playstation 3
PixelJunk Monsters Expansion on the Way
Posted by Flynn De Marco at 9:00 AM on February 18, 2008
Kotakuite Tim R. loves PixelJunk Monsters. He loves it so much that he emailed creator Q-Games begging for a sequel or expansion. He soon received an email back from a Q-Games employee that revealed an expansion is already in the works.
Thanks for the mail! We are really enjoying the feedback from people about Monsters, it seems to have really hit a sweet spot. There should be some news about an expansion pack over the next few weeks, so keep your eyes peeled.
So there you have it, straight from the horse's mouth. You can expect more tower defense excitement soon. We'll let you know as soon as we hear any more details.

Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Anthonii
Posted February 18, 2008 11:04 AM
Sweet. Played this game for quite a while on the weekend.
ziodu
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Just click this link for the email address. That's what I did.
[www.q-games.com]
ziodu
punkasscrab
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
I bought it to show my GF how to buy from the PSN and it was one of the least expensive offerings. We tried it expecting crap and couldn't quit playing all night. It really is a good game but to difficult in the later levels. The only way to learn what doesn't work is by trial and error and that eats up a lot of time. For $5 it was well worth it just for the levels up to medium.
punkasscrab
CancerMan
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
How do i go about sending an e-mail to Q-games? I so want them to restore the world map music to its japanese version. That's one of the many reasons i picked this up! Calling Tim R...
CancerMan
Sith_Mafia
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
awesome game. we've been playing it nightly trying to get 100% rainbows. Its extremely hard but addicting. Just now on the medium path.
Sith_Mafia
Maleficence
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@joelface: For the price of these games is this REALLY ana rgument you shoul be having wiith yourself? Just get all of them you like!
Maleficence
joelface
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
i downloaded the demo.. its not bad.. i could see the fun of it.. but i don't know that i would rather buy this game instead of say... Super Stardust HD... or something else..
...i did like it though.
joelface
ziodu
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Glad I could spoil this for you guys! This game is definitely worth $10. BTW, this is the guy who sent the email.
ziodu
limitt
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@ joelface: just create a jp PSN ID. i think ign had a walkthrough for people who needed help with it
limitt
joelface
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
could someone tell me how to find the demo on the japanese store? i dont know how to even GET on the japanese store.
joelface
joelface
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
i can't decide if i want it.... it doesn't REALLY sound like my "style" of game.
...but then, i don't really know, since i've never played that genre before.
/sigh
joelface
limitt
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
OMG!! just finished the demo, all i have to say is that must have been the most fun i've had with a game. I am definatly buying this
limitt
limitt
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@ TheIrishNinja: thanks for the information. really apreciate it. now in off to download
limitt
evlyti
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@Calabast: It is a tower defense game, but in Pixel Junk Monsters you can only place Towers on the Tree's located in the map. Some people don't like this aspect, but it adds a lot more to the strategy.
evlyti
Calabast
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
(Okay, so I should have just went and looked it up before asking, and immediately after asking, I went and looked it up. Hehe.)
Anyways, I've never played it, but I hope there'll be some way I can get my hands on a sans-ps3 version someday. Till then, I guess I could look for flash based TD games online...
(When trying to find an old flash one I played once online, I came across a certain towerdefencegames.com. Hehe, I mean, it only has 11 games on it (so far), but I guess that could hold me over for a boring weekend sometime.)
Calabast
Calabast
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
I haven't played this/heard about it. Judging by the picture it looks like a Tower-Defense style game? Am I way off base?
(Cause damn I love those. I barely touched the main game in Warcraft 3, and I've put hundreds of hours into that game.)
Calabast
StocDred
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Me and a pal played this just about all weekend. And we still didn't get enough perfects to open up the hard path. Tough game, but really really great.
Is it any easier in co-op mode? I haven't tried it yet because I refuse to buy a second PS3 controller until they get the rumble one out.
StocDred
abstractBzooty
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Another solid hit for PSN. Very easy to pick up and play, and hard to put down.
Would it be possible to include custom soundtracks in the expansion pack, just like Stardust? New levels are great an' all but custom soundtracks would make the game just that much sweeter.
abstractBzooty
Astrofox
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@Witzbold: It's better than cool... it's the kind of intuitive design and balanced gameplay you usually only get when Nintendo takes on a genre..
It definitely one of my favourite games on the generation. My gf and I completed the game in co-op and I cant wait to tell her more levels are coming!
Astrofox
Caduceus
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Good on you Tim! Way to let the cat out of the bag so everyone knows!! (In a good way)
Caduceus
Witzbold
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@Kyle81: Cool if you say its good Ill check it out.
Witzbold
Kaneda
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@Dorphat: Approved!: Then I must suck too... I still can't get the rainbow on that level with only 4 trees.
I'm not surprised the game is so hard though, after Pixel Junk Racers. It was also insanely difficult to get the "perfects" in Racers.
Kaneda
KeithCourage
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Now what I need is some sweet Everday Shooter Expansion love.
