De Blob
A puzzle-platform game about restoring color to a monochrome city.
de Blob is a puzzle-platform game from Blue Tongue Entertainment, published by THQ for the Wii. Players control Blob, a character who must explore and free the fictional Chroma City from the oppressive INKT Corporation. The Wii version was initially planned for February 2008 but was pushed back, eventually launching on 22 September 2008. An iOS version, developed by Universomo, came out earlier on 8 July 2009. A Nintendo DS version by Helixe was in development but never released. The game later arrived on Windows on 27 April 2017, ported by BlitWorks, followed by PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports on 14 November 2017, and a Nintendo Switch port on 26 June 2018.
- Developer
- Blue Tongue Entertainment
- Publisher
- THQ
- Platform
- Wii, iOS, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Release Date
- 22 September 2008 (Wii)
- Genre
- Puzzle-platform
- Protagonist
- Blob
- Antagonist
- Comrade Black
Lore & Background
The game tells the story of Chroma City, a lively and colorful city invaded by the INKT Corporation, a corporate military dictatorship led by Comrade Black. INKT's 'War on Colour' drains all color from the city, turning citizens into Graydians encased in gray prison suits. Blob, a colorful hero from a jungle retreat, joins the Colour Underground to liberate the city. The plot is conveyed through pre-rendered cinematic sequences and in-game dialog, culminating in Blob defeating Comrade Black aboard his spaceship and escaping on a Hoverboard.
Reader's Guide
de Blob was originally developed as a downloadable game for Windows by eight students at the Utrecht School of the Arts and one student at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The city of Utrecht adopted Blob as its mascot. THQ acquired the rights and handed development to Blue Tongue Entertainment and Helixe. The game received positive reviews, with IGN calling it 'one of the best third-party efforts to come over to Wii in a long time.' It sold more than 230,000 copies in the United States by December 2008, and THQ shipped more than 700,000 copies worldwide. The game's success led to a sequel announced for fiscal 2011.
Did You Know?
- The game was originally created by eight students at the Utrecht School of the Arts to show how the Utrecht railroad station area would look in 10 years.
- The city of Utrecht adopted Blob as its mascot.
- A Nintendo DS version was being developed by Helixe but was ultimately canceled.
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