Super Meat Boy will be released on Xbox Live Arcade this year, according to an image posted on creator Edmund McMillen's Facebook page.

The image, below, shows a pixellated Xbox 360 next to an old-fashioned TV displaying the characters 'SMB XBLA 2010'. It also bears the logo of developer Team Meat.

Super Meat Boy, adapted from McMillen's Flash game Meat Boy, is due for release on WiiWare in the coming months. It's a fast-paced, challenging 2D platformer strongly influenced by the Super Mario Bros. games, starring a cuboid blob of meat.

The Forest is the first world in Super Meat Boy. Due to being the first world, it is fairly straightforward to pass through and is by far the easiest world in both the Dark and Light versions of each level. The first three levels are tutorial-like and familiarize the player with the controls. The Dark World of The Forest is about the same difficulty as Chapter 2: The Hospital's light world. Check out some of the coolest and quirkiest speedrun world records and videos. Impress your friends by breaking or inventing your own speedrun world records on Recordsetter.com. Oct 20, 2010  Super Meat Boy is a tough-as-nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus wearing a.

We got a chance to try it at a WiiWare showcase last year and thought it was 'one of the most immediate and playable games on show' and 'a guaranteed cult hit'.

Could a PSN version also be in the works? Will Super Meat Boy be even harder than VVVVVV? Stay tuned to find out.