ever since we realized that releasing world of goo as a wii retail game in europe is unfair to those on the other side of the atlantic, we’ve been in discussions with our european publisher about how to make things right.

today, we’re happy to announce that world of goo will be coming to wiiware in europe after all!  we’ve started the submission process and hope to release it sometime in december.  we’d like to thank our publisher, RTL Games, for being flexible and working with us on this course correction.

we’re anticipating some questions about this, so let’s try to answer them:

Q: how much will world of goo cost on wiiware in europe?
A: most likely the same as in the americas: 1500 points.

Q: will the pc version be available in europe too?
A: yes, at the same time as the retail release, hopefully late december.  it will cost 19.99 euros and will be available in retail stores (to be announced), through steam and other digital downloads services, and on amazon.de (an incorrect price is currently listed).

Q: will there be an extra chapter for europe?
A: no.  everyone will get the same version of the game.

Q: why is it not available in europe now?
A: we need to put the final touches on translations, get european age ratings, and go through nintendo’s approval process.  the retail pc version also needs to get manufactured and shipped to retail stores.

Q: i am european and i am still angry with you.
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it just became available for pre-order.  do yourself a favor and go get your crayons right now… you’ll be saving $5 off the full release price AND you’ll be supporting the incredibly talented petri purho.  crayon physics will also be releasing drm-free.  why are you still reading this blog? go!

yes, we’re finally starting to work on it!  no release date yet, but we’re having a friendly contest on our forum to come up with ambiguous obscenities, light hearted profanity, and entertaining exclamations.

the writers of our 5 favorites will get a boxed version of world of goo signed by both of us

this contest is rated N for NOBODY.  please keep away from small children, household pets, and sensitive electronic equipment.

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Update from Kyle: Remember guys,  keep it cute and classy. Creativity and clever wording is what we’re looking for. Think … Spring in Springfield and “that little extra spice”. (can anyone find a video clip of that online? FOX must have declared war on youtube!)

we keep getting blown away by the amount of love and effort people put into goo related stuff:

• zark92 recently started developing a level editor as an open source project on sourceforge.
• maks verver (roommate of master goo builder marius) put up a page where you can upload your saved games and have your tower rendered out for the world to see (don’t forget to check out the top 10 tallest towers)
• also up is a wiki-based world of goo translation project… not sure who created this one, but by the url i imagine maks and marius might have had something to do with it (if i got this wrong, let me know, i want to give the right person credit)
• Update: And if you’re stuck on a level, there’s a wonderfully organized blog with a video walkthrough of every level. Thanks Tom!
• another update: david croft put up a modding page at goofans.com, rock!

to everyone involved with these projects, especially those geniuses who started them, big thanks from both of us.  our hearts swell with gratitude and our jaws are on the floor in awe.