Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[The Binding of Isaac reaches two million in sales]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/21/the-binding-of-isaac-reaches-two-million-in-sales/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/21/the-binding-of-isaac-reaches-two-million-in-sales/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/21/the-binding-of-isaac-reaches-two-million-in-sales/#comments Binding of Isaac reaches 2 million in salesTeam Meat co-founder Edmund McMillen recently revealed that The Binding of Isaac has reached 2 million in sales. McMillen noted his surprise at the game's steady success, having first launched in September 2011, on an episode of the Northernlion gaming channel on YouTube.

"In the first year we sold a million copies, and now we're already up to two million," McMillen said. He also discussed the Nicalis "demake" of the game, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, and the definite inclusion of the Mystery Man unlockable character. The Mystery Man will use randomly-generated items and stats, offering a new challenge to players each time he's selected. McMillen also elaborated on the constraints that Flash presented in developing the game, and how Rebirth would benefit from fewer performance issues.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>demakeedmund-mcmillenpcsalesteam-meatthe-binding-of-isaacthe-binding-of-isaac-rebirthSun, 21 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Mew-Genics revealed as a 'cat lady sim']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/23/mew-genics-revealed-as-a-cat-lady-sim/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/23/mew-genics-revealed-as-a-cat-lady-sim/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/23/mew-genics-revealed-as-a-cat-lady-sim/#comments MewGenics revealed as a 'cat lady sim'Team Meat has finally unveiled Mew-Genics' true nature, after 17 weeks of teasers and tidbits. Dubbed a "cat lady sim," Mew-Genics will blend elements of "The Sims and Pokemon with a sprinkling of Animal Crossing and a dash of Tamagotchi," as creator Edmund McMillen puts it on Team Meat's official blog.

Sounds like just about the most wholesome thing ever, right? Well, not exactly -- McMillen describes a typical Mew-Genics session, during which a cat is unfrozen from a "Cryo-cube" and paired with another cat for breeding. The unfrozen cat attacks the second, and because the attack took place while the second cat was eating, the second cat then associates food with pain from that point on. As a result, the second cat starves to death in the attic.

Later, a stray is brought in and successfully mated with the unfrozen cat, which results in a pregnancy. Unfortunately though, the stray suffers from narcolepsy, a trait that is then inherited by the two kittens born from the union. This condition causes one of the kittens to fall asleep during a kitty beauty pageant, losing the competition.

After the stray cat runs away, it is discovered that it infected the unfrozen cat with "feline aids." As the treatments are too expensive, the cat is re-frozen into a Cryo-cube and put back into storage. Completing missions for a doctor, however, could help find a cure. The game then ends with the player being arrested by animal control.

There's a lot of interesting gameplay elements contained within that tremendously upsetting story, like the fact that cats can inherit traits from their parents and that those traits can lead to failure or (presumably) success during missions. It also made us want to cry. Mew-Genics will launch on Steam, iOS and Android sometime before the end of the year.

JoystiqMew-Genics revealed as a 'cat lady sim' originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidcat-lady-simiosiphoneMew-GenicsmobilepcTeam-MeatSat, 23 Feb 2013 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Basement Collection retail edition bundles in Indie Game: The Movie, out March 8]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/basement-collection-retail-edition-bundles-in-indie-game-the-mo/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/basement-collection-retail-edition-bundles-in-indie-game-the-mo/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/18/basement-collection-retail-edition-bundles-in-indie-game-the-mo/#comments Basement Collection retail edition bundles in Indie Game The Movie, out March 8Team Meat's beardier half and Super Meat Boy creator Edmund McMillen is bringing out a retail version of his gaming anthology, The Basement Collection, which Merge Games is releasing on March 8. The retail bundle includes a copy of the excellent Indie Game: The Movie, which chronicled Team Meat's journey to bring Super Meat Boy to XBLA.

The bundle also includes a DRM-free disc with PC, Mac, and Linux versions of The Basement Collection, a Steam code for an additional version of it, a 36-page booklet of McMillen's 'The Box' art (as featured in Indie Game: The Movie), full soundtracks for each of TBC's games, and a sure-to-get-you-noticed sticker of Steven from Time Fcuk. As for TBC, the games in it are Aether, Time Fcuk, Spewer, Meat Boy, Grey Matter, Coil, and Triachnid.

The retail edition is priced at $19.99, although Merge Games is offering a variety of pre-order offers to knock assorted percentages off that.

JoystiqBasement Collection retail edition bundles in Indie Game: The Movie, out March 8 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmillenindie-game-the-movielinuxmacpcrelease-dateteam-meatthe-basement-collectionMon, 18 Feb 2013 11:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Team Meat teases cat fighting, full Mew-Genics announcement next week]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/16/team-meat-teases-cat-fighting-full-mew-genics-announcement-next/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/16/team-meat-teases-cat-fighting-full-mew-genics-announcement-next/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/16/team-meat-teases-cat-fighting-full-mew-genics-announcement-next/#comments Team Meat teases MewGenics cat fighting, big announcement next weekThis may come as a shock to some of you, but Team Meat's mysterious, feline-focused project Mew-Genics will feature cat-on-cat combat as a heavily integral part of the game's design, Edmund McMillen has revealed. Who ever would have guessed? Team Meat's games are usually so nonviolent.

Furthermore, McMillen stated that he has been "using faked graphics for all the cats" in his weekly updates about Mew-Genics, meaning that everything we've seen so far has essentially been concept art. Next week, however, Team Meat will "finally announce what this damn game is," according to its official blog.

