Back in May, developer Rumblecade released a side-scrolling beat 'em up called Rockabilly Beatdown [$0.99] that featured simple button-mashing gameplay and some of the nicest pixel art and animation I'd seen. Despite being a simple game with just a single attack button, there was some hidden depth to Rockabilly Beatdown that slowly unveiled itself the more you played. With the charm and personality of the characters in the game, this was definitely an "endless high-scoring" take on the beat 'em up genre that I could get behind. The biggest problem was that it felt like a one-trick pony and, besides shooting for high scores, there wasn't a ton of meat on the bones in terms of progression and unlocks, things we had issues with in our review. That's something that Rumblecade has attempted to rectify with the first big update for Rockabilly Beatdown.
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Previously, the game featured 3 characters available from the start that each had alternate black outfits you could purchase via IAP. There was also a fourth character who was strictly IAP. One thing Rumblecade made clear from the start was that all their IAP and alternate characters were cosmetic only, as they didn't want to have a pay-to-win element to their game but wanted to offer up some cool bonus stuff for those who liked the game and wanted to drop additional money. After this update, those black alternate outfits are now unlockable and you can earn them simply b...