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Don’t Expect More PixelJunk PSP Ports Just Yet
11:00PM Brian Ashcraft | 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. More »
Culture
In PixelJunk Home, A Mix Of Flirting, Innuendo And…Success?
10:00AM Stephen Totilo | Q-Games chief Dylan Cuthbert told Kotaku that the popularity of his company’s just-launched PlayStation Home space nearly crushed his team’s servers. Plus, he and I discovered independently, gamers there want to convey a message: “I’m hard.” More »
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Which Do You Want: Downloadable Game Or Sammich?
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Digital games might mean “short”, but does it mean “small”? Not necessarily. More »
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PixelJunk 1-4 Has A New, Proper Name
11:00AM Luke Plunkett | Despite the inherent goodness of their previous games, Q-Games’ upcoming PixelJunk 1-4 was never going to sell with a name that sounded like a Mario Stage. So it’s been changed to something more marketable. More »
PixelJunk Expands By Three In 2009
7:30AM Michael McWhertor | What does 2009 have in store for the PlayStation Network? At the very least, two more PixelJunk games. At most? Maybe three! Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert briefly outlined his company’s 2009 plans for the series. More »
New PS3 Music Visualiser Is Quite Soothing
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | When the PS3’s 2.10 firmware launched a few weeks ago, I totally missed something. A new music visualiser! Probably because, thanks to Sony’s lack of iPod support, my 360’s the one pulling stereo duty. What my 360 doesn’t do, however, is play a soothing, decidedly sci-fi planetscape like that included in the 2.10 update. Gamasutra have a nice interview with the visualiser’s creators: Q-Games, of Pixeljunk fame, who it turns out also did the PS3’s intro screen. Worth reading if you’re behind on your “learn something new for the day” quota. Special: Q-Games On PS3’s ‘Gaia’ Music Visualizer [Gamasutra] More »
