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World of Goo

Also known as: World of Goo - WiiWare



Oct 20, 2009
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World Of Goo Birthday Sale "A Huge Success" Developer 2D Boy has branded a week-long 'pay what you want' promotion for PC and WiiWare title World Of Goo "a huge success" after the game sold 57,000 copies at an average price of $2.03.

The promotion saw sales of the game on Steam up 40 per cent week-on-week, while WiiWare sales rose nine per cent. 2D Boy said that the amount people were willing to pay for the game went up as the days went by before levelling off.
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Jul 20, 2009
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - 2DBoy gives hint to secret WiiWare project NintendoDpad:
"You may remember 2DBoy from their hit WiiWare title World of Goo, which released a year ago, but don't let the silence fool you as 2DBoy co-founder Kyle Gabler gives us an exclusive hint to what the boys are working on."
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Apr 22, 2009
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - Amazon Selling WiiWare Games After opening their online shop for the Xbox Live Arcade a few weeks ago, Amazon is apparently doing the same for WiiWare. The first WiiWare game to be sold on Amazon is World of Goo.
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Mar 27, 2009
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Wii - World of Goo - IGN shows us how NOT to inform IGN recently ran an article detailing the amount of money independent game developers could possibly make, in which they cited 2D Boy and their successful game World of Goo. At least, that's what the article was supposed to be about.
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Mar 25, 2009
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Wii - World of Goo - GameSpot GDC 2009: The Art of Promoting Indie GameSpot writes: "When it comes to competing with the Electronic Arts and Activisions of the world, independent game developers have a number of significant disadvantages. First, they have to make a great game without the benefit of a multimillion-dollar budget, and then they have to market it with the same financial constraints."
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Mar 24, 2009
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - GDC 09: World of Goo Cost, Sales Breakdowns IGN writes: "Ever wonder what the profit margin is for a successful independent game? At the Game Developers Conference 2009, 2D Boy's Rob Carmel, who co-created the hit World of Goo, shed some light on the upstart's game development costs and profits.

According to Carmel, the tiny two-man company spent $96,000 during a span of two years as it created World of Goo. It also made investments of $4,000 on hardware, $1,000 on software, $5,000 on QA testing, $5,000 for localization and $5,000 on legal fees."
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Mar 23, 2009
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World of Goo Dev: DRM is Unnecessary Ron Carmel, co-founder of 2D Boy, shared strong advice with indie developers today concerning involvement with publishers and DRM.
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Feb 9, 2009
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Wii - World of Goo - LittleBigPlanet, Braid, Left 4 Dead lead game developers choice award finalists Gamasutra writes:

"Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet leads the nominees for the ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards with seven nominations, organizers have revealed.

Number None's Braid follows closely with five nominations. Among the nominations for LittleBigPlanet is the coveted Game of the Year award.

Other nominees for that category include Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, each of which received a total of four award nominations; Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto IV, which earned a total of three nominations, and Lionhead Studios' Fable 2. Winners will be honored at an awards show taking place during the 2009 Game Developers Conference."
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Dec 30, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World Of Goo Wins Independent Game Of The Year Award Towering over all other games, World of Goo was the 2008 winner of the Independent Game of the Year award. The award, the culminating event of Game Tunnel's 7th Annual Game of the Year awards, is given each year to the most outstanding Independent Video Game.
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Dec 30, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 10-1 Here we are then, the final installment in our Top 50 Games of 2008. It's worth reiterating once again that the list is not intended as a definitive rundown of the 50 best games of the year, but instead reflects votes cast by our staff and contributors based on the games they have played and enjoyed.
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Dec 19, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - On PAL Wii Shop today: World of Goo, Art Style Orbient, Sudoku and Niki Today Nintendo of Europe and Australia added new games to the popular Wii Shop Channel. The WiiWare games are: World of Goo, Art Style: Orbient, Sudoku Challenge!, and Niki - Rock 'n' Ball.
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Nov 16, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World of Goo Piracy Numbers Prove DRM is Worthless www.pushingplay.com writes "This is some sad news. 2D Boy, the guys that created World of Goo, are estimating the piracy rate of that game is around 82%. This originally came up over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun in the comments of an article about WoG's European release. One of the creators estimated that the piracy rate was about 90%. That's a big number."
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Nov 13, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World of Goo has 90% piracy rate Joystiq received a tip pointing to the comments section of a recent RockPaperShotgun post, in which World of Goo designer Ron Carmel mentioned the game had a staggering 90% piracy rate. They contacted Carmel directly, who confirmed the figure was "about right."
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Nov 11, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World of Goo to release on European WiiWare after all 2D Boy confirmed today that World of Goo will be available on WiiWare in Europe...
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Nov 1, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - IGN: Wii Game of the Month: October 2008 IGN: "October brought us a few great WiiWare games, and one stand-out music title for gamers to sink their teeth into. Look for November and December to ramp up though, a Wii's 08 efforts come to a close. Still on the horizon are Call of Duty: World at War, Smackdown vs. Raw 2009, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Shaun White Snowboarding, Sonic Unleashed, and Skate It, and that's just November. Check back daily for more updates on the rest of 2008, and join us again at the end of next month when we crown the winner of one of Wii's last months of 2008."
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Oct 23, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World of Goo beats out Zelda and Gears of War Metacritic.com takes the review scores from over 30 different websites and work out an average score, to get above 90 on Metacritic is a real achievement, which makes it all the more surprising when the previously unheard of 'World of Goo' for Wiiware is ranked as the 2nd best Wii game to date...
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Oct 15, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World Of Goo Demo Available dailygamesnews.com - The popular new Wii game also has a demo available for PC users to check out. Apparently, it's really good.
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Oct 5, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World of Goo Hitting US WiiWare October 13th From N-Europe.com:

"Regardless, the game is still heading to WiiWare in Japan and the US, and Nintendo have confirmed that World of Goo will be released on October 13th in the US for WiiWare, in around 10 days. Pricing is still as of yet unconfirmed."
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Jun 26, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World Of Goo Will Not Be Released On WiiWare In Europe! Whilst browsing NoE's summer 2008 release schedule we were intrigued to find "World of Goo (RTL Playtainment) - Q3 2008" on that list. After all isn't World of Goo supposed to be a WiiWare game?

Questioning our own sanity, we contacted our old chum Ron Carmel at 2D Boy and found out what was going on. Here's what he told us....
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May 27, 2008
Wii News from N4G | World of Goo
Wii - World of Goo - World of Goo WiiWare: Exclusive Online Co-Op 2D Boy's innovative puzzle title World of Goo has been on our radar for some time now thanks to its lovely visuals and addictive gameplay. As you might be aware the game is also being released for the PC and Mac, but 2D Boy has now confirmed that Wii owners will be getting exclusive online co-op, which makes that version the most appealing of the bunch....
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The Knowledge

World of Goo

Genre: Puzzle
Release date: Oct 13, 2008
Published by: 2D Boy
Developed by: 2D Boy
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