Cuphead developer Studio MDHR is celebrating the indie game’s sixth anniversary by giving Xbox and Windows players free behind-the-scenes content. The DLC includes high-res photos, concept art, a video player and the entire soundtrack. The developer describes the bonus content as a “love letter” to fans on the game’s initial platforms. It will be available on Friday, September 29.
The Cuphead DLC will include over 100 behind-the-scenes photos, including “never-before-seen concepts and unused art pieces” from one of gaming’s most stylistic titles. Among the images is a peek at early concept art that Studio MDHR describes as akin to Microsoft Paint.
“With our process being so painstaking once we put pencil to paper, we often use paint tools during brainstorming sessions to communicate ideas very quickly to one another for the broad strokes of a boss attack or phase transition,” said MDHR co-director Chad Moldenhauer. “A few of these made their way into
