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Dark, painterly iOS platformer Nihilumbra arrives on PS Vita next week

Escape the void

Dark, painterly iOS platformer Nihilumbra arrives on PS Vita next week
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Beautifun Games is bringing its Bronze Award-winning platformer Nihilumbra to PS Vita on January 28th in Europe (January 27th in the US).

Our review of the iOS version called it a "gloomy, intelligent platformer [that] will keep you playing until the bitter end."

It has you playing as a black blob of ooze called Born as it escaped the all-consuming Void.

To do this, you need to traverse a number of levels by using five different colours that, when painted, change the environment.

Blue makes a world icy and slippy, while green adds extra bounce, and brown sees the ground become sticky. You have to experiment with these colours and others in order to succeed.

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The Vita version of Nihilumbra will use the touchscreen for the colour painting while the d-pad is used for moving Born.

If you fancy giving it a shot next week, Nihilumbra will cost you €8.99 / $9.99 on the PlayStation Store.

Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
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