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Adventures of Shuggy gets free DLC to help celebrate Halloween
The Adventures of Shuggy is gearing up for a ghoulishly good time this Halloween with a free DLC pack, 'Shuggy's Teleporting Troubles,' set to drop on October 26. 'Shuggy's Teleporting Troubles' adds 40 new singleplayer levels and a secondary teleporter that can be used alongside Shuggy's other toys, including the existing teleporter. That's right – you get a free teleporter, just in case that first one isn't enough for you.As long as your copy of The Adventures of Shuggy is up-to-date, 'Shuggy's Teleporting Troubles' should show up automatically this Friday, whether on Steam, Desura or purchased through Smudged Cat Games' main site.If you want an un-ghostly holiday experience at the end of October, or if you hate free things, maybe give Smudged Cat's Gateways a go.
Snapshot: Gateways
There are so many games out there we couldn't possibly review them all. Welcome to Snapshot, where we highlight games that might fall outside our usual coverage but are still something we think you should know about. Today: Gateways for PC. Yes, Gateways is a retro 2D platformer from an independent developer. Go ahead and get out all your grumbling about the saturation of retro platformers on the indie scene. Really, let it all out. There it is. And breathe.Now that our minds are open and clear, let's talk about Gateways.Gateways comes from Smudged Cat Games, the developer behind The Adventures of Shuggy, and it therefore carries a certain level of polish and intricacy expected from a veteran creator. It's truly not just another indie, retro 2D platformer – it's an indie, retro 2D platformer with a multitude of layers in gateway guns, time-shifting abilities, mirror refraction and flashlight technology, all set in an eccentric scientist's overrun laboratory.%Gallery-167608%
Award-winning indie game Gateways on sale for $1 on XBLIG
Gateways, Smudged Cat Games' entry into the Indie Games Summer Uprising, is on sale for 80 Microsoft Points ($1) on XBLIG, for a limited time. Smudged Cat is the developer behind The Adventures of Shuggy, and Gateways is a game we're thoroughly enjoying on Steam, where it is $5.Gateways normally runs 240 MS points via XBLIG, so if you're intrigued by a retro 2D platformer with a series of matter-melting guns that just so happens to be a Dream Build Play 2012 winner, check it out now for cheap.
Indie Royale celebrates Oktoberfest with six-game bundle
Indie Royale is back with a new Steam and Desura six-game bundle. The Oktoberfest bundle features Zoe Mode's Chime and all three episodes of Hector: Badge of Carnage by Telltale Games.Smudged Cat Games' The Adventures of Shuggy also makes an appearance in the bundle along with Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble and "story-driven interactive drama" The Witch's Yarn by Mousechief. The Network by AquaFox rounds out the bundle.Those that spend more than $8 on the bundle will also receive two chiptune albums by Savestates, "Calm Your Nerves" and "Chip unDeath." The Oktoberfest bundle is on sale now until Friday, October 5 for its usual "pay the minimum" price, which is currently $5.21.
