PixelJunk is a series of downloadable games developed by Q-Games. The series made its debut on PlayStation 3 with PixelJunk Racers released July 11 2007. The series was published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation platforms until 2012 with Q-Games themselves publishing on other platforms and for PlayStation in Japan. Spike Chunsoft handled worldwide publishing for PixelJunk Monsters 2 in 2018. 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.