If you're one of those PSP owners who have become hooked on Play-Asia and their amazing deals, you might wanna sit tight and read through this article 'cuz this week's special at Play-Asia is the very cheaply priced Mercury Meltdown.

Play-Asia is now taking orders for Mercury Meltdown and they're selling it for...*drumroll*... US$8.90! Talk about real price meltdown, huh? You'll get to save US$24 by taking advantage of this offer. Err, well actually you have to pay for shipping too so wait, (sorry I'm awful at numbers) all in all that'll be US$12. Still an awesome deal, right?

But don't even think of getting all greedy with Mercury 'cuz orders are limited to five units per person, and if you ARE planning on getting copies from Play-Asia, make sure you place your orders soon 'cuz the offer expires in four days. So if you don't have the game yet, what are y'all waiting for? Go get one now!

Okay, to start things off - and head off potential hostile comments and lawsuits, this story is not about bricked handhelds! (Damn, the challenges of making snappy titles...) Okay, now that's out of the way, Mercury Meltdown arrives in stores today! The successor to Archer Maclean's Mercury sends players through more wild and insane puzzles featuring the blob of that temperature-sensing, hated-by-Greenpeace element of the periodic table.

This sequel's got more color, as opposed to Archer's more industrial look. It also tweaks certain elements from the first game, such as time limits, to make the game accessible to the beginner, but still a brain-busting challenge in spite of it all. Your standard blob of mercury now features four distinct states: normal, rock-solid, molasses-slow cold, and Sonic-burning hot forms that changes the way players must navigate all those mazes.

If you're in the mood for puzzles to burn your PSP time with, or if you enjoyed Archer Maclean's Mercury, then Mercury Meltdown is the perfect buy. And we reiterate again: this isn't about bricking PSPs. Brain-busting challenges may brick your brain, though.

Buy: [Mercury Meltdown]

Holiday season is fast approaching and it won't be long before store shelves get flooded with a deluge of game titles for different consoles. Gamespot has posted a list for October and there are a lot of titles for the PC and GBA. Of course, there are some PSP and DS games on the list.

First is a video game from THQ that was based on the 2006 movie Alex Rider: Stormbreakerr. In this game, player will be immersed in the world of spying as its gameplay needs not only sheer fighting ability but also stealth and strategy. The game hit the shelves October 2. EA's football simulator video game FIFA 07 is just about to hit the stores. If you're not into sports, you can grab a copy of Gangs of London, which features new PSP-specific content.

Other game titles that are expected this month:

October 3

• Stacked with Daniel Negreanu (PSP)
• Mercury Meltdown (PSP)
• Bubble Bobble Revolution (DS)
• Rainbow Islands Revolution (DS)
• Uno 52 (DS)
• Star Trek: Tactical Assault (PSP)

October 4

• ProStroke Golf - World Tour 2007 (PSP)

October 5

• Hannah Montana (DS)

The PSP Content Pack for September is now available courtesy of Playstation.com. It's a free download where you get the latest in PSP system optimized video clips and trailers, wallpapers, screenshots, audio clips, and game content.

This month, the PSP Content Pack includes Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City trailer, The Godfather: Mob Wars trailers, Mercury Meltdown wallpapers, Lemmings PlayStation Underground Wallpaper Contest, a September Calendar Wallpaper and PSP TV Spot featuring Mr. Goose.

Of course, you need your Memory Stick Duo inserted first as soon as the download is done. For your PC, your available hard drive space should be 200 MB. If you've done this before, you already know the steps, but for those who are downloading for the first time, connect your PSP system to your PC via a USB cable. Then set your PSP system to USB connection mode. You should be able to transfer your PSP content Pack as soon as you double click the file and follow the instructions of the wizard. 

Download: [PSP Content Pack September]

Mercury Meltdown, a game involving weird blobs of mercury, has a new video that shows how the game was developed - from sketches to the final design of the game. The game has features over 160 game levels, game share and downloadable content, free-form progression, and five unlockable mini-games.

Just like its predecessor, Archer Maclean's Mercury, the idea is to guide the blobs of mercury to reach the destination, by tilting the playing area. The sequel has more levels and it features a progression system wherein the levels are specifically designed to minimize as many camera problems as possible. All stages in a lab are now accessible when the lab is unlocked, allowing players to decide whether to try another stage to progress. Check out the video for some intense blob of mercury action.

