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SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is opening the gates to Hell today!

First-person speedrunning now available on PlayStation®4!

06 March 2018 Hell awaits you, Mortal!

SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is now available on PlayStation™4 for $14.99. Slice every last millisecond as you race and blast your way through tricky stages filled with obstacles and traps; think Super Meat Boy + Portal + Quake and you'll get a general idea.

SEUM's console-exclusive bullet-time mode adds a completely fresh layer to the gameplay and lets you conquer the online leaderboards by optimizing your runs to the very last bit. Once started, you can't put down your controller again. Find it on the PlayStation®Store today.
 
Hell Yeah! \m/

About SEUM: Speedrunners From Hell

 
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell is the world’s only competitive heavy metal first-person platformer. Like an unholy child of Quake 3 and Super Meat Boy, SEUM is truly hardcore and focuses on speed and fast reactions. Race across and jump over platforms and bounce pads while shooting fireballs as you battle to reach an exit portal in the minimum amount of time. Reverse time and gravity. Compete with all players for top times in the online high score ladder. Only the toughest players will receive the Uber Skull medals! 

If mind-blowing speed and adrenaline blasting its way through your body seems too boring for your speed running blitzkrieg, then search for the beer cans hidden in each level. Who knows which secrets can be discovered by finding all of these delicious refreshments?

FEATURES
  • Can’t get much more old school than this!
  • Over 100 levels, each more devilish than the last, with secrets around every corner.
  • Shoot fireballs, reverse gravity, teleport and dodge obstacles to solve challenges.
  • Leaderboards in each level so you can see how you fare against your friends (and enemies).
  • Original soundtrack that'll have you tearing through the levels with blazing speed.
  • \m/
  • 666  

 

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Massive Switch Content Update for Slime-san

Unleash a Giant Kraken now on Nintendo Switch with Blackbird's Kraken

22 February 2018 Slime-san's first major content-update Blackbird's Kraken is now available on Nintendo Switch! Are you ready for this aquatic adventure?

Blackbird's Kraken is a FREE update to everyone who owns Slime-san, so just sit back and give it a try.

Not an owner of Slime-san yet? Well, check out our current discount on the Nintendo eShop, starting today! Save up to 33%!


About Slime-san: Blackbird's Kraken

The notorious Blackbird's kracked, I mean, cracked! He believes Slime-san stole his treasure and unleashed his giant Kraken upon him! Sound familiar? It is now up to Slime-san to escape the giant squid's jaws back out to freedom!

Blackbird's Kraken is a totally independent campaign from Slime-san and it's FREE! Are you ready for an aquatic adventure? 25 new levels, 10 new target challenges, a submarine mode, more collectibles to hunt down, more boss fights to conquer... So much more cool stuff!

New Content & Features
  • 25 normal and 25 NG+ levels within a giant kraken!
  • A brand new boss fight, can you beat the Kraken?!
  • 10 new target mode challenges that will test your skills!
  • A customizable house that you can style and furnish to your heart’s content!
  • 100 Bananas to collect and spend on furniture and house themes!
  • Exciting new mechanics like the submarine mode, acid bubbles and suction cups!
  • A independent speedrunning mode to compete with in leaderboards!
  • An entire tropical Island you can explore and discover with tons of new characters!
  • Loads of new cutscenes and story elements to experience and enjoy!
  • New secret characters and set-pieces to discover across your journey!
  • New music by Mischa Perella!
  • Leaderboards: Compete online for the best level & speedrun times!
  • Button Mapping: Remap all of your controls to your liking!
  • HUE Slider: Entirely change the color palette of the game!
  • Reduce Eye Strain: An option in case the game was too harsh for you!
  • Krazy Karting Minigame: Item based, karting madness for 2 players!
  • Gloomy Minigame: A scary, intense FPS arena survival game!
  • Easy Tutorial: Accessible at any time for a gameplay refresher!A totally independent campaign from Slime-san! Are you ready for an aquatic adventure?
  • More neat secrets!
And even more:
  • Loading Times: Have been shortened!
  • Start-up Times: Have been shortened as well!
  • Scrolling Level Performance: Has been significantly improved!
  • Various minor bug fixes.

More great stuff on slime-san.com!

