IGN goes hands on with Meat Boy!

BAM! ok now back to work....
-Edmund

A months worth of updates!

So as a few of you know we have been updating our twitter daily with new info on SMB development as we work, sadly though almost none of it makes its way to the blog. Im going to try to start updating the blog weekly with twitter updates, but to make up for it heres a months worth of twitter posts/info/pics trimmed down into a nice little list!

-Super Meat Boy will feature over 300 levels!

- http://bit.ly/3kIVTP "No platformer fan in general should miss this unique title. This game has the potential to be a huge hit"-NL preview

-http://twitpic.com/r4xm1 First images of CommanderVideos "princess float" ability in action

-http://twitpic.com/pm0vp First images of Lil Slugger, the first boss in SMB.

-http://bit.ly/5SmQBO Danny B. Unleashes the "Epic SMB Boss Track"

-http://bit.ly/8bSTpg SMB preview in Pc Gamer.

-http://bit.ly/83pnBG David Scatliffe remade Meat Boy in super low rez.

-http://twitpic.com/pewo3 3 page SMB article in Edge.

-http://bit.ly/2uqoXu SMB makes the top of the top 10 most anticipated inde games of 2010.

-http://twitpic.com/ovcge First Images of the 2nd chapter of SMB, the Haunted Hospital.

-http://bit.ly/3BgHxB Video of Danielle beating "Dark World" levels and warp zone goodness.
-Squirrels and rabbits confirmed!

We will be crunching for our next IGF update this weekend.
Follow us on twitter for more info.
http://twitter.com/SuperMeatBoy

-Edmund

SMB vs 3 year old on GameTrailers.com

Its Free Comic Friday!

As most of you know every Friday from here till the release of Super Meat Boy in Q1 of next year we will be giving away a free limited edition Meat Boy comic via our Twitter. The comic will be given out to the 1st person to reply to us with the correct answers to 3 meat boy related questions.

This weeks questions have a theme of "controversy".
Here are this weeks questions!

1.The Original ending of Meat Boy was censored on a few websites. what did the censored ending say?

2.The first Super Meat Boy ad featured a bovine meat chart. This ad was later edited, what was the original tag line for the game in that ad?

3.In the Meat Boy map pack, the final unlockable ending featured a cameo by a popular newgrounds character. His appearance had to be edited out of the game on other websites. Who was this controversial character?

Remember to reply to us on twitter with your answers 1st person to tweet the right ones wins! You have till Thursday the 19th.
http://twitter.com/SuperMeatBoy

Winner of the "Show Us Your Meat Contest!"

So the results are in! and after some major arguments Tommy and i decided to add another winner and each pick our 2 favorites... and the winners are...

Tommys picks:
ZippingMeteor

Nekow


Edmuds picks:
FlashyGregory

Deadspread


Runners up:
fornoreason


Davidscattle


Hypermoonkey


Captinben


Idiotmonarch


and finally


Danielleorama (who cant win because she lives with me)

Thanks again to everyone who entered! it was very hard to choose, i hope you enjoy the comics!.
Tune in next Friday for a new contest!

-Edmund

Sticky Meat!

Super Meat Boy stickers have just gone on sale in the Newgrounds store. The stickers are high quality diecut gloss prints and are quite large. And they are only 75 cents! (they get cheaper when you buy in bulk).

We are really happy with how they turned out, go buy some now!
http://www.newgrounds.com/store/product/meatboy-sticker

-Edmund

Meat boy comic contest #2. Show us your Meat!

This weeks comic will go to the 3 most creative art submissions that involve Meat Boy. Any medium will do just reply to our twitter post with a link to your submission and you're in. This time we are giving you a full week and will be giving away 3 comics so you have a better chance at winning.

So again, if you want in on the contest simply make something involving meat boy, post it online (preferably newgrounds.coms art portal) and reply to our twitter post with a link to it, you have till Friday the 6th.

here are a few examples of things people have sent us that would probably have won if they had waited till this contest was happening! THE FOOLS!

Mike from Gaijin Games being mean to some meat.

Looking forward to seeing what you guys make!

-Edmund