JoystiqTeam Meat teases cat fighting, full Mew-Genics announcement next week originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmilleniosmew-genicsmobileTeam-MeatteaserSat, 16 Feb 2013 19:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Treat your ears to the first full song from the Mew-Genics soundtrack]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/10/treat-your-ears-to-the-first-full-song-from-the-mew-genics-sound/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/10/treat-your-ears-to-the-first-full-song-from-the-mew-genics-sound/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/10/treat-your-ears-to-the-first-full-song-from-the-mew-genics-sound/#comments mini First full track from MewGenics gameThe Ridiculon duo, composed in half by a former Sleepytime Gorilla Museum member, are working on Team Meat's Mew-Genics soundtrack like a cat works a ball of yarn. "The Ballad of D. Claude" is the first full track from the album, available in full and with lyrics on Bandcamp.

JoystiqTreat your ears to the first full song from the Mew-Genics soundtrack originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 10 Feb 2013 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>mew-genicsmusicpcridiculonsoundtrackteam-meatSun, 10 Feb 2013 22:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy development for mobile paused]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/05/super-meat-boy-development-for-mobile-paused/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/05/super-meat-boy-development-for-mobile-paused/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/05/super-meat-boy-development-for-mobile-paused/#comments ImageDeveloper Team Meat has stopped production of the next Super Meat Boy - the mobile version - to focus all efforts on Mew-Genics.

"We decided to officially pause work on the next Super Meat Boy and remake Mew-Genics outside of flash, making it our new full time project," the developer noted on its blog. Team Meat co-founder Edmund McMillen elaborated to Joystiq, "It's the new Super Meat Boy made for touch and other platforms. We pitched the idea as a re-envisioning of Super Meat Boy on iOS and people assumed it was just a remake or port, but it's actually a completely new Super Meat Boy game. But yes it's on hold til Mew-Genics is done."

Mew-Genics was announced late last year and Team Meat's Edmund McMillen said it was the strangest game he's ever worked on. This is coming from the guy behind The Binding of Isaac. Hold us, we're scared.

JoystiqSuper Meat Boy development for mobile paused originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidiosiphonemew-genicsmobilesuper-meat-boyteam-meatTue, 05 Feb 2013 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Team Meat grants Mew-Genics Steam support, details project history]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/03/team-meat-grants-mew-genics-steam-support-details-project-histo/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/03/team-meat-grants-mew-genics-steam-support-details-project-histo/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/02/03/team-meat-grants-mew-genics-steam-support-details-project-histo/#comments Team Meat grants MewGenics Steam support, details project history As one of Team Meat's "Caturday" teasers, the team announced Steam support for Mew-Genics. The game was previously announced for iOS.

Team Meat also took a moment to discuss the history of Mew-Genics, noting that the project has been in development for 18 weeks. It started as a Ludum Dare 24 challenge under the "Evolution" theme, though Team Meat went with the "1,000 kittens" joke theme that the community attempted to vote in. After three days of development in Flash, the development duo realized it had a "monster mashup of many different game genres with an underlying theme [it] hadn't seen done in games before" on its hands. Mew-Genics then became the developer's full-time project.

The team also recognizes how obscure the "Caturday" teasers have become, saying it "will only do two more Caturday teasers after this then pull back and focus on getting the game done as well as officially announcing what the game actually is and how it plays."

JoystiqTeam Meat grants Mew-Genics Steam support, details project history originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 03 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Caturdayiosipadiphoneludum-daremew-genicsmobilepcSTEAMteam-meatteaserSun, 03 Feb 2013 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The sounds of Mew-Genics include guitar, drums, glock, cat fights]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/20/the-sounds-of-mew-genics-include-guitar-drums-glock-cat-fight/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/20/the-sounds-of-mew-genics-include-guitar-drums-glock-cat-fight/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/20/the-sounds-of-mew-genics-include-guitar-drums-glock-cat-fight/#comments

The music in Mew-Genics is crucial. It's also quirky, fun and from a duo named Ridiculon, one half of which, Matthias Bossi, was a member of experimental rock band Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Bossi and John Evans slapped together a video about recording music for Mew-Genics, sharing a few details about the game in-between banging on hard surfaces and screaming about cat fights.

Mew-Genics will feature a lab, a scientist, races in the sewers, kitty pageants and cat rumbles, Bossi and Evans say, and it will launch "super quick." The soundtrack includes 10 instrumentals and 10 full songs with lyrics, including one with the catchy chorus, "Cat fight, cat fight / Cat fight, cat fight / Got cat? Let's fight!" Watch the video above to get that one stuck in your head for the rest of the day.

JoystiqThe sounds of Mew-Genics include guitar, drums, glock, cat fights originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cat-fightmew-genicsmusicpcridiculonsleepytime-gorilla-museumsoundtrackteam-meatSun, 20 Jan 2013 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Mew-Genics reveals the sordid world of sewer cat racing]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/13/mew-genics-reveals-the-sordid-world-of-sewer-cat-racing/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/13/mew-genics-reveals-the-sordid-world-of-sewer-cat-racing/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/13/mew-genics-reveals-the-sordid-world-of-sewer-cat-racing/#comments MewGenics reveals the sordid world of sewer cat racingIn the underground world of sewer cats (and we do mean underground), racing is the thing to do. At least in Mew-Genics it is - today's tidbit about the game teases Frank's Cat Races, a sewer-based scheme where players will be able to test how fast their felines are and potentially find their fortunes, Team Meat writes.

We met the mastermind behind the cat races, Frank, in November, and if you'll recall, he has "head problems." He also has a tail, though apparently it's not much of a problem.

JoystiqMew-Genics reveals the sordid world of sewer cat racing originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>catCatsedmund-mcmillenmew-genicspcteam-meatSun, 13 Jan 2013 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Mew-Genics lets you freeze cats, is worrisome]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/06/mew-genics-lets-you-freeze-cats-is-worrisome/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/06/mew-genics-lets-you-freeze-cats-is-worrisome/http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/06/mew-genics-lets-you-freeze-cats-is-worrisome/#comments MewGenics teaser freezes cats, gets out of handWhile Team Meat has been releasing teasers for Mew-Genics over the past few months, its managed to do so without explicitly discussing how the game operates. The latest teaser image follows suit, as it divulges a "Cryo-Cube 5000" that seems to freeze cats (or food) for future use.