KeithCourage
Maximus9
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Ps3 all that junk inside your trunk, your junk, your sexy digitial junk....
Maximus9
Rockwallaby
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
PSN has some of the best games going @ the moment
Rockwallaby
Tyber_Zann
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
No! No more!
I can't even beat Hard 2! THIS IS MADNESS!
*THIS IS PIXELJUNK!*
What? Who said that?
Tyber_Zann
jackal888
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
I thought this was old news. I heard about this 2 weeks ago. The Playstation boards were talking about the PixelJunk Monsters Expansion.I guess it becomes news when the developer confirms it.
jackal888
Waza
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
i am so hyped !
Waza
evlyti
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
This is great news! I hope the expansion has a mixed difficulty of levels though and just not harder ones... Some new types of Towers would be cool too!
For those of you having trouble with some of the levels, there are tutorials on youtube that show you have to beat some of the levels. They help if your stuck on 1 level.
evlyti
greeble
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
My wife and I had a blast playing this coop. We were quite sad when we beat it. We both look forward to this expansion.
greeble
Raziel3333
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
man pixel junk monsters is so good its like PSN crack.
Raziel3333
Kyle81
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Game is insanely good, its so simple but so damn good.
Kyle81
Maleficence
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Wonderful, but I hope it's not just more advanced levels, I can't get past medium as it is.
Maleficence
TheIrishNinja
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@Verge: ...there's co-op?
also, again, in case anyone didnt get the memo: this game's awesome, and there's a demo on the japanese PSN store.
TheIrishNinja
KeithCourage
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
YES. Sweet design is victorious over my wallet once more!
KeithCourage
Huxle
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Yipee, that's what I'm talking about. PJM is amazing
Huxle
Witzbold
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
I still gotta try this!
Witzbold
-EDGE-
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Great game! Would be nice to see a DLC x-pac, but I would love to see some free DLC. Ahhh, well who am I kidding, if they price it right, I'll buy it!
-EDGE-
njhardcoreguy
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Never has such a difficult game been so addictive. I hope the expansion is a little more forgiving with collecting the rainbows.
njhardcoreguy
big_world
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Aww, SWEET!
I just beat it two nights ago, this is just awesome!
big_world
resetbutton
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
freakin great game. hope the expansion is cool.
resetbutton
Garo
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Great... now I still have to finish those damn levels.
Damn levels... too hard!
Garo
SABATH2
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Awesome i love this game so much that its bad for me (not doing homework >_>) but still sounds great that we are getting new maps hopefully new weapons to.
SABATH2
Dorphat: Approved!
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Very nice. My friend and I have been having issues getting the perfect completions on some levels :-/
We probably just suck.
Dorphat: Approved!
NeoAkira
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@LX: @Verge: @kusarigama:
I see, thanks for your replies. I'll be sure to purchase this game when I get a PS3 then.
NeoAkira
Youlikeyams
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Sweeet!
Youlikeyams
sUKi
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Woot. New skins. I hope they allow a new area to play that would be so hot!
sUKi
Jagzthebest
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
This is so addictive, I bought it cos my friend had it and it is actually so fun.
Jagzthebest
kusarigama
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Fuck yeah, I love this game, and more maps sounds delicious.
@NeoAkira: It's a fantastic game, simple, yet the later levels become extremely challenging and require a lot of strategy. For the amount of good games coming out this year, and those already out, and some of the fantastic offerings on the PSN, I'd really suggest you get a PS3 if you were even slightly interested. It's definetly worth it.
kusarigama
Verge
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@NeoAkira: I had a friend over to play some games (Gears, Crackdown, Warhawk ect) and we spent allot of our time playing Monsters. Well worth a look if you ever pick up a PS3, plus its so cheap.
Verge
HoxtonHero
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Sweet!
HoxtonHero
LX
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
@NeoAkira: it's awesome. super awesome.
LX
HawaiianActor
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
most addictive genre ever, i swear, i could play these games all day long if it weren't for that damn need to pay rent...
HawaiianActor
NeoAkira
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
I don't have a PS3 so I haven't gotten a chance to play this game, but for those of you who have, how good is the game?
NeoAkira
Verge
Posted 2:20 PM 19/2/08
Great news, I really enjoyed this game and the co-op was great fun. Good value for €5 and I'd pay another €5 for more maps.
Verge
hastyp
Posted 1:25 PM 23/2/08
Cool game, but it needs custom music and online coop.
hastyp
halion
Posted 9:42 PM 19/3/08
I beat this game with every rainbow in one week. The trick is to get the running mod, then the mine mod and then the lightning mod.
Oh, and don't stick to any one strategy, because sometimes bees are enough anti-air sometimes times you HAVE to use mortar cannons on bosses ( there are several maps where you have to SELL everything and buy last minute mortars for the end bosses ) and don't be afraid to use mines!
I just played the level, and found the best spot for each tower and after that it was easy.
In the expansion, I'd like to see a competitive 4 player mode =D
halion