Q-Games’s Dylan Cuthbert has formally announced the existence of PixelJunk Shooter 2 on the US PlayStation Blog, following a reveal in Official PlayStation Magazine and hints and rumours earlier this year.

According to Cuthbert, work on the sequel to last year’s awesome exploration-based puzzle shooter is “in full production, full steam ahead, anchors away and all that,” and while he can’t say much about the game at the moment, PixelJunk Shooter 2 “will have some features that are new to the PixelJunk series in general and will be bigger than the first game!”

Cuthbert’s blog post continues:

“We’re busy implementing all the ideas that were left on the drawing board for the first game to make Shooter 2 as jam-packed full of crazy fun as possible… I’m pretty sure we won’t make a Shooter 3 because everything and the kitchen sink (probably quite literally) is going into Shooter 2.”

Cuthbert also says that a demo for the original PixelJunk Shooter will be hitting the PlayStation Network on May 25th, and will feature one of his favourite levels from the game which includes “has explosive gas, magma, water, tons of cool enemies, volcanic eruptions and you can wreak all kinds of havoc with the fluid physics. This will push you over the edge to get the game!”

Find out more about this mysterious PixelJunk Shooter game with El33tonline’s previous looks, and be sure to read our review of the title as well.

Source: US PlayStation Blog