Last week's teaser revealed the Boon County Cat Pageant that Mew-Genics players will apparently participate in. Whether frozen cats are eligible to compete is unclear.

JoystiqMew-Genics lets you freeze cats, is worrisome originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cat-pageantCatsCaturdaycryo-cube-5000mew-genicspcteam-meatSun, 06 Jan 2013 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Mew-Genics is multi-platform, one of which is iOS]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/23/mew-genics-is-multi-platform-one-of-which-is-ios/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/23/mew-genics-is-multi-platform-one-of-which-is-ios/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/23/mew-genics-is-multi-platform-one-of-which-is-ios/#comments MewGenics isn't exclusive to iOS
Mew-Genics will be available on iOS devices, but that's not all. Well, actually, that is all for today. The weekly Mew-Genics teaser simply says that the game will launch on multiple platforms, one of which is iOS, as demonstrated by the accompanying iPad mock-up. Considering the mobile angle and Edmund McMillen's recent involvement with Sony, we're personally hoping for a Vita release as well.

So far we've learned that Mew-Genics will feature a ton of cats, a rockin' soundtrack and magical trinkets such as petrified poop that lowers damage taken.

JoystiqMew-Genics is multi-platform, one of which is iOS originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>iosipadiphonemew-genicsmobilemulti-platformteam-meatSun, 23 Dec 2012 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Latest Mew-Genics teaser collects trinkets with 'magic properties']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/16/latest-mew-genics-teaser-collects-trinkets-with-magic-propertie/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/16/latest-mew-genics-teaser-collects-trinkets-with-magic-propertie/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/16/latest-mew-genics-teaser-collects-trinkets-with-magic-propertie/#comments Latest MewGenics teaser collects trinkets with 'magic properties'Team Meat recently released some new pieces of information about its current project, Mew-Genics. The game includes a trinket display case for all the "stuff" that players acquire, which sometimes "appear imbued with magic properties that change space and time."

Collectable trinkets include food, vomit, kittens, mail and petrified poop. The petrified poop shown in the picture "slightly lowers damage taken," so at least we can assume that this game about cats (many cats) includes some kind of health and damage system. Of course, the petrified poop seen here also lowers the "poop rate" of all cats, so there are apparently some other gameplay elements happening here. There are 105 trinket types in Mew-Genics, each with semi randomly-generated properties.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>CatsCaturdaymew-genicspcpoopteam-meatteaserSun, 16 Dec 2012 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Mew-Genics teaser brings the beautiful noise]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/08/mew-genics-teaser-brings-the-beautiful-noise/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/08/mew-genics-teaser-brings-the-beautiful-noise/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/08/mew-genics-teaser-brings-the-beautiful-noise/#comments
It's Caturday y'all, and that means one more tidbit of information regarding Team Meat's latest project, Mew-Genics. Since all of the game's characters have been revealed, the Team Meat has begun slowly releasing tangential information about the game, with this week's reveal being "Cat Chase," the title theme.

"We really splurged with the soundtrack for Mew-Genics, the game will feature a full album of over 20 studio recorded songs," Team Meat's Edmund McMillen said in an official update. "We really wanted to make the games music feature extended themes of the game or small stories within each song, kind of how Katamari did it in a way, except all our songs are about cats!"

The game's soundtrack/album is being composed by Matthias Bossi and Jon Evans, the former of which provided the narration for The Binding of Isaac. Here's hoping the rest of the score has the same spooky, Neverhood/Skullmonkeys-esque vibe as this track, which can be heard above.

JoystiqMew-Genics teaser brings the beautiful noise originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>albumJon-EvansMatthias-Bossimew-genicsmusicOSTsoundtrackteam-meatSat, 08 Dec 2012 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Mew-Genics to hoard over 12 sextillion cats]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/01/mew-genics-to-hoard-over-12-sextillion-cats/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/01/mew-genics-to-hoard-over-12-sextillion-cats/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/01/mew-genics-to-hoard-over-12-sextillion-cats/#comments MewGenics to hoard over 12 sextillion catsTeam Meat's latest teaser for Mew-Genics is all about the game's "cast of cats," in that it features over 12,207,031,250,000,000,000,000 felines. The developer blog explains that the enormous number "only applies to how the cat looks, if you include its personality variables that number multiplies by A LOT."

Team Meat added that "ability variables and personal stats" could practically guarantee that you'll never get the same cat twice in the game. Not that we know what that entails, since all we really know about Mew-Genics is that it's "kind of" about cats. Lots of them.

JoystiqMew-Genics to hoard over 12 sextillion cats originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 01 Dec 2012 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>CatsCaturdaycharacter-revealmew-genicspcteam-meatteaserSat, 01 Dec 2012 19:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Nicalis wants your input on The Binding of Isaac's makeover]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/01/nicalis-wants-your-input-on-the-binding-of-isaacs-makeover/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/01/nicalis-wants-your-input-on-the-binding-of-isaacs-makeover/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/01/nicalis-wants-your-input-on-the-binding-of-isaacs-makeover/#comments Nicalis wants your input on The Binding of Isaac's makeoverNicalis is proposing four different art styles for The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, the console remake of Team Meat's bizarre PC game. Fans can vote on the four mock-up 16-bit art styles seen in the gallery below to determine which direction Nicalis will take the remake in.

According to The Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen's Tumblr blog, the game is getting a face lift "because I think the art is tired and I'm sick of looking at it." The survey also asks for input on which platforms the game should appear on, with 3DS and Wii U listed as options.

Nicalis will begin development on the project in January and hopes to launch PS3, Vita and PC (Steam) versions of The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth by the end of 2013, with Xbox 360, iOS and Nintendo console ports a possibility.

