It’s all go at VooFoo HQ! Following last week’s release of Pure Chess on PS3, today we have released Pure Chess on Vita. We think we can stake a claim to have made the most visually stunning Vita game so far. What do you think?
Pure Chess is on the Vita Store today for £4.99 / €6.19. So pop on the Vita Store to get your hands on Pure Chess right now.
The team here at VooFoo are happy to announce Pure Chess is released today for PlayStation 3! We have been working with our friends at Ripstone to make the classiest and most elegant chess game to ever grace your eyes.
Check out the launch trailer below.
I’m sure you’ll agree Pure Chess looks absolutely gorgeous. As well as stunning HD graphics, there is also a wide variety of difficulties for you to test yourself against. You can be sure the top chess players among you will be sufficiently challenged as we’ve had a Grandmaster play Pure Chess to verify the game’s higher abilities.
However, don’t worry if you are a newcomer to chess as we have made a comprehensive tutorial to help you learn the game and improve your chess skills.
For those of you who want to flex your chess prowess against friends, you can also take on your PSN friends using Play by Mail gameplay.
Pure Chess is available on the PSN Store right now for £4.99 / €6.19. Keep an eye out for the free Checkmate wallpaper too. And as if that wasn’t enough, Pure Chess for Vita and another wallpaper will be out next week on the 18th April.
We’ve posted a video of me playing one of the Online Bonus Challenges in Hustle Kings on Vita. I went for Pocket Timer which requires you to pot 15 balls as fast as you can.
The time you take is then posted to an online leaderboard so you can compare your time with your friends and the world.
Watch the video to see how I got on, and then boot up your Vita and Hustle Kings to see where you can get to on the rankings and if you can beat my time 
There’s also a thread in our forum where you can discuss this video and your times.
Hello everyone!
Sorry it’s been a while since our last post. It’s not you, it’s us. We have been busy putting all the finishing touches to Hustle Kings for Vita.
Everyone here at VooFoo is proud to say that you will all be able to get your hands on Hustle Kings as a Vita launch title on 22nd of February. Once you’ve got your Vita all unwrapped, head to the PlayStation Store and you’ll find Hustle Kings there for a superb £6.49. If you have pre-ordered a Vita then you can redeem your discount voucher to get Hustle Kings for just £1.49!
And if that wasn’t tempting enough, you’ll also get the PS3 version for free! That is a flabbergasting deal right there. The two versions are very different so you’re almost getting two games for the price of one.
We have spent a lot of time and effort making Hustle Kings on Vita as great as possible. There are a lot of improvements from the PlayStation 3 version of Hustle Kings, along with a lot of entirely new content just for Vita.
We wanted to take full advantage of the Vita’s unique inputs, and we think we’ve done so with a selection of control methods to cater for everyone from novice players right up to all you Hustle Kings pros. If you want to bask in the Vita’s touchscreen glory then it’s really straightforward to play Hustle Kings using touch. Or if you are more into thumbsticks and buttons then you can do that too just as easily.
To limber you up for this new Vita experience we’ve made an entirely new Training Mode that will teach you everything from aiming and breaking off to swerves and cue ball control. We have also completely re-designed Career, which now has eight unique pool crews to hustle against on your path earning HKC (Hustle Kings Credits) and becoming a certified Hustle King.
There are also a range of ways to play multiplayer matches. You can play either Head to Head or Multiplayer with up to 8 players, including Cross-Play against players on both Vita and PlayStation 3.
You can test the online multiplayer waters in Practice lobbies where your ranking and HKC are not affected. Once you’ve got a taste for playing online, try your luck in Ranked lobbies to improve your online ranking without risking any HKC. And for those of you wanting to prove your hustling skills, Hustle lobbies are where you can put your HKC on the line.
Also, exclusive to Hustle Kings on Vita, is our selection of online Bonus Challenges. These are unique score-based games that will test your speed, precision and stamina. Upload your scores to online leaderboards to prove to your friends and the world that you are the ultimate Hustle King.
