Majesco Games have announced that the critically acclaimed A Boy and His Blob will be arriving on PC and consoles on January 19th. In addition to revealing a release date, Majesco Games also released a trailer for the upcoming re-release which can be viewed below:
Majesco Games also released a synopsis for the re-release:
A Boy and His Blob makes its triumphant return! A reimagining of the NES classic, as the boy, you feed your blob jelly beans and watch him transform into cool and useful objects to solve puzzles and escape danger. With its robust and emotionally driven story, challenging puzzles, and visually impressive art style, A Boy and His Blob is sure to become a classic once again.
When Blobolonia is threatened by an evil Emperor, the blob comes to Earth looking for help. Instead, he finds a young boy. Help the blob dethrone the evil Emperor that’s terrorizing Blobolonia and establish a friendship with the blob that will last a lifetime.
In addition to arriving on the Xbox One, PS4 and PC, A Boy and His Blob will also be releasing on the PS Vita, Abstraction Games confirmed the news on Twitter earlier today:
@thesmlpodcast @wayforward @majesco PS Vita as well, btw! That and we’re working on other platform versions as we speak!
— Abstraction Games (@AbstractionGame) January 5, 2016
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