Games by Headup
Laika: Aged Through Blood Switch eShop
- 30th Jan 2025 (UK/EU)
- 30th Jan 2025 (NA)
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters Switch eShop
- 19th Jun 2020 (UK/EU)
- 19th Jun 2020 (NA)
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine Switch eShop
- 22nd Jun 2023 (UK/EU)
- 22nd Jun 2023 (NA)
Reviews of Headup Games
Review Super Meat Boy 3D (Switch 2) - Not The Finest Cut, But Still Tasty
A real meat grinder
In many ways, the gaming landscape was radically different in 2010, and one difference was a relative lack of indie releases. Nowadays, it’s not uncommon for games like Balatro or Hollow Knight: Silksong to have equal sales, attention, and excitement behind them as major AAA releases, and it can be easy to forget that such...
Review Laika: Aged Through Blood (Switch) - A Supremely Unique Motorcycling Metroidvania
What a lovely day!
In a market inundated with Metroidvanias, Laika: Aged Through Blood does something remarkable: it actually tries something new. That’s not to say that recent examples haven’t had a good crack at standing out amongst the crowd — Animal Well is certainly testament to that — but many largely stick to the same rulebook. Laika...
Review Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine (Switch) - A Bit Of A Grind
Punishin' Puyo-like puzzlin'
Super Meat Boy changed the game when it released in 2010, as one of the first ‘big’ indie hits of the decade and one of the creators of a subgenre of hard platformers. One would think that such a legendary release would spawn a broader franchise, yet it never got a proper sequel, and Meat Boy only recently received...
With buddies like these...
You can’t move for Metroidvania games these days, and given that a huge percentage of these are indie games with retro-style graphics, we propose a new subgenre called Retroidvania. Outbuddies DX fits rather nicely into this new pigeonhole we just created, and we can safely say that of all the Retroidvania games we’ve...
Sibling rivalry
An interesting way to compare and contrast popular media from around the world is to look at how different cultures handle horror, because there are distinct trends that can be observed. American horror, for example, often has a focus on spectacle through blood, gore and other attention-grabbing, shocking imagery, but beneath all...
Latest Headup News
Sunday29th Mar 2026
News Super Meat Boy Brings Brutal 3D Platforming To Switch 2 This Month
Update: Physical release announced
If you've played any of the Super Meat Boy games previously, you might be interested to hear a brand-new 3D game is arriving in 2026. In an update this week, developer Sluggerfly and the game's publisher Headup have now confirmed a Switch 2 version. While Super Meat Boy 3D does approach the brutal platforming...
Wednesday10th Jan 2024
News Critically Acclaimed 'Motorvania' Laika: Aged Through Blood Gets Last-Minute Switch Delay
Update: Originally releasing 11th January
Update [Wed 10th Jan, 2024 18:30 GMT]: Just a day before its expected release on 11th January 2024, publisher Headup has announced on Twitter that the Switch release of Laika: Aged Through Blood has been delayed. The upcoming Motorvania, which launched on PC last year to very positive reviews, will be...
Friday6th Oct 2023
News Laika: Aged Through Blood Is A Brutal Blend Of Metroidvania, Mad Max, And Excitebike
Coming to Switch "soon"
Brainwash Gang's Laika: Aged Through Blood is a really unique beast. Mixing Metroidvania exploration with motorbikes and bloody battles, it's like a delicious cocktail of Excitebike, Mad Max, and Castlevania — a "motorvania" as the devs are calling it. But this unique action platformer has just got a PC release date of...
Friday15th Jul 2022
News Super Rare Announces Limited Physical Version Of Aerial_Knight's Never Yield
Includes "Da Update"
Super Rare Games continue to be one of the busiest physical game retailers on the planet, with today's announcement that they will be putting action-side-scrolling parkour game Aerial_Knight's Never Yield on a physical cartridge for the first time. The physical cartridge includes the game, the new levels, music, and modes...
Tuesday14th Jun 2022
News Hell Pie Is A "Bad Taste" 3D Platformer That Revels In The Obscene
And it's coming in July
We're in the middle of trailer season, with showcases and presentations aplenty! And in yesterday's Guerrilla Collective showcase, we spotted something that might be one to hide from your kids. Hell Pie is a brand new 3D platformer from developer Sluggerfly who was behind the "grotesque" Ben and Ed on PC. It's coming to...
Wednesday19th May 2021
News Aerial_Knight's Never Yield Is Out Today, Plus Vinyl Soundtrack And Custom Switch
Parkour!!
It's a big day for Aerial_Knight, AKA Neil Jones, whose debut Switch game Aerial_Knight's Never Yield comes out today. We spoke to him a while back about why he decided to slap his online handle on the game, amongst other things, and a key takeaway from his time in the industry was that he's often been pushed aside by game studios — "I...
Saturday24th Apr 2021
Feature Why Aerial_Knight Put His Name On His Game
Aerial_Knight talks development, diversity, and his debut game
Last week's Indie World Direct was a showcase full of ingenuity, creativity, and excitement, as independent developers from across the world announced their games for the Nintendo Switch, often in their native languages. It wasn't just twenty minutes of new games - it was a celebration...