And on top of all that, there’s Message Play which lets you play a game via messages. If you’ve got five minutes to burn while you wait for a train, start a Message Play game, take your shot and message it to a friend. When he’s got a few minutes free, he can take his shot and then message you to let you know it’s your turn. You can take your shot whenever you like and have multiple games active to make sure you’ve always got someone to play against.
We hope you all have great fun playing Hustle Kings on Vita. To keep up to date with Hustle Kings and our other projects, keep checking back here or follow us on twitter @VooFoo. We are always keen to hear your reaction to our games and welcome your feedback. Now go get hustling!
Developed by VooFoo Studios. Published by Ripstone.
Throughout history, only one game has truly stood the test of time and made a significant impact on societies the world over. As fans of the sport, we felt compelled to develop a chess title that truly reflects the beauty and depth of the greatest intellectual game in the world.
The classic strategy board game comes to life in stunning detail.
- Become a grandmaster in the most realistic chess game on PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®Vita.
- Work through a comprehensive tutorial to improve your chess skills.
- Take on up to seven of your PlayStation Network friends using turn-based gameplay.
- Stereoscopic 3D (PlayStation®3 only).
We’d like to say a big thanks to Quietlywrong for creating a video that will undoubtedly help a lot of beginners! If you’re hunting the 147 gold trophy then the tips in his video will help a lot. He talks you through many of his techniques and shows you that it’s not actually THAT hard if you go about it in the right way.
Best of luck!
We are looking for a great game programmer to join our team here at VooFoo HQ. Are you highly proficient in C++ with excellent problem solving skills and lots of positive attitude? Yes? You’ll be ideal!
You’ll be given lots of responsibility and will have a real contribution to the development of our games. Get stuck in by applying your expertise in a wide range of areas, including low-level systems code, gameplay, UI, graphics and networking.
Ideally we’re looking for someone with industry experience but we are happy to hear from excellent recent graduates too. Don’t be shy about applying if you are trying to get in to the industry. If you have the talent then we want to work with you!
There is a bit more information about the position on our forum. To apply, please send your CV to Jobs [at] VooFooStudios [dot] com, with the subject line “Programmer Application” and provide portfolio/work links along with your application.
The established team here at VooFoo would like to welcome aboard Tam Finlay! His role here at VooFoo involves wearing many different hats but his primary focus will be game design. We’re excited to have a fresh new face around the office and he already has us doing daily ‘scrum’ sessions – very useful indeed!
Have a look at ‘The Team‘ section of our website if you’re interested in knowing more about our BAFTA winning designer.
We have another new HD wallpaper for you! After receiving a couple of e-mails from people asking if we’d be able to create darker backdrops, we thought we’d oblige with this lonely old cyclops. I’m sure he’d love a home on your PS3 or PC..
Why not visit our forum to download it?
I’m pleased to announce that Pudds is our Hustle Kings Pool Cup winner! He’s won the past two official competitions so he’s clearly a worthy champion and the man to beat should there be any similar competitions in the future (fingers crossed). The match was intriguing, with Pudds’ opponent, Gazovwar, unluckily potting the black by accident in the first frame after taking a commanding lead. As usual, ice man Pudds didn’t panic and went about business as usual by winning 3-0 in a best of 5. The second frame was my personal favourite with Pudds pulling off two magnificent jump shots – the second of which was to escape a snooker that Gazovwar clearly played for. Demoralising for Gaz, I’m sure!
Well done to both players and congratulations to Pudds. You can view all 3 frames of the final below:
In addition to the final, a play-off for 3rd place was contested between Quietlywrong and Homerjnick. Both players obviously wanted to avoid the wooden spoon and gave us an entertaining match that was finished in two frames. Homerjnick emerged triumphant and unfortunately for Quietlywrong, he didn’t get to finish in the top 3 this time, but we’re sure he has all of the skills to do better on another day.
Thanks again to LordRoss for setting up a very entertaining competition! We enjoyed it thoroughly and look forward to organising similar events in the future. If you’d like to be involved then why not visit our forum to meet new friends, share ideas and suggestions and basically hang out with fellow gamers!