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World of Goo Goes Gold

Brandon "BMcC" McCartin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Good news, fans of good games (and alliteration)—World of Goo has gone gold!

World of Goo is a funky, very well put together structural puzzle platformer thing from two-man dev team 2D Boy in which you must direct a bunch of balls of goo safely through a world of hazards by forming them into—wait, I’m tired and rusty and not doing a great job of this description. Observe some trailers here and here.

If you recall, World of Goo won the Design Innovation and Technical Excellence awards at the 2008 IGF, in addition to being nominated for the Grand Prize. That’s nothing to sneeze at!

So, yeah, it’s gone gold and it should be out in boxed form for the PC in early November and for digital download/WiiWare even earlier than that. You can also preorder it now (with bonuses) for a scant $20 USD through 2D Boy’s site. Goodness.

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by Cougarten

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:45:24 +0000

you all know http://www.experimentalgameplay.com/game.php?g=1 do you? Guess the Word of Goo will be MUCH MUCH better :)

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by BMcC

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:54:52 +0000

@Farbs: Yeah, developing World of Goo was tough…

I mean, I could tell it was tough from the blog and stuff. And that really weighed on me, you know? Like, emotionally.

But we put our heads down and just powered through. I’m proud of those guys. :’)

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by Chris

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:22:21 +0000

2D Boy needs to make with the release dates!

I pre-ordered the PC download and I want it soon. “earlier than that early November” is not specific enough!

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by Farbs

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:48:54 +0000

Dear Ron, Kyle, and heck even BMcC:

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by BMcC

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:59:08 +0000

@Derek: OMG is right!

@colorFool: Thanks, I appreciate it. :)

@PHeMoX: We may live in the same Group Home and not even realize it.

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by PHeMoX

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:18:05 +0000

Goodness … I lol’ed.

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by Paroxysm

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:02:01 +0000

AWESOME! I preordered this thing so long ago but I don’t care because the beta was brilliant so the full thing will be even better. I’ve got wiiware points to waste so I might just buy it on that too to support 2d boy.

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by Fluroarmadillo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:29:55 +0000

Wow finally.

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by ChevyRay

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:22:56 +0000

I thought the announcement was okay.

My god I love the trailers for this game. I’m totally going to buy it for my Wii. <3

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by Derek

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:11:03 +0000

OMG.

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by colorFool

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:47:33 +0000

Good to see you back BMcC! And don’t worry - it’s the content that counts. And the content is gooood! Congrats to 2D Boy! If I ever can pay my bills again and have some money left, I will look into buying this this.

"World of Goo Goes Gold" by BMcC

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:54:07 +0000

I really need to get back into the swing of writing articles… sheesh.