In Real Life

2011: The Year In Pleasant Surprises

2011 saw its share of disappointments, but it was also a year that contained a good number of nice surprises. Some were games we just didn’t see coming — they snuck up on us and grabbed us with their excellence. Others were games that we thought were going to be terrible or at best so-so, but which would up being terrific.


October 28, 2011
PlayStation

Should You Buy PixelJunk SideScroller? Yes

PixelJunk SideScroller is the latest PS3 title from Q-Games. The Kyoto-based game studio continues to churn out high quality digital games for the PS3 under its PixelJunk banner. SideScroller is a vector-infused side-scrolling shooter.


October 27, 2011
PlayStation

PixelJunk SideScroller Is The 1980s Arcade Game You’ve Been Waiting For

PixelJunk SideScroller is a 1980s-style arcade game made for the 26th century. It’s a side scrolling-shot-em-up that exceeds in everything it attempts to pull off.


August 19, 2011
PlayStation

PixelJunk: Sidescroller Screens Scroll Out

Q-Games is working on PixelJunk: Sidescroller, the latest PixelJunk title. The game’s gameplay looks bright and old school.


PlayStation

PixelJunk: Sidescroller Gameplay Is Bright And Old-School

PixelJunk: Sidescroller, the upcoming downloadable colour explosion from Q-Games, is not joking around.


July 26, 2011
PlayStation

The Warts Of Old Video Games Look Beautiful In This New One

Our technology has progressed past the age of TV monitors that curve the corners of our video game graphics. Scan lines are a thing of the past.


June 7, 2011
PlayStation

Pixeljunk: Sidescroller Looks Like A Neon Delight

The Pixeljunk series is back for another trip around the PlayStation Network, this time with the snappily-named PixelJunk: SideScroller, a…side-scrolling shooter that’s as much about messing with liquids as it is shooting stuff.


PlayStation

What Is The Deal With PixelJunk SideScroller?

Kotaku AU

You may have deduced this from various other posts from yours truly, but I’m a huge PixelJunk/Q Games fan. So when I heard that an upcoming release from the team had gone under the rader, not even featuring in Sony’s E3 conference, I had to see what I could dig up.