Gallery: The Binding of Isaac (Rebirth Mock-Up Art)

JoystiqNicalis wants your input on The Binding of Isaac's makeover originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 01 Dec 2012 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>16-bitart-styleedmund-mcmillenmicrosoftnicalispcplaystationplaystation-vitaps3remakesurveyteam-meatthe-binding-of-isaacthe-binding-of-isaac-rebirthvitavotexboxSat, 01 Dec 2012 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Final Mew-Genics character is one shady guy]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/24/final-mew-genics-character-is-one-shady-guy/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/24/final-mew-genics-character-is-one-shady-guy/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/24/final-mew-genics-character-is-one-shady-guy/#comments Final MewGenics character is one shady guyIn keeping with its established "Caturday" information release schedule, the final Mew-Genics character has been revealed by Team Meat. Butch (above) appears to be a fairly nefarious dude, one who's "into some shady stuff" and participates in zero legal activities of any kind. Given what Team Meat's previous games were like, we're kind of terrified of its definition of "shady stuff."

Now that Butch and the other four characters have all been revealed, Team Meat will begin "teasing aspects of game design, music, the games many features and its release platforms," according to its official blog. We're just hoping this whole thing turns out to be based on The Aquabats' classic The Cat With Two Heads.

JoystiqFinal Mew-Genics character is one shady guy originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 24 Nov 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aquabatsbutchcat-with-two-headsmew-genicsteam-meatthe-aquabatsSat, 24 Nov 2012 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy Galaxy charity drive to support Samaritans]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/22/super-meat-boy-galaxy-charity-drive-to-support-samaritans/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/22/super-meat-boy-galaxy-charity-drive-to-support-samaritans/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/22/super-meat-boy-galaxy-charity-drive-to-support-samaritans/#comments

A prototype of the copyright skirting Super Meat Boy Galaxy can be yours with a donation to a good cause. Aubrey Hesselgren, a friend of Team Meat's Tommy Refenes, created a prototype of Super Meat Boy Galaxy for Refenes' birthday last year, which is now being "ransomed" for donations to Samaritans.

Samaritans is a service providing confidential emotional support to those who are experiencing distress or despair. They also provide suicide prevention support.

Just think of all that money you're saving on the Steam sale and divert some of that cash to a good cause. Feel free to donate.

JoystiqSuper Meat Boy Galaxy charity drive to support Samaritans originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>samaritanssuper-meat-boyteam-meatThu, 22 Nov 2012 16:00:00 EST<![CDATA[The fourth Mew-Genics character likes cats more than you]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/18/the-fourth-mew-genics-character-likes-cats-more-than-you/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/18/the-fourth-mew-genics-character-likes-cats-more-than-you/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/18/the-fourth-mew-genics-character-likes-cats-more-than-you/#comments The fourth MewGenics character likes cats more than youTracy, the fourth character Team Meat revealed for its upcoming game Mew-Genics, was described as a girl that "likes cats... but isn't a big fan of you." Tracy's teaser image showed the wall of cages she seemed to keep her cats in, hopefully insinuating that she's a vet and not a hoarder.

Team Meat unveiled a few characters over the past few weeks for its "game about cats," including Frank (who has head problems), Mr. Tinkles and Dr. Beanies. Another character reveal is planned for next Caturday.

JoystiqThe fourth Mew-Genics character likes cats more than you originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 18 Nov 2012 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Caturdaycharacter-revealmew-genicspcteam-meatteaserSun, 18 Nov 2012 21:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Team Meat's third Mew-Genics character, Frank, has head problems]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/11/team-meats-third-mew-genics-character-frank-has-head-problems/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/11/team-meats-third-mew-genics-character-frank-has-head-problems/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/11/team-meats-third-mew-genics-character-frank-has-head-problems/#comments Latest MewGenics teaser has head problemsThe third of five teaser images for Team Meat's latest project, Mew-Genics, is Frank. Frank has been diagnosed by his creators with "head problems," but we think he should be re-evaluated for sweat problems, hunchback problems, tooth problems and... is that a tail? Then yes, tail problems, too.

Previous teaser images show characters with fewer physical ailments, but probably just as many issues: Mr. Tinkles and Dr. Beanies. We're guessing Mr. Tinkles has depression and bladder control problems, and Dr. Beanies has "eating cats" problems. Those are just guesses, of course.

JoystiqTeam Meat's third Mew-Genics character, Frank, has head problems originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>frankmew-genicspcteam-meatSun, 11 Nov 2012 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Team Meat digs up first Mew-Genics characters, art each Caturday]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/04/team-meat-digs-up-a-first-mew-genics-characters-art-each-caturd/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/04/team-meat-digs-up-a-first-mew-genics-characters-art-each-caturd/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/04/team-meat-digs-up-a-first-mew-genics-characters-art-each-caturd/#comments MewGenics teaser artMew-Genics, the next game in a line of cheerfully disturbing adventures from Team Meat, stars Mr. Tinkles, Dr. Beanies and of course a cat with an extra head, early images show. Team Meat is disseminating five silhouttes of a full Mew-Genics teaser picture, one every Caturday (ahem, "Saturday," that is), until the full image is revealed.

The first teaser in the silhouette showdown is Mr. Tinkles, a flamboyant "Party Gurl" with cat trophies as back-up dancers. Mr. Tinkles was revealed last week via the Team Meat Twitter. This Caturday (Saturday, sorry), we see Dr. Beanies, a worried-looking scientist with a cute cat in his lab, introduced on the Team Meat blog.

Check out Dr. Beanies below, and stay tuned to Team Meat next Caturday (SATURDAY, damn it) for a new teaser.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Caturdaymew-genicspcsaturdayteam-meatteaserSun, 04 Nov 2012 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Mew-Genics is the next Team Meat game]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/20/mew-genics-is-the-next-team-meat-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/20/mew-genics-is-the-next-team-meat-game/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/10/20/mew-genics-is-the-next-team-meat-game/#comments MewGenics is the next Team Meat gameTeam Meat's next game is called Mew-Genics. The game is described as "randomly generated" and will involve cats in some way, purr per Team Meat's announcement blog.