Download: [Mercury Meltdown Trailer For Europe]

Buy: [Mercury Meltdown]

After a pretty boring Summer in relation to PSP UMD game releases, it appears that PSP gamers are in for a treat this fall. Developers are making it up to us with the release of loads of great PSP games that you'll just have to buy. I hope you've been saving up your cash over summer. Here's the enormous list in alphabetical order:

• Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception - October 17 2006
  
• ATV Offroad Fury Pro - October 17 2006
  
• Bounty Hounds - September 12 2006
  
• Death Jr 2: Root of Evil - October 31 2006
  
• EA Replay - November 7 2006
• Gangs of London - September 2006
  
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories- October 16 2006
  
• Justice League Heroes - October 17 2006
  
• Killzone: Liberation - October 31 2006
  
• Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trio logy - September 12 2006
• Loco Roco - September 5 2006
• Lumines 2 - November 7 2006
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - October 24 2006
• Medal of Honor Heroes - October 23 2006
• Mercury Meltdown - October 3 2006
• Metal Slug Anthology - October 31 2006
• Scarface: Money.Power.Respect - October 6 2006
• WTF: Work Time Fun - September 26 2006
• WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2007 - November 14 2006

Have a great Fall and don't forget to check back with QJ.net for all the latest news on these games.

For anyone who has not played the Japanese demo of the puzzle game Mercury Meltdown but is still interested in it, we have some new screens in store for you folks. Developed and published by Ignition Entertainment, the sequel to one of the PSP's best puzzlers is out in Europe by September  28, but U.S. gamers won't be able to see it in store shelves until a month later.

Despite the all-new art style, Mercury Meltdown's gameplay still consists of guiding a liquid blob to the end of a maze, avoiding traps, door switches, spikes, moving floors and other hazardous elements in over 160 levels. With this simplicity in gameplay and high potential for addictiveness, this title will hopefully be making it as one of the best puzzle games for the PSP this year.

  

More screenshots after the Jump!

There's a PSP demo of the new puzzle game Mercury Meltdown now available on Sony's official Japanese PSP page. Unfortunately, you'll need Firmware 2.80 to run this...still, it's always cool to see downloadable demos of upcoming games.

The full version of Mercury Meltdown hits shelves on August 28.

To save you the effort of browsing through Sony's cryptic PSP site, we've put the demo up for download on our servers. Put the EBOOT.PBP in a folder called "UCJS10043" in your PSPGAME directory, and it should work fine!

Thanks for the tip, PSMonkey!!

Download: [Mercury Meltdown Demo]

In addition to the latest screens posted by us here at QJ recently, the first trailer has emerged for the inventive puzzle game Mercury Meltdown. In this sequel to Mercury, you play a liquid blob trying to maneuver yourself through a series of complex mazes. Updated features in this sequel include twice as many stages, a free-look camera, new modes in multiplayer, game sharing capabilities, custom skins and downloadable content.

The trailer showing here, features the gameplay set in a very colourful, vibrant and vivid cartoon-style environment.

Mercury Meltdown is set to be released on the PSP later this year.

A sequel to Mercury, the inventive puzzle game released when the PSP launched last year was announced a while ago, now Ignition Entertainment has given Mercury Meltdown a release date: In Europe, you can officially get your hands on the game this September.

In Mercury Meltdown, now featuring an all-new visual style, players once again take the role of the liquid "blob", and avoid lots of obstacles and hazards on the way to the goal. The sequel has expanded on this unique premise with the introduction of 4 states the blob can have - Normal, Solid, Fast and Slow. With those new states, more complex levels and new challenges are possible, making the game even more fun.

Besides this, the developers have doubled the number of levels to a total of more than 160. The added Downloadable Content feature promises even more levels, and when players have finally come around to beating all these challenges the new Wireless 2-player modes provide 5 sub games to play against a friend or the computer.

Vijay Chadha, Managing Director, Ignition Entertainment Ltd, said: "For Mercury Meltdown, we have listened to the feedback received from the first title and have also added many new additional ideas - while remaining true to the first game, Mercury Meltdown has a more accessible look and feel designed to appeal to everyone."