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De Blob to encapsulate a Wii near you, just not soon [update] photo

Even if the Wii has been handed a few sloppy ports from its higher-powered competition, there is still plenty of room for some original, top-shelf quality IPs to make their presence known on the little, white, wonder. One such potential title from THQ comes to mind, and it's called de Blob. No, it's not a misspelling, or some drunken French guy talking about one of his ex girlfriends. De Blob is in actuality, a title that has the potential to ooze originality from its pores. So what exactly is it?

According to a special preview showing that the guys at IGN enjoyed, de Blob is basically nothing more than a gelatinous extraterrestrial that can take on different colors and paint the world. A world, that is currently devoid of all color at the moment, thanks to the evil (brace yourself for this one) Ink Corp. As de Blob, it is your duty to bring vibrant color back to the city of Chroma, by rolling around the city all Katamari Damacy style, and leaving a trail of hues behind you.

THQ is promising between 12-16 giant stages of fun in the final build, and a solid multiplayer experience is already a given. Not bad for what started out as a school project between 9 Dutch students. Expect to hear more about this game at E3, as even in its infancy -- it has fun written all over it. If you want a sneak peek at the free download that started it all, point your PC here. I must warn you, it is addictive.

[Update: Thanks to Kotaku for pointing this video out to us.] 

[Thanks Myxyzptlk]

 


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Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 07/06/2007 17:00
You're welcome!
Grapefruit Juice's Avatar
Grapefruit Juice at 07/06/2007 17:01
That looks as bad as it sounds.
Gameboi's Avatar
Gameboi at 07/06/2007 17:03
Try the demo via the link. It's actually pretty fun.
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Skeeblar at 07/06/2007 17:09
This looks fun.
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Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain at 07/06/2007 17:17
That looks like something out of a child's nightmare.

Want.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 07/06/2007 17:19
It should be pointed out that those screens are from the original PC demo, not the Wii version.
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CypherVR at 07/06/2007 17:20
that's not mud...
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GagaMan at 07/06/2007 17:26
If you have a look at the preview of the Wii version at IGN (sorry), it looks completely different to the PC version, and even looks like it plays a little different at the moment too. The same concept is there, but it has a lot more jumping and bouncing off buildings, and less er...rolling. It is a very early uild, so the graphics are very sparse in it. Glad to see it's not gonna just be a port of the free PC one, at least.
Skeeblar's Avatar
Skeeblar at 07/06/2007 18:04
Played the PC demo.
I liked it. Addicting!
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Morca at 07/06/2007 21:05
To this day, CS has an unspeakable grip on me, I read the title as DE_Blob and wondered why you were posting a cs map...
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ran24 at 07/07/2007 09:39
This game is pretty fun on the PC, so 12+ levels of it would be great.
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Fading Star at 01/28/2008 23:29
De blob!
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anomalous underdog at 01/29/2008 08:50
Isn't this that game that was made using Ogre3d? I've seen this before.
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