Super Meat Boy creator Edmund McMillen said the project is the strangest he's ever worked on, and that platform announcements, gameplay details and screens for Mew-Genics will be revealed soon.

JoystiqMew-Genics is the next Team Meat game originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 20 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>announcementCatsedmund-mcmillenmew-genicssuper-meat-boyteam-meatSat, 20 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Edmund McMillen game collection escapes the basement in August, finds solace on Steam]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/08/edmund-mcmillen-game-collection-escapes-the-basement-in-august/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/08/edmund-mcmillen-game-collection-escapes-the-basement-in-august/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/08/edmund-mcmillen-game-collection-escapes-the-basement-in-august/#comments Edmund McMillen game collection escapes the basement in August, coming to SteamBefore he made a game about a boy with no skin and a fetus with a monocle, Edmund McMillen of Team Meat created a game about a young emo boy and his interplanetary adventures, one about a lonely man traveling through time and another about puking, along with a few others. Eight of these titles will be available on Steam in late August as a bundle called The Basement Collection, for $4.

The Basement Collection will include Time Fcuk, Aether, Spewer, Grey Matter, Meat Boy (flash prototype), Triachnid and a locked, secret title updated with new content, soundtrack, difficulty modes and achievements. Each game will come with bonus content such as development sketches and early prototypes, and The Basement Collection will feature four "very large bonus unlockables that should make fans of my work quite happy," McMillen writes.

The Basement Collection will also come with a free soundtrack with bonus indie remixes. Try out (i.e. "play") all of these titles for free via McMillen's Newgrounds page now, if you can spare a moment for puketastic, interstellar, time-traveling fun.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>aetherarmor-gamesbasement-collectionedmund-mcmillengrey-mattermacmeat-boypcspewerSTEAMteam-meattime-fcuktriachnidSun, 08 Jul 2012 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[The first taste of Super Meat Boy mobile art]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/the-first-taste-of-super-meat-boy-mobile-art/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/the-first-taste-of-super-meat-boy-mobile-art/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/07/the-first-taste-of-super-meat-boy-mobile-art/#comments ImageEdmund McMillen of Team Meat has so far been coy about what the mobile version of Super Meat Boy is, but he's fairly vocal about what it isn't. Super Meat Boy: The Game won't be a shallow, easy-to-play money-making machine like so many other mobile titles today, McMillen writes in his latest update. He even tells us a little bit about what it will be:
"We want to make a game that WE would love to see on the platform, a feature-length reflex-driven platformer with solid controls that doesn't manipulate you with business bullshit in order to cash in. We want SMB:TG to show the player we respect them, not only by not manipulating them, but also by understanding they want a real challenge and they want a real sense of fulfillment when they have achieved something that's difficult... you know, like real games do."
Team Meat has also revealed the first bit of art from Super Meat Boy: The Game, the chapter screen for The Green Hills you can see above. McMillen assures us that even though there are only eight visible level pads, the mobile title "will rival the original" and have dark worlds.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmillenmobilesuper-meat-boyteam-meatMon, 07 May 2012 22:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy mobile to be twitch-based, but 'not about memorization']]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/super-meat-boy-mobile-to-be-twitch-based-but-not-about-memoriz/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/super-meat-boy-mobile-to-be-twitch-based-but-not-about-memoriz/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/30/super-meat-boy-mobile-to-be-twitch-based-but-not-about-memoriz/#comments Team Meat's Edmund McMillen has made some more comments as he goes mobile with a completely new version of Super Meat Boy. According to McMillen, Canabalt is providing some basic inspiration for development.

"Canabalt is closer to what we're thinking about. But Canabalt is very surface-level stuff," McMillen told Polygon. "[The original] Meat Boy was a twitch-based game about memorizing things. [iOS] Meat Boy is the opposite. That's the foundation of its design. But it's also on a touch device, so there's that as well. We want to make a twitch-based platformer that's not about memorization."

As for the art style - the mobile version forgoes the pixels for a more hand-drawn look - McMillen says the more "gentle" approach allows Team Meat to lull players in, only to surprise them with some shocking visuals. "I'm happy about the art style. The more gentle and nice we make it look, the more vicious the story can be. Wouldn't it be so awesome to bait kids in with this happy little Meat Boy thing and then, the ending of the first chapter, instead of the squirrel getting his head knocked off, Meat Boy gets his face sawed in half? Like a skinned looking face looking at the screen?"

Ultimately, McMillen said, "My goal is to scare the shit out of my three-year-old nephew."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidiosipadiphonemobilesuper-meat-boyteam-meatMon, 30 Apr 2012 23:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Mobile Super Meat Boy may look something like this, may not]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/01/mobile-super-meat-boy-may-look-something-like-this-may-not/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/01/mobile-super-meat-boy-may-look-something-like-this-may-not/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/01/mobile-super-meat-boy-may-look-something-like-this-may-not/#comments
Above is the first proper look at the prototype, "probably going to change a lot" vision of Super Meat Boy on iOS. No, this isn't an April Fools' joke, unless Team Meat have decided to reveal sensible, already-announced information as part of its months-long ruse to get everyone excited for mobile SMB before stripping it away entirely -- a plan they decided to ditch once they realized what a genuinely good idea that is. However, we really don't think that's the case here.

In February Team Meat's Edmund McMillen divulged the first details of SMB on iOS, saying that if the idea was good enough, they would create it as an entirely new game without the "shitty touch controls" standard in most mobile touchscreen titles. Looks like the idea was good enough.

Mobile SMB is "a feature-length touch-controlled platformer SPECIFICALLY designed for Touch devices," McMillen wrote today, continuing to say it isn't "a shitty port of an existing game with non-tactile buttons spread all over the screen blocking the player's view and making for frustrating controls" or "the Super Meat Boy you're used to: There are aspects of Super Meat Boy in there, obviously, but this is a brand new game with new art, new sound, everything."

