry. So then Heather, thanks for your time. why don't you tell us about yourself? Hi there, my name is Heather, I live in the West Midlands and I've been a gamer for  over 20 years. I own most of the classic retro consoles. ... more.

I've been playing Heavy Rain since it was released a number of weeks ago and I was sceptical of how the demo played and whether I would enjoy the full game or not.  I took a HUGE gamble and bought it immediately.  After the lengthy install and updates I set in motion starting the story. Upon playing through the ‘Prologue‘ you are introduced to one of the story’s main characters called ... more.