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

Want.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 17:19
Mxyzptlk
It should be pointed out that those screens are from the original PC demo, not the Wii version.
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 17:20
CypherVR
that's not mud...
GagaMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 17:26
GagaMan
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 - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 18:04
Skeeblar
Played the PC demo.
I liked it. Addicting!
Morca's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/06/2007 21:05
Morca
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...
ran24's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/07/2007 09:39
ran24
This game is pretty fun on the PC, so 12+ levels of it would be great.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/28/2008 23:29
Fading Star
De blob!
anomalous underdog's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2008 08:50
anomalous underdog
Isn't this that game that was made using Ogre3d? I've seen this before.
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