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmilleniosipadiphonemacmicrosoftmobilepcsuper-meat-boyteam-meattommy-refenestouchscreenxboxSun, 01 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Binding of Isaac not coming to 3DS eShop]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/binding-of-isaac-not-coming-to-3ds-eshop/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/binding-of-isaac-not-coming-to-3ds-eshop/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/binding-of-isaac-not-coming-to-3ds-eshop/#comments It seems talks to bring The Binding of Isaac to 3DS have broken down, according to Team Meat's Edmund McMillen. "After a long internal debate," tweeted McMillen, "Nintendo has decided not to allow The Binding of Isaac on the 3ds." He elaborated that the game's "questionable religious content" was the reason for Nintendo's decision.

For those who don't know, the story of Binding of Isaac involves a child running away after a godlike voice asks the child's mother to sacrifice him. We've reached out to Team Meat for further comment.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>3dseshopnintendoteam-meatthe-binding-of-isaacWed, 29 Feb 2012 11:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy's super boys explain what it means to go mobile]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/super-meat-boys-super-boys-explain-what-it-means-to-go-mobile/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/super-meat-boys-super-boys-explain-what-it-means-to-go-mobile/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/10/super-meat-boys-super-boys-explain-what-it-means-to-go-mobile/#comments Yesterday Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes of Team Meat dropped a gigantic, raw bomb on Twitter (gross), announcing their plans to strip down Super Meat Boy and rebuild it completely for mobile touch devices. They were vague on details apart from an intent to create a brand new game in the Super Meat Boy universe, and that they definitely wouldn't use "shitty touch controls."

We thought they were being coy, but it turns out they don't know much more about the touchscreen version than we do. It's still in the engine phase of development, McMillen told Joystiq, and they're pretty much winging it, playing with things that work and throwing out ideas that don't -- even if that includes the entire game.

"I mean, honestly, this is simply a challenge for us," McMillen said. "It's easy to poo-poo a new system because of its horrible use of touchscreen on ported titles; it's harder to attempt to try and figure out a design that works and make something worth checking out.

"So that's basically what we are doing -- no idea how it will turn out -- but Tommy and I wanted to jump back into dev again with something that isn't going to take a year-plus to make, so prototyping this idea seemed most appropriate and inspired."

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JoystiqSuper Meat Boy's super boys explain what it means to go mobile originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>androidedmund-mcmilleniosipadiphonemacmicrosoftmobilepcprototypesuper-meat-boyteam-meattommy-refenestouchscreenxboxFri, 10 Feb 2012 19:15:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy to be torn apart, rebuilt for touchscreen devices]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/09/super-meat-boy-to-be-torn-apart-rebuilt-for-touchscreen-devices/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/09/super-meat-boy-to-be-torn-apart-rebuilt-for-touchscreen-devices/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/09/super-meat-boy-to-be-torn-apart-rebuilt-for-touchscreen-devices/#comments Super Meat Boy has seen success on Xbox Live, PC and Mac, but as is often the case while playing SMB, Team Meat have decided that's not good enough. Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes of Team Meat announced via Twitter today that they're rebuilding Super Meat Boy from scratch for a potential launch on mobile touch devices.

In a six-part tweetfest, Team Meat disclosed the following details: The touch title will be remade from scratch and won't play like Super Meat Boy; it will be a larger, more traditional game, unlike titles such as Doodle Jump; and they promised it won't use "shitty touch controls."

"if you liked SMB im sure you will enjoy this (if its good enough to continue on :) ) we just had a few cool ideas and wanted a challange," one of Team Meat's tweets reads.

Team Meat said that if the project fails and turns out to not be any fun, they'll scrap it and move on to the next idea, which we can only assume is a Super Meat Boy live-action point-and-click adventure title in 3D. Those adventure things are all the rage these days, we're told.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmillenmacmicrosoftmobilepcprototypesuper-meat-boyteam-meattommy-refenestouchtwitterxboxThu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:00 EST<![CDATA['Everything's happening now:' Indie Game: The Movie at Sundance]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/everythings-happening-now-indie-game-the-movie-at-sundance/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/everythings-happening-now-indie-game-the-movie-at-sundance/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/30/everythings-happening-now-indie-game-the-movie-at-sundance/#comments In many ways, documentaries are not truly tools for documenting events. Instead, many documentaries choose to delve into the minds of their subjects, presenting not documentation, but something else entirely -- an up-close trip into the human psyche.

During one such moment from Indie Game: The Movie, which I caught at a screening at the Sundance film festival, game designer Phil Fish states that if he couldn't finish his long-awaited game Fez, he would commit suicide. The camera remains on him for an awkward moment, and the line draws a number of uncomfortable chuckles from the audience. He seems to rethink his outrageous statement and then states once more: "I will kill myself."

This attitude for the most part represents the majority of the film. Focusing primarily on the development and production of Fez and Super Meat Boy, Indie Game is really the story of obsessed developers pouring their insecurities and hearts and souls into a game, without leaving much, if anything, for themselves.

Gallery: Indie Game: The Movie

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>braidedmund-mcmillenFezindie-game-the-moviejames-swirskyjon-blowjonathan-blowlisanne-pajotsundance-film-festivalsundance-film-festival-2012super-meat-boyteam-meattommy-refenesMon, 30 Jan 2012 18:01:00 EST<![CDATA[The Binding of Isaac: Unholy Edition splats across UK retail shelves March 16 [Update]]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/27/the-binding-of-isaac-unholy-edition-splats-across-retail-shelve/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/27/the-binding-of-isaac-unholy-edition-splats-across-retail-shelve/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/27/the-binding-of-isaac-unholy-edition-splats-across-retail-shelve/#comments The Binding of Isaac: Unholy Edition is a DRM-free PC and Mac version that includes a free Steam gift key, the full soundtrack, a poster and a 40-page art book. Developed by Edmund McMillen of Super Meat Boy's Team Meat, The Binding of Isaac premiered on Steam in September along with an adorable plush from the Team Meat Shop on Etsy.