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Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap

Headup Games, Dotemu and Nicalis are bringing Lizardcube's classic retro remake to retail in April 2018

21 February 2018 Headup Games announced the release date of the upcoming physical box of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap for Nintendo Switch™ and PlayStation®4. The game will hit major retailers in Europe as well as Australia/NZ on April 19, 2018.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is a beautifully hand drawn and animated remake of the unforgettable Sega Master System game Wonder Boy III. Cursed and turned into a half-human, half-lizard monstrosity by the Meka Dragon, our hero will have to explore the many traps of Monster Land in order to find a cure. The game’s developer, Lizardcube, reverse-engineered the original game in order to faithfully replicate the character movements, item drop logic, secret door locations and much more.

The Switch and PS4™ versions of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap are presented in widescreen HD, with enhanced interface functions, a new playable character (Wonder Girl) and the option to toggle between the all-new hand-drawn visuals and the original graphics and sound.
 
Get your hands on the retro-style manual, reminiscent of the SEGA era of gaming and grab your own adorable phone strap featuring the main character. Headup Games’ retail editions of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap will be in stores on April 19 2018 with a MSRP of €39.99 / £34.99.

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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+

Out now as PlayStation®4 retail box!

15 February 2018
Nicalis and Headup Games proudly announce today's retail release of The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+. Isaac's iconic journey is now available on PlayStation®4 as physical retail box.

The famous rogue-like action-shooter The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is available in European retail stores, filled to the brim with content: tons of weapons and items to collect, hordes of individual enemy types and randomly generated rooms from over 11.000 different possible configurations. No playthrough will be the same!


About The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+
 
When Isaac’s mother starts hearing the voice of God demanding a sacrifice be made to prove her faith, Isaac escapes into the basement facing droves of deranged enemies, lost brothers and sisters, his fears, and eventually his mother.

The Binding of Isaac is a randomly generated action-shooter with heavy RPG and Rogue-like elements. Following Isaac on his journey, players will find bizarre treasures that change Isaac's form, giving him superhuman abilities and enabling him to fight off droves of mysterious creatures, discover secrets, and fight his way to safety.

Features
  • Over 600 items and weapons
  • 20 different animated endings
  • 13 playable characters
  • Over 90 unique bosses, each with multiple variations
  • Online Leaderboards and Daily Runs
  • Over 180 individual enemy types
  • Bestiary! (enemy collection page that keeps track of everything you kill in game)

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New Website Launched!

Welcome to our new Games Hub

13 February 2018


Someone told us that there is something called the internet. And supposably hipster companies like us need to have a modern space in it somewhere. So this news has been overdue for the last couple of years, but we finally managed! 

Today we are (re)opening our playground where you are invited to get to know our games and us better: headupgames.com

All our NEWS can be found here to keep you up to date at all times. Our GAME section delivers detailed info on our upcoming and already available games.

You can also find all our social channels in SOCIAL & VIDEO and besides Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, we’re also building up our own Discord Channel where you can chat with fellow gamers about our games or related stuff. Or simply idle and wait for a key to drop once in a while. And who knows, maybe our developers and we will be hanging out in there now and then. Future plans? Sure! Our Mixer and Twitch channels will be taken better care of when we hit it off with regular streams, Starting soon. Crossing our hearts.

Yours truly,
Team Headup


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Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap gets physical on Switch and PS4™

Headup Games And Nicalis Are Bringing DotEmu’s Classic Retro Remake To Retail

04 February 2018


We are proud to further expand its partnership with Nicalis, Inc. by announcing the upcoming physical release of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap for Nintendo Switch TM and PlayStationⓇ4 at major retailers in Europe as well as Australia/NZ. Headup Games and Nicalis are partnering with DotEmu for this retail release.

Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap is a beautifully drawn and animated remake of the unforgettable Sega Master System game Wonder Boy III. Cursed and turned into a half-human, half-lizard monstrosity by the Meka Dragon, our hero will have to explore the many traps of Monster Land in order to find a cure. The game’s developer, Lizardcube, reverse-engineered the original game in order to faithfully replicate the character movements, item drop logic, secret door locations and much more.

“The Wonder Boy saga on the Sega Master System was my personal Zelda when I was a little kid, and being able to give Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap the full physical retail treatment it deserves fills me with great joy.” says Headup Games founder Dieter Schoeller. “We’ve hold the deepest respect for DotEmu and Nicalis, and are proud to collaborate with these two outstanding partners.”

The Switch and PS4™ versions of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap are presented in widescreen HD, with enhanced interface functions, a new playable character (Wonder Girl) and the option to toggle between the all-new hand-drawn visuals and the original graphics. The retail editions of Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap are currently planned for release in the first quarter of 2018 with an MSRP of €39.99.


