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The new game from Octodad creator is Bugsnax and it features cuddly, living food

It’s all fun and games until your arm turns into a hotdog

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Chris Plante co-founded Polygon in 2012 and is now editor-in-chief. He co-hosts The Besties, is a board member of the Frida Cinema, and created NYU’s first games journalism course.

The creators of Octodad have announced their follow-up, Bugsnax. It’s tough to say how the game will play, but the visuals look like a blend of Muppet films and Rare games.

The trailer opens with a strawberry coming to life, sprouting eyes and legs. Soon, an anthropomorphic hamburger skitters past. A furry creature sporting an adventurer’s hat munches on the living food, its appendages turning into fruit and curly fries. This silly (and slightly morbid) action is set to a sparkly pop song.

Bugsnax is scheduled for release in “holiday 2020.” And if you’ve never played Octodad, well, what are you waiting for?


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