If you don't yet know why that darling doll is crying, go ahead and pick up The Binding of Isaac on Steam for $5, or wait for the Unholy Edition to launch in Europe at an unknown price. Or you can just listen to this song, whose recurring line is "To the basement, people, to the basement / Many surprises await you / In the basement, people, in the basement / You hid there last time, you know we're gonna find you."

Update: Merge Games, the publisher behind Isaac's Unholy Edition, is based in the UK. While it doesn't list the retail version specifically as UK-only, we assume that is, in fact, the case. All you North Americans can just crawl back into your basements now, thanks. We've reached out to Merge Games for clarification.

Update 2: Merge Games has confirmed The Binding of Isaac's retail launch for the following regions: UK, Ireland, the Nordic countries, the Benelux, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey and South Africa. Merge Games also handles publishing in Australia and New Zealand.

JoystiqThe Binding of Isaac: Unholy Edition splats across UK retail shelves March 16 [Update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmillenmacpcretailteam-meatthe-binding-of-isaacThe-Binding-of-Isaac-Unholy-EditionFri, 27 Jan 2012 20:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Choice Piano Cuts, a Super Meat Boy piano tribute album]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/choice-piano-cuts-a-super-meat-boy-piano-tribute-album/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/choice-piano-cuts-a-super-meat-boy-piano-tribute-album/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/choice-piano-cuts-a-super-meat-boy-piano-tribute-album/#comments Remember Brent Kennedy, the guy who created those wonderful piano arrangements of the Super Meat Boy soundtrack early last year? Well, it looks like we weren't the only people impressed by his work: Super Meat Boy's composer, Danny Baranowsky, has been working with Kennedy for nearly a year, and the two have recently released the fruits of their labors on Baranowsky's Bandcamp profile.

Super Meat Boy! - Choice Piano Cuts is a $4.99 (or more, if you're feeling generous) collection of 10 tracks from the SMB soundtrack, composed by Baranowsky and arranged/performed by Kennedy. The purchase also includes a PDF of the Kennedy's sheet music for the entire album, which in itself is well worth the price of admission for the musically inclined out there.

The soundtrack's original arrangements are great and everything, don't get us wrong, but there's a deeper level to Baranowsky's skill as a composer that's exceptionally brought to life by Kennedy's mastery of the ivory keys. Do yourself a favor and give it a listen.

JoystiqChoice Piano Cuts, a Super Meat Boy piano tribute album originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>arrangementBrent-KennedyChoice-Piano-CutsDanny-Baranowskymacmicrosoftmusicpcpianopiano-arrangementpiano-coversplaystationps3soundtracksuper-meat-boySuper-Meat-Boy-Choice-Piano-Cutsteam-meatxboxWed, 04 Jan 2012 03:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy surpasses 1 million sales]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/03/super-meat-boy-surpasses-1-million-sales/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/03/super-meat-boy-surpasses-1-million-sales/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/03/super-meat-boy-surpasses-1-million-sales/#comments The little infuriating platformer that could, Super Meat Boy, has surpassed a million sales. The announcement was made late yesterday by Team Meat on Twitter. Super Meat Boy passed the milestone last month, maintaining a healthy sales clip since jumping past 600,000 customers last April.

Super Meat Boy made our top ten games of 2010, deftly leaping into a not-so-deadly fifth place.

Gallery: Super Meat Boy (screens)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>macmicrosoftpcsuper-meat-boyteam-meatxboxTue, 03 Jan 2012 12:25:00 EST<![CDATA[Humble Indie Bundle 4 revealed, nab Meat Boy, Shank, Jamestown and more]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/humble-indie-bundle-4-revealed-nab-meat-boy-shank-jamestown-a/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/humble-indie-bundle-4-revealed-nab-meat-boy-shank-jamestown-a/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/humble-indie-bundle-4-revealed-nab-meat-boy-shank-jamestown-a/#comments As if you didn't already have enough fantastic games to play from this past year, the Humble Indie Bundle crew have made it their mission to completely overwhelm you with excellence. The fourth and latest package from the altruistic organization features an unparalleled lineup which includes Super Meat Boy, BIT.TRIP.RUNNER, Jamestown, Nightsky and Shank -- are and if you beat the average price with your choose-your-own-donation-level, you'll also grab Gratuitous Space Battles and Cave Story+. Note that all of these are PC, Mac and Linux compatible; a new feature for Jamestown and Shank.

As always, you can choose which portion of your donations go to the developers, to the charities (Child's Play and the Red Cross!) and to the Humble Indie Bundle platform itself. We think we speak for everyone when we say that this is an insane value that you'd be insane to pass up, you insane person.

[Update: Tim Ambrogi from Philly-based Jamestown-dev Final Form Games told us, "It's been our goal since launch to reach as many gamers as possible, so a Mac and Linux port were always our plan if we could afford the resources to develop them. Humble Bundle presented us with a cost/benefit proposition that made creating them now a low-risk decision." That's your money hard at work, people!]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Bit-Trip-Runnerhumble-indie-bundlejamestownpcsuper-meat-boyteam-meatTue, 13 Dec 2011 13:25:00 EST<![CDATA[Binding of Isaac gets a big ol' Halloween update]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/31/binding-of-isaac-gets-a-big-ol-halloween-update/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/31/binding-of-isaac-gets-a-big-ol-halloween-update/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/31/binding-of-isaac-gets-a-big-ol-halloween-update/#comments Edmund McMillen's slightly disturbing indie dungeon crawler Binding of Isaac has been extended and expanded on this, the most spookiest of days. Don't expect any seasonal additions, however: In lieu of Jack O' Lanterns and mutant candy corn monsters, the free update features new bosses, a new playable character, an additional ending and a fifth chapter, which, in a fittingly bizarre twist, is "unlocked after 10 mom kills." Check out all the new features after the jump.

