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The PixelJunk Folks Are Definitely Interested In The Glorious PC Master Race

If you say “Q-Games”, the first things that come to mind are probably Nintendo and Sony. (Oh, and there’s that other Japan-based developer with a similar name.) But you think consoles. You don’t think computers. Consoles. That could change.


The Difference Between A Good Video Game And A Bad One

During my first 25 years playing video games I had no theory about what makes a video game good. I knew the good ones when I played them. I just felt it.


Borderlands 2 Is Official. Borderlands 2 Is Coming.

Post-apocalyptic shooter Borderlands is getting a sequel. It’s called Borderlands 2.


The Kid Who Trained With The Masters Of Nintendo During A Gaming Golden Age

It was the hot, sticky summer 1990. Japan’s bubble economy, the period of rapid growth during the 1980s, would be over in a year, but Japanese gaming showed no signs of ending its dominance.


PixelJunk Shooter? No, PixelJunk Signed Shooter Shirt

Kyoto’s Q-Games, the studio behind PixelJunk and a whole host of wonderful titles, is auctioning off a signed ThinkGeek t-shirt for “Play for Japan”. The whole PixelJunk staff autographed the shirt!


PixelJunk Shooter 2 Gets a Final Release Date

I’m a huge fan of Q Games and have signed a blood pact to purchase every single game they create until I die an inglorious, peasant’s death. So I was pretty happy to hear that PixelJunk Shooter 2, Q Games’ first sequel has received a solid release date.


PixelJunk Shooter 2 Explores PSN In March

The next game in Q Games’ great and quirky Pixeljunk series arrives on the PlayStation Store March 1. What’s new in PixelJunk Shooter 2? Lots! Why not read our preview? Or ask Q Games yourself at the PlayStation.blog.


PixelJunk Expansion Channels Demon’s Souls, Of All Things

The stylish, HD-retro PixelJunk games are among the highlights on the PlayStation platform. But another cult favourite, Demon’s Souls, beat the series to its latest clever innovation.


Dylan Cuthbert: Game Funding Model Is “Fundamentally Broken”

In an interview with Develop, Q-Games president Dylan Cuthbert discusses the “fundamentally broken” games funding model, saying it is geared towards “making publishers stinking rich”.


Don’t Expect More PixelJunk PSP Ports Just Yet

Kyoto-based developer Q-Games has brought its home console PSN PixelJunk experience to the PSP with PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe. It’s a first for the company, and perhaps, a last.


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