Q-Games
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| legal form | Yūgen-gaisha ( Ltd. ) |
| founding | August 9, 2001 |
| Seat | Nakagyō-ku , Kyōto, Japan |
| management | Dylan Cuthbert (Chairman / Managing Director) Kenkichi Shimooka (Deputy Chairman / Director) |
| Branch | Computer and video games |
| Website | Q-Games.com |
Q-Games ( Japanese 有限会社 キ ュ ー ・ ゲ ー ム ス , Yūgen-gaisha Kyū Gēmusu ) is a computer game developer founded in Nakagyō-ku , Kyōto , Japan on August 9, 2001. He has close ties to Nintendo and Sony .
founding
Q-Games was founded by Dylan Cuthbert, who previously worked at Argonaut Software and helped create Starglider and Starglider 2 , then developed X and the first Star Fox for Nintendo. He also programmed Star Fox 2 until he moved to Sony America to develop Blasto . After the development, he moved back to Japan to Sony Japan, where he developed a program that should show the capabilities of the PlayStation 2 . Then he programmed Pipo Saru in 2001 and left Sony to start Q-Games.
history
The first few years were spent developing small programs for customers like Sony or Microsoft . At E3 2004, two graphics programs for the PlayStation Portable were presented. Development began on two games, one for the Game Boy Advance and one for the Nintendo DS , which were later released.
PixelJunk
PixelJunk is a series of downloadable games for the PlayStation 3 . These are available on the Playstation Network Store. The games are programmed in 1080p Full HD . The first game was released at E3 2008. It should also appear on the Xbox 360 .
The concept behind the Pixel Junk series was that innovative ideas for games would be found and something fun and sensible would be programmed. This work is carried out by a small team over several months.
Games
The first PixelJunk game is PixelJunk Racers , which was released in August 2007. This is a puzzle action game that can be played by up to seven people. The players choose one of ten racetracks and over a dozen cars.
The second PixelJunk game is PixelJunk Monsters , a so-called tower defense game. It was released in January 2008.
The third PixelJunk game is PixelJunk Eden , a game where you have to reach platforms with growths and jumps. It was released in August 2009.
The fourth PixelJunk game is PixelJunk Shooter , which was released in December 2009. The player uses liquids and gases such as magma , water , ice and black matter such as oil to get through a level and save survivors.
The second part, PixelJunk Shooter 2 , was released in March 2011 and continues the story. The game has been increased in difficulty and includes an online two-player mode. The third part, PixelJunk SideScroller was released in October 2011. Here was specially designed with retro design in the style of a scroller respected. Action and controls are similar to the two previous games.
The fifth PixelJunk game is PixelJunk 4am , released in May 2012. It is a video game with which music can be created and visualized.
The sixth PixelJunk game is PixelJunk Nom Nom Galaxy . It was released in 2014.
DSiWare
Q-Games also worked with Nintendo and released three games for the Nintendo DSi in the DSiWare section .
Trajectile (also known as Reflect Missile ) was released in November 2009. It is a puzzle game. The goal is to shoot ships into waiting enemies while avoiding or destroying obstacles.
Starship Defense (also known as Starship Patrol ) was released in December 2009. It is a tower defense game.
X-Scape (also known as 3D Space Tank ) was released in July 2010. It is similar to the Game Boy game X , which was also developed by Q-Games. The game continues the storyline.
other projects
Q-Games not only develops games, but also several designs for the XrossMediaBar (XMB) on the PlayStation 3 .
PlayStation Home
On September 24, 2009, Q-Games published its so-called space in Playstation Home in Japan, North America and Europe under the name PixelJunk . The PixelJunk exhibition or the PixelJunk Museum (Japan only) contains exhibits about the four games developed by PixelJunk: Racers , Monsters , Eden . Later still came Shooter added. In December 2009 a second room was set up just for PixelJunk Shooter, the so-called PixelJunk Shooter Mothership Hangar .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Q-Games.com , accessed April 18, 2011.
- ↑ n-sider.com ( Memento of the original from November 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 18, 2011.
- ↑ impress.co.jp ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 18, 2011.
