Super Meat Boy: news and videos

Independent music enthusiasts (and especially those who follow game music) are pretty familiar with Bandcamp as a platform to get affordable music while giving the creators a greater cut than through traditional means. Perhaps less well kno...   read

This week's Steam Midweek Madness sale is for Super Meat Boy. The game has been discounted by 80% off it's normal retail price, so you can grab it for $2.99. The amazing soundtrack is also on sale, and that's going for $1.19. You have until...   read

It's hard to imagine what, exactly, a Super Meat Boy movie would look like -- but I'll go out on a limb and say it's probably for the best that such an adaptation never happens. Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes of Team Meat seem to agree....   read

Team Meat co-founder and Super Meat Boy developer Tommy Refenes advises developers to make deals with Steam and avoid Microsoft, in a recent interview with ology. "XBLA isn't a golden ticket to riches anymore," Refenes said. "Just ask any o...   read

“Veni, vidi, vici.” Julius Caesar immortalized this phrase after an important military victory, but I can’t help but feel as if my application is entirely more impressive. You see, I recently attained the “I&rsquo...   read

I picked up Super Meat Boy during the Steam Winter Sale way back in 2011. I'd seen and heard quite a bit about the little flab of meat and knew that it was going to be a more challenging platformer. What I didn't know was tha...   read

Put on your smoking jacket, top off your vintage champagne flute, and get cozy by the fireplace as you relax to Super Meat Boy! - Choice Piano Cuts. Here is a gift for the classy continental in your life, a musical journey that will titill...   read

The Humble Indie Bundle helped to blaze a path for independent game developers trying to get their games played by a larger audience, by offering a selection of interesting titles with a "pay-what-you-like" business model. The Indie Game Mu...   read

People are talking about Dark Souls, saying that it's all hard and stuff. While I don't disagree with that claim, the kind of difficulty that Dark Souls offers isn't the kind I can easily appreciate. Though I'm far from an expert on the ti...   read

It is hard to believe that a year has passed since the lovable little red bundle of muscle and sinew jumped on to XBLA. So, to help celebrate this momentous occasion, Team Meat has decided to make November Super Meat Month.&n...   read

[Last week, I asked you to tell me about a moment in your gaming career that really made you work hard. Today, bbain tells us a great story about how difficult it was to unlock The Kid in Super Meat Boy. I understand his struggle -- I c...   read

We’ve all died at some point. Hit by a brown sedan while crossing the street, shot in the face by a drug dealer with bad skin, fell into a lava pit, crushed by a rampaging wild horse, vital organs consumed by a skinless horror, droppe...   read

Fans in the United Kingdom are going to get a meaty treat when Super Meat Boy arrives at retail on August 26. As well as the Ultra Edition, gamers will also have a chance to buy the Ultra Rare Edition, which includes all previous special ed...   read

You all remember those mock-up screens from other independent developers that were placed in Super Meat Boy, don't you? The image above is one such screen, created by Terry Cavanagh, the person responsible for VVVVVV. In a fun twist, his ta...   read

Super Meat Boy is jam packed with secrets, unlockable characters, and death dealing environmental hazards. Amazingly enough, the game might have been even bigger. If everything Team Meat ever intended for the game had made the cut, there wo...   read

My middle finger has been partially numb for over two weeks. I may have permanent nerve damage. I blame Super Meat Boy for this. The game doesn't actually requires use of the right middle finger (though I'm sure that wont stop a lot of you)...   read