The 2D shooter Butcher [official site] has its very own release date now, so we can stop talking about how it’ll eventually float down here at “some point.” It’s scheduled to rip into Steam on 5 October, meaning in a few days you too can be blowing through enemies in a pixelated fit of rage.

It also has a cool name that makes me really miss my Kreepsville 666 Diamonte necklace. It’s a cleaver encrusted in cheap crystals, but it makes me feel fancy. Butcher as a game may not make anyone feel fancy in the way a necklace might, but it’s got plenty of blood and guts to spare. And that’s just about the same, really.

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Transhuman Design, the makers of Soldat and King Arthur’s Gold, will release their gross and gritty 2D shooter Butcher [official site] this autumn. It’s a bloody side-on homage to classic ’90s shooters like Quake and Doom, with an extra dose of guts on the side. Here, let’s check it out in a new trailer–come on!

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