“People quickly jump to the conclusion that we’re jumping ship from PSN but we’re simply a very experimental company (we even have a Facebook version of PixelJunk Monsters!)”.

He thinks that its nonsense if someone believes they are jumping ship.

“And for the slightly different development/publication approach we wanted to try and take for 1-6 Steam seemed most appropriate. Given our history with Sony I think people are being rather hasty in thinking ‘Q is jumping ship’ or other such nonsense.”

Q-Games has released a number of PixelJunk games for the PS3 and PSP. It’s planning to release Pixeljunk 1-6 to PC via Valve’s digital platform: Steam.

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Q-Games has announced that it is working on a new Pixeljunk title, currently codenamed ‘Pixeljunk 1-6′, signifying the fact that this is Q-Games’ sixth Pixeljunk title.

The game is set for release next year, and is being developed for the PC exclusively. Q-Games has released a first screenshot of the game too. It’s posted above.

“We’ve decided to reveal all in our new exciting blog about our next PixelJunk title,” Q-Games head Dylan Cuthbert said in the official statement. “You’ll see how feature ideas seemingly materialize out of thin air and which ones make the cut.”

“People will see what an indie studio looks like completely exposed to the wind,” added lead designer Rowan Parker.”PixelJunk fans are welcome to jump in and comment on what they like most, to help shape the course of PixelJunk 1-6!”

You can have more info on the game on its blog here.

[Kotaku]