Hey guys!

We have some amazingtacular news! Guacamelee is a finalist at this year’s Independent Games Festival for Excellence in Visual Art! A big congratulations to our art team who are working hard to make Guacamelee look so good. So to Steph, Augusto, Ben, Tameka, Jay, and Tanya: congratulations!

We still have a ways to go before Guacamelee is a finished product, but it’s great to get kudos like this to let us know we’re on the right track.

Would you like a closer look at the creative process here at Drinkbox Studios? Then take some time to watch Augusto and Graham chat it up in the short video we made for our 2012 Indiecade nomination.

Also, congrats to fellow Toronto devs Asteroid Base for Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime being a finalist for Excellence in Visual Art! All the finalists are so darned good-looking, what an honour!

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Greetings fellow doomsday survivors!

Wow! What a year it has been! Way back in February, we pushed Mutant Blobs Attack out of our office and into your Playstation Vita. It received a tremendous reception as a console launch title. The metacritic gods were kind to us as we were consistently number two on the list for best games on the system early on in the year. The game also got consistently positive user reviews, so thanks guys!

All your community support and love made people stop and notice these Toronto indie devs. Thanks to you, we won IGN’s People’s Choice for Best Playstation Vita Network Game and gave the Besties Podcast over at Polygon a solid run for their ‘Sweet Sixteen‘ (we wound up doing better than Diablo 3). We were also nominated for GamesRadar’s Handheld of the Year, wound up on Game Informer’s Top 50 Games Of 2012, and won Best Handheld Game over at Digital Trends.

So thanks for buying, playing, and expressing how much you enjoyed Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack! It really means a lot to us! Aaaand if you don’t have a Vita, you can get it on Steam for $1.99 during the winter sale.

Here’s to an even better 2013!

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Hello from the future!

I’m on a special top secret assignment from Drinkbox Studios that requires me to live 5 days ahead of everyone else. So for me, right now the date is Monday, November 19th, and, man, do I have great news. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was amazing! Well worth the wait. I can’t believe that thing with Edward though, what a bummer.

So, by now you’ve probably heard that PlayStation Plus is coming to the Vita. I can confirm that this is true, time travelers honour. In case you missed out on the details, PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America will be able add Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack to their Playstation Vita game library for free on the 19th, European subscribers will be able to do so on the 21st. Not only will PS+ subscribers get Mutant Blobs Attack, you’ll also get a whackload of other cool games and discounts and exclusives. You should check PlayStation Plus out for yourself if you haven’t already.

As for me, I’ve got to hop on my hoverboard and get to Jodie Foster’s birthday party. Peace out!

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Hey Internet, how you doing today?

We’re doing well, thanks for asking.. Been working hard towards getting a stable build of Guacamelee! that we can use for focus testing and balancing. Today we did it!

In celebration, here’s some candid footage from the office today:

What does this mean for you? Not much really.. There’s still a lot of work to do to make the game as awesome as it can be.

Thanks for stopping by! As your reward, here’s a photo of chicken luchador with his pink cat entourage (Photo by Don Spiro):

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Hola to all (especially skeletons!), Augusto here.

It’s DrinkBox’s favoritetest Holiday! I hope everyone got their Pan de Muerto and cempasúchil flowers for their altars.

We’ve been busy celebrating here, but somehow we’ve managed to take some time off from eating sugar skulls to finish BETA for Guacamelee! (almost there!)

Gotta go back now, those Mucbil pollos aren’t gonna eat themselves!

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Oh my Gooooooooooooooooooood, you guys!

This year during the Steam Hallowe’en Sale, you can get Mutant Blobs Attack for half off the usual price. That’s amounts to pennies – three hundred and ninety nine pennies to be exact. The sale starts TODAY and ends on November the 1st.

GET TALES FROM SPACE: MUTANT BLOBS ATTACK HERE!

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Well, our neighbors on the in interweb over at Polygon would have you believe it’s ridiculous things such as in depth, thoughtful articles on gaming, or even above average amusing podcasts like the Besties. The absolute gall. Here at Drinkbox, we’d like to really educate you on Polygons the Guacamelee! way:

Wait? What are the remaining names?! Well – this is a great time to start learning about Spanish (your responsibility), and Guacamelee! (our responsibility):

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Good evening </dracula>,

Tonight, for one night only, you can play Mutant Blobs Attack at the opening night of the inaugural Toronto After Darkcade at Pauper’s Pub as a part of the Toronto After Dark Film Fest! Conveniently located across the street from The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema, you can join other sci-fi/horror/monster movie fans and filmmakers at the festival’s first of many pub nights this Hallowe’en season. The festivities start at 6:45pm with the screening of Grabbers and then American Mary. After the films, starting at 11:30 pm, the Darkcade gets underway on the second floor of the bar.

And we’re not the only game being shown tonight. You can also check out Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime by Matt Hammill and Jamie Tucker. The Darkcade takes place every night of the festival and will showcase two amazing games each night from indie developers. See all the selections here!

We have Mutant Blobs on tap tonight.

We would like to thank the people at Toronto After Darkcade, especially Alex Bethke, for putting this all together and including Mutant Blobs Attack! We’re excited to be a part of it, and hope to see you there!

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People of Earth,

The Playstation Vita version of Mutant Blobs Attack is now on sale for $5.59 during the ‘Caravan of the Dead – PlayStation Store Halloween Sale’. AND if you’re a PS+ member, can get Mutant Blobs Attack on your Vita for a less-than-some-slices-of-pizza price of $3.91.

Equal to one Blob

The sale starts today and ends on October 30th. Check out the PlayStation Store for more info about other spooky steals!

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Hello Internet denizens. Three quick pieces of news for you!

First of all, just wanted to update everyone with our newest trailer:

Second of all we’re excited to be part of the Gamercamp Magazine Launch Party tonight, 7pm at the Pacific Junction Hotel. Event details can be found here. Join us!

Next in the news, Juan Aguacate (the luchador from Guacamelee!) has been announced as part of the new Minecraft Skin Pack 3 coming out this Friday, Oct 19 on XBLA. Pretty awesome:

More details about the other characters in the pack can be found here!

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