Announced at the Kinda Funny Showcase,Super Meat BoyForeverwill belaunching in April 2019. While it is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One during that window, the upcoming game will be an Epic Store exclusive which means no Steam release for an entire year.
On the game’s official Discord channel, theSuper Meat Boycreator Tommy Refenes gave his reason behind the exclusivity. “I understand people don’t like change,” he writes referring to Steam’s dominance as many people’s one-stop shop for PC gaming. He continues, “the Epic platform is desperately needed to get Steam to give a shit.”
Refenes did have other nice things to say aboutthe new video game storefront considering the drastically different revenue splitsbetween both Steam and Epic; Steam takes between 20 to 30 percent of revenue from developers while Epic takes 12 percent. Once again on the Discord, Refenes says this is a “small price to pay for a developer community that doesn’t feel like they have one choice on PC.”
He also gives the new storefront credit saying “they are taking this seriously… they want it to succeed.” He also seems confident that the Epic Games Store will not just be beneficial for developers continuing his statement, “…so they’re going to attempt to make it the best experience for players as well.”
TheEpic Game Store launchedjust a few days ago featuring games likeAshen,Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek, and Supergiant Games new title,Hades. A trailer was released alongside its launch spotlighting the aforementioned games, as well asJourney,Genesis: Alpha One,Outer Wilds, and more.
Super Meat Boy Foreverwas just one of many games shown at theKinda Funny Games Showcase. A total of 69 games were shown during the show, some of which releasing following the stream.
First announced during theNindies Summer Showcase 2017,Super Meat Boy Foreveris the next game from Team Meat. The difficulty will perpetually increase as you progress through each level with the fast-paced mechanics many have come to know and love.
