GamesRadar - World of Goo

World Of Goo Birthday Sale "A Huge Success" (News)

Oct 20, 2009

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.

2DBoy gives hint to secret WiiWare project (News)

Jul 20, 2009

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."

How indie games took on the world (and won) (Feature)

Jul 13, 2009

What happened to gaming? The past two years haven’t been about blockbuster games. The most exciting, most innovative, most playable games aren’t from the usual suspects. Instead, they’re being made by coffee-shop artists who are absolutely outclassing the establishment. Who are these heroes? Where did they come from? How did they do it? And, anyway, what the hell is indie gaming? ...

Amazon Selling WiiWare Games (News)

Apr 22, 2009

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.

IGN shows us how NOT to inform (News)

Mar 27, 2009

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.

GameSpot GDC 2009: The Art of Promoting Indie (News)

Mar 25, 2009

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."

GDC 09: World of Goo Cost, Sales Breakdowns (News)

Mar 24, 2009

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."

World of Goo Dev: DRM is Unnecessary (News)

Mar 23, 2009

Ron Carmel, co-founder of 2D Boy, shared strong advice with indie developers today concerning involvement with publishers and DRM.

LittleBigPlanet, Braid, Left 4 Dead lead game developers choice award finalists (News)

Feb 9, 2009

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."

World Of Goo Wins Independent Game Of The Year Award (News)

Dec 30, 2008

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.

Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 10-1 (News)

Dec 30, 2008

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.

On PAL Wii Shop today: World of Goo, Art Style Orbient, Sudoku and Niki (News)

Dec 19, 2008

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.

The Top 7... prettiest games of 2008 (Feature)

Dec 8, 2008

Ever since the Xbox 360 arrived three years ago, the so-called next-gen era of gaming has been depressingly devoid of beautiful games. We’re not talking graphics, mind, we’re talking colors. ...

World of Goo Piracy Numbers Prove DRM is Worthless (News)

Nov 16, 2008

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."

World of Goo has 90% piracy rate (News)

Nov 13, 2008

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."

World of Goo to release on European WiiWare after all (News)

Nov 11, 2008

2D Boy confirmed today that World of Goo will be available on WiiWare in Europe...

IGN: Wii Game of the Month: October 2008 (News)

Nov 1, 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."

World of Goo beats out Zelda and Gears of War (News)

Oct 23, 2008

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...

World Of Goo Demo Available (News)

Oct 15, 2008

dailygamesnews.com - The popular new Wii game also has a demo available for PC users to check out. Apparently, it's really good.

World of Goo (Review)

Oct 13, 2008

World of Goo is bubbling with ideas. Born from a student project to create a game in just seven days, the original’s single mechanic was the ability to pick up little black goo-balls and place them near one another to form wobbling structures of squishy struts. No goal, no purpose; just a limit to how high you could scroll and the compulsive desire to reach that limit. ...

World of Goo (Screenshots)

Oct 13, 2008

World of Goo Hitting US WiiWare October 13th (News)

Oct 5, 2008

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."

World Of Goo Will Not Be Released On WiiWare In Europe! (News)

Jun 26, 2008

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....

World of Goo WiiWare: Exclusive Online Co-Op (News)

May 27, 2008

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....

Five Surprises At Nintendo's Media Summit: Nintendo-Less WiiWare, Pot Shot At EA And More (News)

Apr 15, 2008

From the two days that MTV Multiplayer spent with Nintendo, here were their five key takeaways:

1. Rock Band on Wii proved extremely popular.
2. No first-party WiiWare titles on display.
3. Lost Winds was the media's WiiWare favorite.
4. The guys behind World of Goo aren't fans of Electronic Arts.
5. Boom Blox is way better than you think.

World of Goo - hands-on (Preview)

Apr 15, 2008

With a name like "World of Goo" and a genre that rests somewhere around puzzle game/construction sim/physics lesson, it's perfectly normal to approach this fledging WiiWare title with reservations. However, our fears quickly melted away like the game's own oily black goo once we had a proper sit down and understood just how addicting linking inky blobs together could be.

The premise, like any good puzzle game, is simple - you need to ...

World of Goo - Gameplay trailer (Video)

Apr 11, 2008

A delightfully weird and endlessly inventive puzzle/construction game involving millions of oblivious - and apparently, tasty - Goo Balls.

World of Goo (Preview)

Mar 3, 2008

So there are these giggling little globs of goo that you can drag about with a gesture. If you place one near some others, it’ll form a wobbly structure by connecting itself to them with squishy struts. And about half an hour into playing World of Goo, it hits us: this is Lemmings in reverse. You’re trying to build towards this pipe, you see. Once your structure is high enough to reach the pipe, any goos you haven’t used yet ...