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She Tried To Make Good Video Games For Girls, Whatever That Meant First announced last week, the PC version of PixelJunk Eden will be out at 10am Pacific Time, February 2. Which is, hey, today! [Twitter]
Kyoto-based Q-Games revealed today that its PSN title PixelJunk Eden would be headed to Steam. Priced at US$9.99, the Steam version will include the game’s “Encore” DLC pack. Eden‘s full 17-song soundtrack, which includes unreleased tracks, will be available via DLC for $US5.99.
Loads of new stuff comes to Q-Games’ garden this week, with the release of the PixelJunk Eden Encore expansion pack.
While waiting to speak with Q-Games Dylan Cuthbert and PixelJunk Eden artist Baiyon, we burned through a new level from the PixelJunk Eden Encore expansion, enjoying the new “mirror mode” gameplay.
PixelJunk Eden Encore will be with us in April, and when it hits, it will be adding all kinds of new things to your Eden experience. Like new levels, new backgrounds & new music.
Fans of Q Games PixelJunk series should set aside some time in April, as the Encore expansion for last year’s rather awesome PixelJunk Eden will hit PlayStation 3s next month.
North Americans, expect your copy of PixelJunk Eden to become breezier this week, as the patch that adds more time, more control options and more forgiveness will hit the PlayStation Network this Thursday.
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This weekend should be full of “Oh shit!” moments, as Kotaku Towers West and Kotaku Annex Atlanta prep for the Leipzig Games Convention. We’re mostly caught up on our bookings, but I still need to score a train ticket from Frankfurt to Leipzig, as well as book my German vacation days. You won’t have this editor to kick around post Games Convention, as I’m taking my first vacation days of the year after the con. Speaking of, any Munich-based Kotaku readers with some local recommendations?
In my downtime (ha!), I’ll be relaxing with some Soulcalibur IV and pulling my hair out with some PixelJunk Eden. I’m surprised to find myself only halfway through my Spectra collection and completion. There’s little doubt that Q Games gives you plenty of value for your dollar.
What about you? What are you playing this weekend?
Some of the best games on the PlayStation 3 have never seen a Blu-ray disc, all thanks to the folks at Q-Games. The first two games in their PixelJunk series – Racers and Monsters – proved that you didn’t need photo realistic graphics to make video games that truly belong to the next generation. Now they’ve released PixelJunk Eden, a game about jumping, grabbing, and pollinating. Looking at the graphics alone you’d have absolutely no clue what was going on. Watching a video sheds a little light, but doesn’t quite make things clear. No, to experience PixelJunk Eden you need to get your hands on it, just like the reviewers did in our latest Frankenreview.
