We all love fact sheets don’t we? It’s a wonderful time when we can sit down and read all about a new game. Yeah, not terribly exciting, I know. But this game is a hell of a lot fun. We got to play it at Sony’s Media Day and were intrigued. Tower defense in a cute, easy way? I’m in. What’s that you say? It supports Remote Play on the PSP? Even sweeter.

In PixelJunk Monsters, the player controls a defender-of-the-forest character in a lush 2D environment. The player’s goal is to strategically defend the pathway to his homebase from an onslaught of various threatening monsters. In between waves of monster attacks, the player scrambles to reinforce his defenses by collecting gold coins and jewels from fallen enemies to finance new towers and research deadlier weapons. Eventually, the player can harness the elements throughout the 20 different stages to cast lightning storms across the forest. Gamers can enjoy PixelJunk Monsters with a friend in offline co-op mode, which requires careful strategy and communication. Additionally, PixelJunk Monsters will support online leaderboards for both 1p and 2p co-op.

The game is due to release this month on the PlayStation Network on a PS3 near you. No pricing has been set yet, but given the fact that PixelJunk Racers went for $6.99, I’d imagine that’s about what we’ll see for this title.

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