Free Super Meat Boy DLC goes live

By Fred Dutton Published 22 November, 2010

Dare you enter The Sewers of Dross?

The first in a series of free level packs has just gone live for vicious Xbox Live Arcade jumper Super Meat Boy.

Exclusive to Xbox 360, The Sewers of Dross pack adds 20 new levels, though the game's titular hero cedes the limelight to Gish, a 12lb lump of tar moonlighting from the 2004 PC indie platformer of the same name.

"This setup allows us to make chapters that no other character could beat except the one in question, a very fun restriction that allows us to make totally fresh levels that almost make the game feel like a whole new platformer," explained developer Team Meat on its blog.

The DLC will be free, though you'll need to have unlocked the 'Teh Internets' area in the game by collecting at least 20 bandages.

Team Meat also lifted the lid on future DLC plans for the game, posting the following schedule:

  • 12.??.2010 - Meat Boy (retro chapter based on the best of the meat boy flash prototype)
  • 12.??.2010 - I Meat Boy (we take the best levels in the game, remix them and make them harder!)
  • Q1 2011 - CommanderVideo Chapter (character exclusive chapter for commandervideo)
  • Q1 2011 - I wanna be the Kid (20 levels as hard as the kids warp zone, exclusive to the kid)
  • Q1 2011 - Best of user made p1 (20 of the best user submitted PC levels)

Can't wait for I Meat Boy. It's not as if the game was hard enough already.

Super Meat Boy launched on Xbox Live Arcade last month, winning a 9/10 from Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell.

A PC version is due on 30th November, with a WiiWare take to hopefully follow next year.

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About Fred Dutton

Fred Dutton is Eurogamer's US news editor, based in Washington DC.

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Comments (9) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • harzo #1 2 years ago

    Have yet to pick this up, is it really as good as the hype suggests? I just got Pac Man and thats 'eating' all my time!

  • Machetazo #2 2 years ago

    It's a very good game. :)

  • jaangus #3 2 years ago

    I second that its well worth 800 ms points although it might be back up to 1200 now either way its still worth it!
    Edited by jaangus at 22/11/10 @ 21:19

  • waggy79 #4 2 years ago

    The sense of achievement when you beat a particularly hard level is immense. Just beat the bandage girl ones. Physically exhausted now. Love it.

  • evild_edd #5 2 years ago

    This is really vying for m GotY (probably ME2 though).

    Shame it's so easy though.... ;0)

  • mfnick #6 2 years ago

    YES! :D

    Super Meat Boy = GoTY

  • yegon #7 2 years ago

    Is a patch for the save bug incorporated into it?

    I'd love to start playing it again, but not till they patch it, not a chance. Lost some serious progress twice, soul destroying with this kind of ball breaking game.

  • ManicMarvin #8 2 years ago

    "20 levels as hard as the kids warp zone, exclusive to the kid"

    *cries*

  • GaryHoward #9 2 years ago

    Ha, can't wait for The Kid levels. It took me an hour and a half to unlock the Kid himself, man it was intense. Really enjoying this game, weird enough it could be my GOTY as well. I've never being so in love with a game before. That and I have a soft spot for indie-developed games and also puzzle platformers - like this. Coming close now to completing the game at 100%, but I'm going to buy the PC version, because Team Meat totally deserve it and you can play as a Headcrab! Love this game so much that I ordered a SMB shirt from Newgrounds, looks just like the one my xbox avatar wears except I can actually wear it for real.