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only a few months removed from bringing About a Blob -- a cute little side-scroller where players squeezed and slid all around the world as a gooey mass -- to the PlayStation Network, Drinkbox Studios has its sights set on the PlayStation Vita. Mutant Blobs Attack is coming, and here are all the mushy details. 

Are those blobs attacking?


What is Mutant Blobs Attack? 
Mutant Blobs Attack is a 2D, blob-based platformer from developer Drinkbox Studios. You'll play as -- you guessed it -- a mutant blob. You'll roll through environments devouring everything in your path. Drinkbox says you'll go from the size of a quarter to that of a giant city. 

Wait, wait, wait -- more blobs? Is this connected to About a Blob? 
Yup. About a Blob and Mutant Blobs Attack take place in the same universe. 

So Mutant Blobs Attack is just the same thing as About a Blob? 
According to Drinkbox, no. "We were happy with the way things turned out on About a Blob, although having learned a lot over the course of that project's development we definitely want to do some things a bit differently this time around," said Chris McQuinn, Drinkbox designer and self-proclaimed awesome guy. "Last time, for example, we really made an effort to please a wide audience which limited what we could do with the game some extent (e.g. in terms of difficulty, and/or in the 'edginess' of the game's humor and presentation). This time we're not quite as worried about pleasing everyone, we really want to focus on just making a game that we would enjoy as gamers." 

OK, so how does it play? 
Mutant Blobs Attack is a 2D platformer. You'll control it via touch-based controls along with the traditional joystick. "We're trying to be careful not to spread ourselves too thin by attempting to do everything -- the system really has a lot of inputs," McQuinn said. 

ZOMG! Those blobs are attacking!


When is it coming out? 
McQuinn said to look for Mutant Blobs Attack close to the North American launch of the PlayStation Vita. 

When can I play it? 
Drinkbox will be at PAX 2011 and running a Mutant Blobs Attack high score competition. If you win, you'll be included in the final game. 

Cool. Is this one of those Vita games I can play on the PS3? 
Maybe, but definitely not right away. Once the Vita version is out, Drinkbox is hoping to release a PS3 version of Mutant Blobs Attack, and that would support Sony's cloud system so that you could have one save to use on both the Vita and the PS3. 

 

 

looks great, seems like new games are being announced for vita everyday



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spurgeonryan said:
Looks good, but after looking at over 1500 iphone games it kind of looks like an iphone game? Is it coming out for iphone as well?

That's the first thought came to mind from looking at the pic. I wasn't going to say what you said though since it will hurt some people's feelings.



Looks like Gish even has the same spike blob mechanic from the first screen for sticking to/climbing up walls etc.



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spurgeonryan said:
Looks good, but after looking at over 1500 iphone games it kind of looks like an iphone game? Is it coming out for iphone as well?


thats because its a downloadable game.



zarx said:

Looks like Gish even has the same spike blob mechanic from the first screen for sticking to/climbing up walls etc.


is this good? i might get it.



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PullusPardus said:
zarx said:

Looks like Gish even has the same spike blob mechanic from the first screen for sticking to/climbing up walls etc.


is this good? i might get it.

Not really my kind of game but from what I played of it it had pretty good level design and puzzles, I got it in the first humble indie bundle.



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Another Vita game nobody will ever buy.