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Play ‘Name That Game’ with PixelJunk’s Latest


Chris Benson

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PixelJunk has released a video for their brand new game in which you pilot a tiny ship through dangerous subterranean passages on a rescue mission. You’ll spend plenty of time shooting baddies and saving friends, but the most intriguing part of the game is the deformable terrain and liquid physics. Water and magma feature heavily in the game, and judging from the post-jump video, you’ll be manipulating both to solve puzzles, such as redirecting water onto a pool of lava to form a stone walkway.

The game has a lot going for it, but there’s one problem: PixelJunk can’t think of what to call it. That’s where you come in.

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