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de Blob

de Blob is a 3D platformer where players maneuver their hero, de Blob. Equal parts amorphous blob of paint, struggling artist, revolutionary and juvenile delinquent, de Blob's goal is to replace the drab…

82 8 July 2008

de Blob is an adventure developed by BlitWorks, released 8 July 2008 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii.

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What de Blob is

de Blob is an adventure game developed by BlitWorks and released in 2008. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Chroma City was once a lively, vibrant metropolis bursting with color and home to its cheerful, diverse citizens, the Raydians. That joyful existence is shattered when the sinister INKT Corporation, an alien corporate military dictatorship led by the villainous Comrade Black, launches a sudden invasion as part of its ruthless War on Colour. Chroma City swiftly falls to INKT's army of Inkies and color-draining Leechbots, leaving the once-radiant landscape barren and gray. The captured citizens are stripped of their color and imprisoned as drab, joyless Graydians. Watching the takeover unfold from his distant jungle retreat, the heroic and endlessly bouncy Blob springs into action. Rescuing…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 23 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

de Blob holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core CPU 2.50 GHz, 4 GB RAM and GeForce 310 with 1 GB VRAM. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

de Blob launched on 8 July 2008, within three weeks of Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Battlefield: Bad Company and SoulCalibur IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Persona 4, Street Fighter IV, Battlefield: Bad Company, SoulCalibur IV.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for de Blob yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

All media

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Quick answers

de Blob — frequently asked questions

When did de Blob come out?
de Blob was released on 8 July 2008 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for de Blob?
At minimum, de Blob needs Dual Core CPU 2.50 GHz, 4 GB RAM, GeForce 310 with 1 GB VRAM graphics, 10 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is de Blob?
The PC version needs about 10 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("10 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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