Sony recently showed off the latest title in the acclaimed PixelJunk series of quirky downloadable games at a pre-E3 press briefing in West Hollywood. Although PixelJunk 1-4 was revealed last week, it hasn't yet been given an official name. Name or not, the game was playable at the event, and looked to be pretty far along in development. PixelJunk 1-4 has players piloting a small craft through a series of subterranean caverns interspersed with pockets of magma and water. The goal of the game is to safely navigate each stage and use the ship's grappling hook to pick up survivors who are scattered throughout the level. Exactly what kind of ordeal these orange-clad guys have survived, only to be stranded deep underground, is still a mystery.

The game controls similar to dual-stick shooters like Super Stardust HD, but the focus of PixelJunk 1-4 is on problem solving rather than blasting endless... Read more

Sony Computer Entertainment has pulled back the curtain on Q-Games' next downloadable game for the PlayStation 3, a summer-due "strategic action shooter."

Tentatively referred to as PixelJunk 1-4, the latest from the PixelJunk Monsters and Eden developer sees players diverting the flow of liquids like magma and water as they navigate their heat-sensitive craft through the various cavernous stages... Read more

The latest title in Q-Games' series of 2D downloadables has been teased via an official Facebook page. Only a few tiny shots of the PlayStation 3 game, tentatively known as PixelJunk 1-4, have been posted on the page thus far. Q-Games chief Dylan Cuthbert promises to reveal more details of the game as the page gains popularity, in a Noby Noby Boy-esque style of marketing.

Cuthbert has stated previously that PixelJunk 1-4 is not the previously-announced PixelJunk Dungeons, but rather an unrelated project.