Expansions Coming for PixelJunk Monsters & Eden
Written by Ryan Hewson   
Sunday, 10 August 2008 08:38

I wrote a slightly (ok, totally) rantish "open letter" to Dylan Cuthbert last night, bemoaning the difficulty levels in PixelJunk Monsters and Eden. If you have yet to try these games on your PS3 – run, don't walk. They are wonderfully crafted, tight little experiences of both the Tower Defence and Platforming genres, respectively. There are demos for both.

Anyhow, Mr. Cuthbert had the good graces to respond, and he has confirmed the following:

  • Monsters will be receiving a free patch that allows the player to progress through the game on Easy, Medium, Hard, or a new Expert mode (which I suggested he name simply "Cuthbert"); this will be available for offline play. Online rankings will maintain the existing difficulty level to maintain fairness.

  • Eden will also be receiving a patch to enable some new modes of gameplay. He described the swinging mechanic as "much too fun to waste on just one set of game rules". I agree. He also implied that Q-Games is looking into "a more namby pamby mode for the 'lighter' people out there".

What a nice guy.

You can read my original letter here, and his actual response here. What's also kind of amazing is that I wrote it to him at 1:25 am my time, and he responded within 25 minutes. He's 13 hours ahead of me in timezones. I have received email from the future.


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Comments (24)Add Comment
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written by Difficulty settings coming to , August 10, 2008
[...] Games Finding the PixelJunk games frustratingly difficult? You are not alone; the guys over at TheBBPS wrote an open e-mail to Dylan Cuthbert, executive producer at Q-games, humorously complaining that [...]
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written by Deviation, August 11, 2008
Future mail scares me...
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written by Difficulty settings coming to , August 11, 2008
[...] Games Finding the PixelJunk games frustratingly difficult? You are not alone; the guys over at TheBBPS wrote an open e-mail to Dylan Cuthbert, executive producer at Q-games, humorously complaining that [...]
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written by Top Gamer Blog » Archive, August 11, 2008
[...] [Via TheBBPS]  [...]
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written by Difficulty settings coming to , August 11, 2008
[...] the PixelJunk games frustratingly difficult? You are not alone; the guys over at TheBBPS wrote an open e-mail to Dylan Cuthbert, executive producer at Q-games, humorously complaining that [...]
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written by SonyPS3News » Blog Archi, August 11, 2008
[...] the PixelJunk games frustratingly difficult? You are not alone; the guys over at TheBBPS wrote an open e-mail to Dylan Cuthbert, executive producer at Q-games, humorously complaining that [...]
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written by PixelJunk Eden and Monsters to, August 11, 2008
[...] be getting frustrated much longer because an upcoming free patch is on the way to solve this issue. Thebbps.com has emailed Dylan Cuthbert, complaining about the difficulty in PixelJunk Eden and PixelJunk [...]
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written by Pixel Junk Update | Play-a-3, August 11, 2008
[...] Cuthbert von Q-Games hat gegenüber TheBBPS bekanntgegeben, dass Pixel Junk Monsters bald via freien Patch mit einer Auswahl von 4 [...]
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written by Xerxes3rd, August 11, 2008
From the future??? You should ask him if Duke Nukem 4 is out.... wait, I know the answer already.
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written by PixelJunk Eden e Monsters vão , August 11, 2008
[...] os jogos PixelJunk um pouco difíceis? Ryan Hewson enviou um e-mail para Dylan Cuthbert queixando-se da dificuldade do jogo e graças a esse e-mail, [...]
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written by killquick, August 11, 2008
With this patch will it enclude in-game music & troph awards? That would be very nice also to finally have that in the game like all new patchies being sent out for the games now.
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written by Ryan Hewson, August 11, 2008
killquick - he didn't say but I wouldn't be surprised. I know that Eden "unlocks" the custom soundtrack feature when you finish it.
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written by Q Games nigdy nie odpoczywa | , August 11, 2008
[...] prace nad PixelJunk Eden, a ju? Dylan Cuthbert, w odpowiedzi na otwarty list napisany przez TheBBPS.com, stwierdza, ?e pracuj? nad odpowiednimi poprawkami, które uprzyjemni?yby zabaw? i zmniejszy?y [...]
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written by XAM » Blog Archive &raqu, August 12, 2008
[...] prace nad PixelJunk Eden, a ju? Dylan Cuthbert, w odpowiedzi na otwarty list napisany przez TheBBPS.com, stwierdza, ?e pracuj? nad odpowiednimi poprawkami, które uprzyjemni?yby zabaw? i zmniejszy?y [...]
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written by XAM » Blog Archive &raqu, August 12, 2008
[...] prace nad PixelJunk Eden, a ju? Dylan Cuthbert, w odpowiedzi na otwarty list napisany przez TheBBPS.com, stwierdza, ?e pracuj? nad odpowiednimi poprawkami, które uprzyjemni?yby zabaw? i zmniejszy?y [...]
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written by XAM » Blog Archive &raqu, August 12, 2008
[...] prace nad PixelJunk Eden, a ju? Dylan Cuthbert, w odpowiedzi na otwarty list napisany przez TheBBPS.com, stwierdza, ?e pracuj? nad odpowiednimi poprawkami, które uprzyjemni?yby zabaw? i zmniejszy?y [...]
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written by XAM » Blog Archive &raqu, August 12, 2008
[...] prace nad PixelJunk Eden, a ju? Dylan Cuthbert, w odpowiedzi na otwarty list napisany przez TheBBPS.com, stwierdza, ?e pracuj? nad odpowiednimi poprawkami, które uprzyjemni?yby zabaw? i zmniejszy?y [...]
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written by Top Gamer Blog » Archive, August 12, 2008
[...] After TheBBPS’s Ryan Hewson wrote to Cuthbert about PixelJunk Monsters‘ difficulty, he received a response chock-full-of information and exciting [...]
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written by Loot Ninja » PixelJunk G, August 13, 2008
[...] decided to bring out a patch to make it easier for you n00bs out there. In an interview with TheBBPS, Dylan Cuthbert, the developer of all things PixelJunk, had this to [...]
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written by PixelJunk Monsters getting cri, August 13, 2008
[...] Source [...]
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written by PixelJunk Eden and Monsters ge, August 15, 2008
[...] to the gold folks over at TheBBPS.com who recently contacted our friend Dylan Cuthbert, President of [...]
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written by The Weekly Gaming News Digest , August 17, 2008
[...] Expansions Coming for PixelJunk Monsters & Eden (TheBBPS) SG Article [...]
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written by PlayStation Around the Web: Wh, August 18, 2008
[...] Expansions Coming for PixelJunk Monsters & Eden - TheBBPS.com [...]
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written by TheBBPS.com (Bits, Bytes, Pixe, December 13, 2008
[...] to know that my plaintive cry still echoes soundly in Dylan Cuthbert’s ears. (Eyes. Email. [...]

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