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Platform of origin
  
PlayStation 3

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Developers
  
Q-Games Double Eleven (ports)

Platforms
  
Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U

First release
  
PixelJunk Racers July 11, 2007

Latest release
  
Nom Nom Galaxy May 12, 2015

Publishers
  
Q-Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Games
  
PixelJunk 4am, PixelJunk SideScroller, PixelJunk Shooter 2, PixelJunk Shooter, PixelJunk Eden

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PixelJunk is a series of downloadable games developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3 which has also made its way to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita with Shooter Ultimate. They are available for download and purchase on the PlayStation Store worldwide. The series made its debut on July 11, 2007 at E3 2007 with PixelJunk Racers. All games in the series are presentable in 1080p full HD. The series is published by Q-Games in Japan, and by Sony Computer Entertainment in other territories.

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Development

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PixelJunk is developed by Q-Games, headed by Dylan Cuthbert. The series began in 2007 with the release of PixelJunk Racers. While Racers was met with modest critical and commercial reception, 2008 and 2009 saw the releases of the more popular, critically acclaimed titles PixelJunk Monsters, PixelJunk Eden and PixelJunk Shooter.

In an interview at TGS 2009, Q-Games stated that proper development on PixelJunk 1-5 would start in 2010. A PixelJunk title known tentatively as PixelJunk Dungeons, and was in the conceptual phase of production in 2008. Q-Games officially revealed PixelJunk 1-5 as PixelJunk Lifelike on September 16, 2010 during the SCEI's 2010 Tokyo Game Show conference. However, it was later renamed PixelJunk 4am. It is unclear if PixelJunk Dungeons is still under development.

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Though a series 2 PixelJunk game has yet to be announced, Dylan Cuthbert has suggested that games of the second series could "...maybe take some of the old 3D looks and bring them up to the full HD kind of style."

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On May 18, 2010 PixelJunk Shooter 2 was revealed on the official PlayStation blog due for release in 2011.

Series 1

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The first series of PixelJunk games are all described by Q-Games president Dylan Cuthbert as having "simplicity, familiarity, and originality" in common. Games in the first series are also two-dimensional and run in 1080p HD at 60fps.

PixelJunk Museum

On September 24, 2009, Q-Games released a virtual space for PlayStation Home. Titled "PixelJunk Museum" ("PixelJunk Exhibition" in the NA region), the space includes virtual displays for PixelJunk Racers, PixelJunk Monsters, and PixelJunk Eden, as well as a virtual gift shop where users can buy PixelJunk and Q Games-branded Home items. A separate "room" featuring the interior of the "Ers Piñita Colada" space center from PixelJunk Shooter was added to the space on December 17, 2009 in the NA region.

The Japanese version of the space includes an exclusive "Q-Games virtual public TGS Booth"—a recreation of the Q-Games TGS 2009 Booth where users can claim a free T-shirt for their Home avatar.

References

PixelJunk Wikipedia