News, everyone!  Today marks the beginning of a new era.  From this moment forward, Mega Man Maverick Hunter X and Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower are both available for download from the PlayStation Network.  PSP users can now get  both their fresh-classic Mega Man action and their sleek-hot Darkstalkers fighting action downloaded directly to their minds (Actually, PSPs and PSP gos).

The fresh and classic: Mega Man Maverick Hunter X is a remixed, remastered, re-awesome version of Mega Man X (a la the SNES).  When Sigma leads a group of Reploids in a revolt against mankind, it’s up to X and Zero to protect the world from ruin.

It’s still side-scrolling, but we’ve updated it with 3-D graphics, remixed music, and unlockable features.  If you like good games, this is one of them.  That’s what it comes down to.  Ask anyone who knows, Mega Man X rocks.  I almost failed my Discrete Mathematics test Sophomore year when it failed to have any of the Mega Man Maverick Hunter X I had studied the week before.

The smooth and sleek: Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower brings the elegance of vampires to a smooth, sleek fighting game.  Choose your character, then decide which of five different fighting styles you want, each of which heralds from its own game in the Darkstalkers series.

With a game like Darkstalkers, the attraction is simple: come for the characters, stay for the gameplay.  Succubus vs. Vampire?  Yeti vs. Cat-Woman?  These are matchups you have to see.  When you get your hands on the game, it actually proves itself to be a functional and sophisticated fighting game.  It’s like hearing a supermodel spout off on jab connectors and proper combo technique—it’s the best of both worlds.

My duties, have I forgotten them?  Last Thursday, Capcom Puzzle World was released for digital download to the PSP via the PSN Store. 

What does this mean to you?  You now have the opportunity to download five of Capcom's most action-packed puzzle games to your handheld of choice.  Here's the line-up:

- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

- Buster Bros.

- Super Buster Bros.

- Buster Buddies

- Block Block

And to think, you could have been playing these classic puzzle/adventure games while crowding around Seth at the Capcom Fight Club last week.  If only I had alerted you to their availability!