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Hue is full of death for its pint-sized protagonist, should the person controlling him go wrong badly enough (I do, a couple of times, and seeing his little body crumple isn't pleasant), but it's got nothing on the body count of Mother Russia Bleeds, an old-school side-scrolling cooperative beat 'em up in the gushing vein of Streets of Rage and Final Fight made by French studio Le Cartel and published by—it's those guys again—Devolver.This is a powerfully violent experience, playable by up to four people at once (friendly fire damage is optional, but the screen gets so busy that it's probably best that you choose not to smash the shit out of your pals), and certainly not for the squeamish. Fallen foes are straddled and their faces pounded until their skulls pop and spill brain tissue across the floor. An array of weapons—from pipes to guns to fire extinguishers to knives—can be picked up and used. Special, powered-up moves deliver instant kills, player characters lifting adversaries high to break their backs or squeezing their heads until they explode like melons. Previous Devolver hit Hotline Miami has nothing on Mother Russia Bleeds' insatiable appetite for digital viscera.New on Motherboard: LOL Is Dying