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"Sony’s online community for the PlayStation3 will soon be getting a big dose of Q-Games love, in the shape of a new Home Space dedicated to the PixelJunk(TM) series. We’re working hard to bring PixelJunk Home."
"Twitter is quickly become the go to place for finding up to the minute (literally) news. Our latest glimpse into the twitterverse shows the founder of Q-Games Dylan Cuthbert tweeting about future projects. Yesterday he tweeted, “non-PJ prototypes are going well.. one project almost finished, another four moving along nicely, hopefully see the light of day eventually.”"
"A recent twitter post by the Dylan Cuthbert, one of the developers, is leading us to believe that the game will be released to the public soon.
“About to go collect an order of MOS burgers for everyone still at Q working on the PixelJunk 1-4 demo”
Now I know what you're thinking and as much as I also want a burger, I want to see this game in action. We have high hopes Q Games, but don't worry, we know you won't let us down."
Some indie developers have spoken out against Q-Games, a quite famous developer among the PSN community. They say that Q-Games are not 'Indie Enough' even though Q-Games proclaim that they are very often and them being involved in the indie gaming scene. What is your take on this? Do you think their success is one thing that Indie devs are jealous of Q-Games success, or are they really not indie enough.
Some interesting news from the first day of GDC. PixelJunk Eden was profitable after its first day releasing. Which is quite an impressive feat, especially for some devs who are looking to make cash. Reason would most likely be that Monsters was also very popular and hat this was one of the first few games to have trophy support. Now lets see how long before they make a profit off Encore
There is some kind of special charm that the PixelJunk games have, the last two have been very popular on PSN, that they will receive ports to the PSP. Now PixelJunk fans won't have to wait long to see the next, which has been confirmed to be revealed at GDC. GDC is currently set for March 26th, and this is one of the two or three new PixelJunk games.
"What can you tell us at this point about the future of the PixelJunk series?
KY: A new team has started in on the next PixelJunk project. We have not yet begun publicizing the game, but it is on schedule to be released in early 2009. Another title in the series is Dungeons, which we announced at back at the Game Developers Conference.
This is a PixelJunk installment, but we are planning to spend more time on the development, so the release will follow after the fourth PixelJunk game in..."
"This is just a short one though, to inform you that at last the patch for PixelJunk Eden will be released on Thursday, January 15. For those of you from the EU, it will be out shortly thereafter, so stay tuned.
Also, I’d like to use this blog entry to announce that we are preparing an “Encore” version of Eden. At some point over the next couple of months, I’ll come back and tell you more about what’s in that! In the meantime get in your practice with this new patch so you are ready for the..."
PixelJunk has become of the highly rated PSN games around, either in reviews or fans of the games. Well Q-games has announced that they will try and release 2 or 3 more PixelJunk games in 2009. No word on what they are, but expect them to be a little quirky and weird. Click on the link to read Q-games happy new year's greeting.
The PixelJunk games are known to be the hardest games on PSN. While Monsters got a patch adding difficulties settings Eden is aswell getting a patch to make things easier. While there are no difficulty settings, this new update will sure make things easier. The new update will add a continue system so you don't have to start all over when you die and gives you a lot more time, plus more.
It's Thursday, which means it's time for the weekly PSN update! This weekly update features a new downloadable game (PixelJunk Eden), some add-on game content, tons of videos, and a lot more! Hit the source for all of the content that is being released.