The game will be updated on Steam by 3 p.m. ET today. It's probably not the scariest thing you could play today, though. If only it were as utterly horrifying as its launch trailer!

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmillenmacpcteam-meatthe-binding-of-isaacupdateMon, 31 Oct 2011 18:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy goes on sale on XBLA next month, more 'Teh Internets' levels coming]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/24/super-meat-boy-goes-on-sale-on-xbla-next-month-more-teh-intern/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/24/super-meat-boy-goes-on-sale-on-xbla-next-month-more-teh-intern/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/24/super-meat-boy-goes-on-sale-on-xbla-next-month-more-teh-intern/#comments In honor of the first anniversary of Super Meat Boy's release on Xbox Live Arcade, Team Meat is planning to drop the price of the tenderizing hardcore platformer. The game will go on sale sometime next month ("so save your points," the team notes). The price hasn't been set, but it'll be less than the full price of 1,200 points, and thus better.

Next month will also see a free update adding "tons" more levels to Super Meat Boy's "Teh Internets" area. To keep you occupied until then, you can send Team Meat a picture of you "dressed up as something Meat Boy related for halloween" for a shot at copies of all three Super Meat Boy comic books.

Please don't put raw meat all over your body.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>microsoftsuper-meat-boyteam-meatteh-internetsxblaxboxMon, 24 Oct 2011 10:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Update bound for The Binding of Isaac, demo available on Newgrounds]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/09/update-bound-for-the-binding-of-isaac-demo-available-on-newgrou/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/09/update-bound-for-the-binding-of-isaac-demo-available-on-newgrou/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/09/update-bound-for-the-binding-of-isaac-demo-available-on-newgrou/#comments Edmund McMillen's biblically based body horror roguelike nightmare factory The Binding of Isaac is slated to receive a rather substantial and delightfully free update this Halloween, via Steam. THe update will provide over 20 new items, 3 new bosses, a new playable character, more achievements and a new "final chapter" for those who have already completed the game.

"This final chapter should be a much bigger challenge," McMillen said in an email to fans. "Isaac will become exactly what I wanted to release but didn't have the time to finish." McMillen has also released a flash demo of the game on Newgrounds, which features two levels and contains 60-plus items and 8 possible bosses.

It's good to see McMillen continue Team Meat's proud tradition of free, continual community support; we just hope he'll be able to patch out our night terrors, at some point.

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While teasing the SMB birthday festivities (planned throughout November) Team Meat's Tommy Refenes wrote "perhaps you non-PC people will finally get what you are constantly bugging us for," which sounds an awful lot like the arrival of the aforementioned ports.

Usually, we'd have to be pretty desperate to cook up meat that's a week old, let alone a full year, but we'll make an exception in this case. (Other exception: Stew. You put some year-old meat in a pot, add some broth, a potato, baby, you got a stew going.)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>linuxmacsuper-meat-boyteam-meatMon, 12 Sep 2011 11:50:00 EST<![CDATA[Team Meat bashes MS, Zen Studios hits Meat, both have lunch date in Bay Area]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/09/team-meat-bashes-ms-zen-studios-hits-meat-both-have-lunch-date/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/09/team-meat-bashes-ms-zen-studios-hits-meat-both-have-lunch-date/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/09/09/team-meat-bashes-ms-zen-studios-hits-meat-both-have-lunch-date/#comments The right to a personal opinion is the crux of humanity, freedom and guns, and Team Meat and Zen Studios are exercising their liberties to the fullest. Super Meat Boy's Team Meat has been vocal about its displeasure with developing for Microsoft's Game Feast promotion in 2010, and raised the issue again on the IndieGames Podcast this month.

Team Meat say Super Meat Boy didn't receive the promotion it was verbally promised, which was supposed to include a review from Major Nelson and an exclusive launch week. Neither happened, and McMillen promises that Indie Game: The Movie captures much of Team Meat's Microsoft frustration, including what felt like being tortured in a concentration camp (IndieGames Podcast 27:35).

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>game-feastmicrosoftpinball-fx-2super-meat-boyteam-meatXBLAxboxZen-StudiosFri, 09 Sep 2011 15:29:00 EST<![CDATA[The Binding of Isaac will cost $5; Steam preview page up now]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/10/the-binding-of-isaac-will-cost-5-steam-pre-order-page-up-now/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/10/the-binding-of-isaac-will-cost-5-steam-pre-order-page-up-now/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/10/the-binding-of-isaac-will-cost-5-steam-pre-order-page-up-now/#comments Thrifty fans of roguelikes should be delighted to hear the latest on The Binding of Isaac, the current project of Super Meat Boy developer Team Meat's more artistic half, Edmund McMillen. Today, via Twitter, McMillen revealed that the game will cost $5 and that the Steam app page is now live.

Oddly enough, the Steam app page contradicts previous statements that the game would launch in August, instead pegging it for September 2011. McMillen says that's "to be safe" -- the goal is still late August.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>edmund-mcmillenpcsteamteam-meatthe-binding-of-isaacWed, 10 Aug 2011 17:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Super Meat Boy UK Ultra Edition revealed, extra meaty]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/22/super-meat-boy-uk-ultra-edition-revealed-extra-meaty/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/22/super-meat-boy-uk-ultra-edition-revealed-extra-meaty/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/22/super-meat-boy-uk-ultra-edition-revealed-extra-meaty/#comments
Lace Mamba Global has revealed the contents of its previously announced special boxed edition of Super Meat Boy. The Super Meat Boy Ultra Edition is headed to the UK and Ireland and, along with the game, will also include a 40-page comic and sketch book, a poster and a download of the game's soundtrack. For a few more bones, players can pick up the Ultra Rare Edition, which includes everything from the Ultra Edition to a snazzy Super Meat Boy T-Shirt.

The Super Meat Boy Ultra Edition will be priced at £19.99, while the Ultra Rare Edition will run £24.99. Both will hit UK and Irish retail on August 26.

Gallery: Super Meat Boy Ultra Rare Edition

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