The Bug Butcher

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC
Genre: Action
Developer: Awfully Nice Studios
Release Date: Jan. 19, 2016

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'The Bug Butcher' Gets Release Date - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 6, 2016 @ 8:48 a.m. PST

The Bug Butcher is a 2D, action-packed, side-scrolling shoot-'em-up game where peril comes from above. Use a wide selection of weapons and power-ups to tear through increasingly challenging levels.

Meet Harry; laser junky, gluten addict, and exterminator extraordinaire. When a refrigerator-sized mass of slime and teeth is wriggling out of your drain, Harry is the best there is.

Inspired by Super Pang (that's Super Buster Bros. for you North American folks), The Bug Butcher is a relentless shoot-'em-up with a simple rule; you can only fire straight up. Good thing your helmet comes with a visor. It's you versus merciless waves of bugs, blasting them into smaller and smaller chunks, splattering the ceiling with a hot mess of juicy entrails and avoiding whatever the heck just splurted out of that thing's, erm… orifice.

Harry’s current assignment takes him to the infested futuristic research facility on planet Zoit. The surviving and dwindling number of scientists employed him for his slaughtering skills. Harry’s mission: survive until the decontamination of the building is complete, hoard coins like his life depended on it, and protect the scientists at all costs. Watch out for the spiders they have a particular fondness for rubber encased science/scientist. After landing, you will move from room to room through the facility blasting rockets, lasers, and wielding the power of lighting upwards at anything not human.

Ravenous swarms and ferocious waves of bugs of every size will attempt to kill you, but luckily there will be weapon and health pick-ups to aid Harry on his quest. Fierce reflexes are mandatory for survival, but Harry’s brutal power-ups will let the guts fly and make the larva cry! If you love games with humor, perfect platforming, grotesquely cute art, nightmarish bosses, and real personality then The Bug Butcher will suit your fancy.

Take on 30 levels of unyielding bug assaults, or feel the soft and fuzzy power of friendship in endless co-op.  Customize your duds and upgrade your arsenal to cut through bugs like soft, oh-so-deliciously warm butter.



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