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Sheeple's finally lost it in 'Sheeple's Sequel'!

Slime-san's second massive & free DLC out now

01 February 2018


Sheeple's finally lost it! He is convinced that everything's just part of a giant videogame and that he was coded to simply be a side-character. Which is why he decided to recode himself to become the villain instead... Can you defeat his nefarious levels and come out of it unscathed? Good luck!

The best 2D platforming game of the year so far is SLIME-SAN. Gross, fun & challenging.” That's right, Brian Altano from IGN, and that was only 2017. This year will be EVEN slimier!

Slime-san's second DLC Slime-san: Sheeple's Sequel is now available on Steam. Like the first DLC, this will be a FREE update to everyone who owns Slime-san, however, you can also individually purchase Sheeple's Sequel for only 4$!

In other news... Slime-san on the Nintendo Switch will soon receive its first DLC as well and the Xbox One & PS4 releases aren't far away either. Haven't checked out the manifold awarded Slime-san yet? Well, it's about time then!

Slime-san: Sheeple's Sequel is the second major DLC for Slime-san, the fourth major game developed by Fabraz. The three previous titles being Planet Diver, Cannon Crasha and Wild Wild Pixel. Slime-san is a game that is fun down to its very core. A silly story, with an unlikely character and gameplay that is addictively fast. It features hours of single-player content yet is tailored for speedrunners as well.


About the new DLC

The very core mechanics and level design lend themselves to be played competitively online. It is a visually unique adventure using a carefully crafted, 5 color palette world that is filled with fun and goofy Japanese references. It also has a soundtrack that is worth the price alone, featuring some of the most popular chiptune composers in the world! Published by Headup Games.

Features

  • A totally independent campaign from Slime-san! Are you ready for a robotic adventure?
  • 20 normal and 20 NG+ levels made by the insane Sheeple!
  • 5 remix levels of the main campaign but with a Sheeple twist!
  • Dozens of new hazards to tackle head-on!
  • Two new play styles: Shadow and Marble mode!
  • Another unique boss fight, can you defeat Sheeple's machinations?
  • A brand new, rather bizarre... Target mode? Rhythm mode?
  • Another speedrunning mode for DLC levels, compete in leaderboards!
  • 70 "BUGS" to collect and spend in an art gallery!
  • A new hub world: Sheeple's Headquarters! Don't get too weirded out!
  • A special setting that allows you to customize the color palette!
  • More custom settings like a camera slider to determine zoom levels!
  • More cutscenes and story elements!
  • New secret indie stars to discover and talk to!
  • New music by Meganeko and Mischa Perella!
  • New art by Del (@miimows)!
  • Various other adjustments and bug fixes.
More great stuff on slime-san.com!

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SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell makes you run all across the moon!

The Drunk Side of the Moon DLC - Out now on Steam

30 January 2018

SEUM: Speedrunners From Hell, the only heavy metal first-person platformer, is getting its first DLC today. The Drunk Side of the Moon adds three new power-ups and 33 new levels in an all-new space environment. Watch the new trailer

Speedrun mode now has mutators which allow you to play speedrun mode by having a power-up of your choosing when you start the level. This also means you will be able to replay the old levels with completely new strategies. In addition to that, find new music by Jitz and several secrets and easter eggs.

And when you’re done playing all the new levels on The Drunk Side of the Moon, you can make your own with the map editor. We’ve updated it with full support for new power-ups. Those are:
  • Roar: Point and fly, super-fast way to fly through levels. It feels like guiding a Redeemer on steroids
  • Rocket: Now you can rocket jump, and it’s fun. But we haven’t stopped there! You can actually jump on the rocket and ride it! Still going too slow? No problem, shoot the rocket with a fireball to give it an extra boost
  • Shadow World: Explore specially crafted levels from the two viewpoints: the world of light and the world of shadows
In SEUM you run, jump, fly and teleport through more than a hundred deadly arenas, each more devilish than the last. Yeah it's hell - but also heaven for every speedrunner out there! Play your best (as Markiplierund Jacksepticeye before), and secure a top spot on the online leaderboards and find the hidden beer cans hidden throughout in every level.

Hell Yeah!  \m/

If you own SEUM already, get the The Drunk Side of the Moon DLC now for just 6 bucks on Steam: