In a thoroughly surprising announcement, World of Goo 2 is coming sometime next year, it was announced during Thursday's The Game Awards.
The news comes 15 years after the original was released, so it's a bit of a shock, but not an entirely unwelcome one. The sequel hails from 2D Boy and Tomorrow Corporation, the same indie developer and publisher behind the first game.
The sequel got a quick reveal trailer as well as a 2024 release year, but no release date beyond that.
World of Goo 2 also launched a website with the announcement, although it didn't give us too much more information other than it's "the biggest game we've ever made." That's a lot of goo.
The first game hit the Nintendo Wii and Windows in 2008, with the physics-based puzzle game quickly garnering a big fanbase. It had a pretty simple but addictive premise, as players used small blobs of goo to help them reach goal points. IGN gave the original a 9/10, calling it a "an amazing downloadable PC game that you simply must buy."
And while a sequel's been a long time coming, World of Goo got various other releases throughout the years, including one for Nintendo Switch in 2017. We don't know what platforms World of Goo 2 will be on yet, with the website distinctly playing it coy: "Can you play it on your 2004 Discman? Maybe. Let's just let the vast expanse of uncertainty fill our hearts with wonder, while we fill our bank accounts with exclusive distributon contracts." Fair enough.
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Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she's not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.
