Q-Games, the acclaimed indie developer behind such titles as PixelJunk Monsters and PixelJunk Eden have revealed some info about the new PS3 sparkle background. It was their team that came up with the idea to add the sparkle effect into the wave background and they were originally going for a gattaca style effect.

Well, we’re behind the “star dust” and if you haven’t noticed it yet, you’re in for a nice surprise. We wanted to implement something like the beginning of the movie Gattaca but they wouldn’t let us go quite that far, so we settled on the subtle but pretty dust effect you can see now. If you shake the Wireless Controller, you can move them about a bit, as if they are being carried by eddies in the wind.

Sayyed via blog.us.playstation.com »