Super Meat Boy Creator Introduces The End Is Nigh For PC, Nintendo Switch

It's almost time for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, where we'll be seeing a handful of new AAA announcements from some of the best game publishers in the business. But we'll also see quite a few from indie developers, like this one from Edmund McMillen, the creator of Super Meat Boy and the Switch classic The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+.

McMillen, working alongside Tyler Glaiel, the creator of Closure, has announced The End Is Nigh, a challenging new platforming game that'll be making its way to Nintendo Switch and PC. The PC version has actually been dated for July 12th, while the Nintendo Switch version will arrive "later," and "possibly" alongside other consoles, maybe even PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The game is an adventure where you take control of the blob-like Ash, one of the few "things" that has "survived" the "end of the world" as we know it.

You'll guide Ash through a number of many stages, "through a future of pain and suffering…as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant animal-like creatures and help aid his final epic quest…to simply make a friend (out of pieces of people he finds along his journey)."

The game is much bigger than Super Meat Boy, offering over 600 levels across 12 different chapters throughout the game. In addition, with each of the 20 mini-cartridges you find within the game, you'll be able to open up a plethora of new playable mini-games as well. There are also "little squishy tumors" that can be collected as well, though, as you can see from the trailer above, the game certainly makes you work for them.

The End Is Nigh will also feature a variety of endings to unlock, along with an abundant amount of extras. Fans of The Binding of Isaac should certainly know what kind of extra goodies McMillen and company are capable of throwing into the game.

We'll let you know once the game has a more firm release date for consoles, though it's expected to arrive sometime this fall. In the meantime, enjoy the trailer above, but be careful if you're at work – the language can be fierce.