{"id":665,"date":"2008-11-25T09:36:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T09:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=665"},"modified":"2008-11-25T09:36:41","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T09:36:41","slug":"eblast-de-blob-scoops-five-gdaa-awards-including-best-game-of-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"EBLAST: de Blob scoops five GDAA awards, including Best Game of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On Saturday 22 November, the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) announced their 2008 awards. And we\u2019re very proud to say that the Wii title, de Blob&#8211;developed by THQ\u2019s Blue Tongue studio in Melbourne&#8211;scooped the pool, winning 5 of the 8 professional awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The accolades include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Best Game<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Best Console Game<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Best Graphics<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Best Gameplay<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Best Audio<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>About de Blob:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">When the evil INKT corporation invades de Blob\u2019s homeworld, sucking the colour and fun out of Chroma city, it\u2019s up to de Blob to lead a \u2018colour revolution\u2019 and set things right\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Unique in its concept, and featuring a hybrid of influences, de Blob is a creative, freeform platformer: simultaneously a 3D colouring book, an action platformer and a music mixing game all rolled into one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Title: de Blob<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Platform: <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">Wii<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Genre: <span style=\"color: black;\">Freeform\/creative platformer<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Rated:<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> PG<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Players:<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> 1-4<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Developer: Blue Tongue<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Publisher: THQ<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Release date: <span style=\"color: black;\">September 25 2008<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Official website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deblob.com\">www.deblob.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday 22 November, the Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) announced their 2008 awards. And we\u2019re very proud to say that the Wii title, de Blob&#8211;developed by THQ\u2019s Blue Tongue studio in Melbourne&#8211;scooped the pool, winning 5 of the 8 professional awards. The accolades include:\u00a0 Best Game Best Console Game Best Graphics Best Gameplay<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=665\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}