Super Meat Boy coming to PS4 and Vita, launches as PS+ title

Once upon a time, two friends named Tommy Refenes and Edmund McMillen got together to make a game. They called that game “Super Meat Boy”. They were forced to form a company by “the Man” and that company was given the name “Team Meat”, they did not pick this name, it was on some promotional information for a press event they attended and being the savvy businessmen they are they took a note from Warren “G” Buffett and rolled with it. For 18 months they both slaved away creating the greatest platformer they possibly could. The process was hard and very well documented in the best documentary ever Indie Game: The Movie. Neither Tommy nor Edmund expected Super Meat Boy to be a huge success. Much to their surprise, everyone wanted the game, including some very disappointed PlayStation fans.

When Super Meat Boy was launched, Team Meat wasn’t allowed to bring it to the PlayStation for very complicated reasons. They hated that they had to alienate the loyal PlayStation fans who desperately wanted the game but couldn’t have it. They felt their pain as PlayStation fans had to suffer for years without the greatest platformer ever made by two guys named Tommy and Edmund. Team Meat was very sad about this, but what could they do? Their hands were tied.

Earlier this year, Team Meat got an unexpected gift. The gods smiled upon them and opened up a teeny tiny sliver of a path that could eventually lead them to re-release Super Meat Boy. Even though the path would be difficult they knew they owed it to their fans to at least try.

Fast forward to today. We walked that arduous path and with a lot of hard work, a little convincing, and huge scoops of luck we are now here today with huge smiles on our faces to say:

SUPER MEAT BOY IS COMING TO PS4 AND PLAYSTATION VITA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crazy right?! We actually never ever EVER thought this day would come and it makes us both so happy that it’s finally here! We know this has been a long time coming but better late than never. Expect to be playing Super Meat Boy on your PlayStation 4’s and PlayStation Vitas later this year.

Oh...and we almost forgot: It’s going to be free on PlayStation Plus at launch. That’s our way of saying “Thank you for waiting patiently” to all those PlayStation fans that reached out to us over the years only to get back a “we can’t do it, sorry” response. We love you guys and girls and we’re so happy that PlayStation fans can finally play Super Meat Boy on their system of choice!

- supermeatboy.com

http://supermeatboy.com/159/Better_late_than_never___/#b

Pretty fucking awesome, though I feel bad for the PS3 owners left out in the cold on this even though they've been waiting. Really liked the game on 360, was kinda into it on PC, but it really belongs on the Vita's GOAT D Pad. Hopefully Xbox One gets this too.

Say that out loud in a slow, deep voice. Super Meat Boy.

This game will thrive on PlayStation platforms. Good to know.

I thought it already was on those platforms. Well, not Ps4, but Ps3.

Cool though. SMB is good stuff.

This may be the latest port I have ever seen?? I'm not to sure.

@freedomfreak: Sony were basically dicks to the devs back then. Hilarious how open they are to indies now in comparison.

And yeah, stinks for PS3 folk but considering that platform is still hell to program for I can see why they didn't.

Best platformer in years

All the better, no doubt.

Definitely.

already playing it on pc.

#imgabenewell

well, that is nice indeed

Makes no sense not putting it on PS3. But still good news.

I really wish this included the PS3 but at least it means I can finally (one day) play Super Meat Boy.

I played the shit out of it on the 360. Since it's free, I'll be getting it again on the PS4. It really is one of the best platformers in years. One of the best, if not the very best indie game I've played.

never really cared for this game, apparently its a really great game, but i've seen it plenty of times before but I dont really see myself playing it.

I'm glad its coming but Im with you. I have no desire to play it.

Played it on PC, its insane. But it's a giveaway, and on the go. Can't argue with that!

I'd definitely love to play through SMB again. Fantastic game. So this is awesome news. Seems like it'll be perfect on Vita.

It wasn't that great of a game honestly, and the humor is lame.

I already own it on PC and 360 and had my time with it, but it's good exposure for the developer and possible upcoming projects.

Definitive version on Vita

@Blabadon: claim it and wait to get the PS4 and then you have it there

Cool for the Team Meat guys, just makes Sony look like bigger arseholes to me though. "Hey we ditched this game 5 years ago for dumb reasons, and even though you can play it on pretty much any PC and it's been available to buy on Steam for ridiculously cheap multiple times, we're now going to make a big deal about how we finally decided not to be unreasonable dicks and release it on our consoles, be happy for us!"

Interesting...

Word.

@Blabadon: ****

@lostrib: that's ridiculously creepy man

I'm personally thrilled. I've had the PC version for years, but the keyboard takes the fun out of it and I'm too lazy to fetch a controller. It's gonna translate amazingly to the Vita too.

The Xbox 360 release of the game was reviewed on Gamespot with a 9.5. There has been no word about an Xbox One port aside from Phil Spencer saying "it would be cool,"

Call them free or not, but I love this trend that began with OlliOlli 2 where amazing indy games launch and PS+ users get them for nothing more. I'll be playing and possibly breaking my Vita.

Velocity 2x did it last year.

@Blabadon: he made that comment in like every GTA V thread. It took like one google search

@jg4xchamp: Fair enough, but personally I didn't see in Velocity 2X what a lot of other people did. I'll freely admit that I'm the minority in that opinion.

@lostrib: your encyclopedic knowledge of his posts and the fact you'd Google that says a lot, but whatever

I'm still hoping they make a Nintendo version. Like when it was first announced. :/

Has nothing to do with opinion or quality, just saying the trend of good games launching on PS+ from the get go basically started with Velocity 2x. It's carried on to Vulgar on Xbox One and Massive Chalice, to Apotheon, Olli Olli 2, and soon Super Meat Boy on PS+ this year.

@Blabadon: it says that I remember things that occurred a lot in threads I took part in/created. And that I have a basic understanding of how to use google.

It is pretty freakin creepy.

No thanks.

Yes to ALL of this. Super Meat Boy rocks!

They wanted to bring it to Wii, Wiiware had crap size restrictions that meant they couldn't. Another *shocking* instance of Nintendo fucking themselves with 3rd parties, missing a fantastic game, which every other system out there now has. There almost certainly won't bother bringing it to WiiU now.

why?

Thats gonna be alot of (well deserved) broken Vitas.

Enjoy the game guys. It's actually a good platformer unlike garbage like Aaru's Awakening

Sony's master plan to get rid of their stock of Vitas

Sweet, I will be buying this.

@locopatho: Yeah I'm aware of the history. But Team Meat is supposedly bring The Binding of Issac Rebirth to WiiU and 3DS so why not pick Meat Boy back up? Considering the eShop is a much better environment for indies. (Indie devs actually get paid with no threshold this time!)

Great news, this on a Vita will be Glorious!

Uh, yay?

I didn't enjoy it on PC for £2.99 so I'll pass.

no ps3 version? that's lame.