Kotaku: Pixeljunk

PixelJunk Eden Hits Steam Today

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:05:00 EST

First announced last week, the PC version of PixelJunk Eden will be out at 10am Pacific Time, February 2. Which is, hey, today! [Twitter] More »

PixelJunk Venturing from PSN to Steam

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST

Kyoto-based Q-Games revealed today that its PSN title PixelJunk Eden would be headed to Steam. More »

What's a Better Video Game Goal than a High Score? Your Approval.

Stephen Totilo — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EST

I'll try any video game, because any video game might have the year's best idea in it. More »

Should You Buy PixelJunk SideScroller? Yes

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:00:00 EDT

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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. More »

Festival of Blood, Pixeljunk Sidescroller New on the PlayStation Store

Kirk Hamilton — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:30:00 EDT

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The two big releases this week on the PlayStation store are Infamous 2's bloodsucking "standalone add-on" Festival of Blood and the highly-anticipated-by-Stephen-Totilo Pixeljunk Sidescroller. More »

Turn Your PlayStation Move into a Club Happy Glow Stick

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:00:00 EDT

4am is the latest title on Q-Games' PixelJunk brand. Details about the game are scant, even though there is a debut trailer. It promises that players can "freely shape the sound to perfection" and then broadcast that sound to the world. More »

PixelJunk: Sidescroller Screens Scroll Out

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:00:00 EDT

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

PixelJunk: Sidescroller Gameplay Is Bright and Old-School

Max Abrams — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:40:00 EDT

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

How One of Gaming's Coolest Studios Helped a Dude Get Married

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:30:00 EDT

There have been gamers who've hacked games to ask their special someone to take the plunge, but how many game studios have decided to lend a hand in popping the question? More »

The Warts of Old Video Games Look Beautiful in this New One

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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. More »

This PixelJunk Game Isn't On a PlayStation

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:15:00 EDT

PixelJunk Monsters was a 2007 PS3 game. Actually, every PixelJunk game has been a PS3 game. Until now. Q-Games has announced that PixelJunk Monsters will be re-released as a free-to-play browser game later this year. More »

Pixeljunk: Sidescroller Looks Like a Neon Delight

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:43:00 EDT

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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. More »

The Most Paranoid Game Trailer You'll See This Week

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:20:00 EDT

Cheese is great. It really is. So are PixelJunk's games, like PixelJunk Shooter 2 for the PS3. More »

PixelJunk Shooter? No, PixelJunk Signed Shooter Shirt

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:40:00 EDT

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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! More »

PixelJunk Shooter 2 Explores PSN In March

Michael McWhertor — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:30:00 EST

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. More »

Let's TGS: Day Three

Brian Crecente — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:00:00 EDT

Our past day's coverage of the Tokyo Game Show includes chatting with Peter Molyneux about a potential Fable Movie, chatting with American McGee about the Alice movie and an examination of PixelJunk Lifelike. More »

Here's The Pixeljunk Lifelike Debut Video

Owen Good — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:50:00 EDT

What did I just see? I'm not sure. That mushroom imagery with the PlayStation Move wand was plenty suggestive, though. This is the TGS video for PixelJunk Lifelike, Q-Games' new endeavor, featuring art and music from Baiyon from PixelJunk Eden. More »

Developer: Not Many People Hook Their PSP Up To The PSN

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:30:00 EST

Dylan Cuthbert, boss of PixelJunk creators Q Games, has told G4 that few gamers bother hooking their PSPs up to the PlayStation Store. More »

Dylan Cuthbert: Game Funding Model Is "Fundamentally Broken"

Mike Fahey — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:30:00 EST

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." More »

Don't Expect More PixelJunk PSP Ports Just Yet

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EDT

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 »

In PixelJunk Home, A Mix Of Flirting, Innuendo And... Success?

Stephen Totilo — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:00:53 EDT

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 »

Which Do You Want: Downloadable Game or Sammich?

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDT

Digital games might mean "short", but does it mean "small"? Not necessarily. More »

PixelJunk 1-4 Has A New, Proper Name

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:00:00 EDT

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

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:30:15 EST

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 »

Nintendo Taught Me To Be 'Anal'

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:00:08 EST

For Nintendo, "okay" won't cut it. Its games have a spit-shine sheen, and everything is just so. You know, perfect. So when Dylan Cuthbert, honcho at Pixel Junk dev Q-Games, worked at Nintendo on the Star Fox series in the 90's, what did he learn? Cuthbert says: More »

PixelJunk Monsters Impressions

Mark Wilson — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:40:51 EST

While it's been released to the masses for some time now, I feel compelled to share my thoughts on Q-Games' PixelJunk Monsters, the tower defense title for the PS3. Because while I'd downloaded it hoping for a PS3ized version of the acclaimed Desktop Tower Defense, I received a game that was completely different. More »

"Diminishing of Core Players"

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:00:54 EST

At one time, Japan was the center of the gaming universe. What about today? Does that still hold true? Sure, Japan has its fair share of influential software and hardware companies — but, so does the West. Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert knows Japan and Japanese gamers. He's worked directly under Miyamoto and Sony. What's his take on the scene? Cuthbert says: More »

PixelJunk In T-Shirt Form

Brian Ashcraft — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:00:29 EDT

Free clothes! Here's a PixelJunk t-shirt I was given at my visit to Q-Games. The back of the shirt says, well, Q. That logo excitement after the jump. Onwards! More »

PixelJunk Is More Than Just Racers

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:00:18 EDT

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