Kotaku: Rolando

Meet the Heroes of Okabu

Sam Winstrom — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EDT

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Okabu knows it's not easy being green, but they sure do make it look appealing. More »

A Meaningful PS3 Game in Four Post Cards

Brian Crecente — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EST

Okabu has players cleaning up a planet fouled by machines, pollution and littering with the help of ridable anthropomorphic clouds. More »

Okabu For PS3 Looks Like Wind Waker, Lets You Control A Cloud

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:40:00 EST

The people who make Rolando are now making a PlayStation 3 exclusive, Okabu, a game that's described by its creators as a "hyper-tactile toybox world filled with a huge number of puzzles, playthings, adorable creatures and devious machines." And clouds. More »

Eliminate Curiosity

AJ Glasser — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:40:00 EDT

Last March, I got a look at ngmoco's upcoming project lineup, which included announcements of more Rolando 2 and a quick look at an iPhone shooter called Eliminate. More »

Rolando 2 Micro Review: Rolando Keeps On Rolling

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EDT

We reviewed the first Rolando back in January. January 2009. Now, it's only July, and the sequel is upon us. That's a pretty swift turnaround, handheld platform or not. More »

Rolando Being Pulled From App Store [Update]

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Rolando is, at the moment anyways, the perfect example of how to do an iPhone game right. Anyone who hasn't yet sampled its delights may want to hurry, though, as the game's about to be yanked from the App Store. More »

Ngmoco Says No-Go To iPhone 3GS Exclusives

Mike Fahey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:40:00 EDT

Leading iPhone game publisher Ngmoco has no plans to release exclusive games for the newly announced iPhone 3GS, instead offering a more creative way to take advantage of the new model's increased graphical power. More »

Rolando 2 Trailer Enters The Third Dimension

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:30:00 EDT

Despite being a blast, people knocked the first Rolando for looking too much like LocoRoco. Wonder if those same people will knock the sequel for looking too much like LittleBigPlanet? More »

Rolando Update Delivers New Levels

Brian Crecente — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:00:00 EDT

A new update recently hit iPhone puzzler Rolando, adding five new secret levels to the game and tweaking the physics and rendering, according to iTunes. More »

Rolando Getting a Lite Version

Brian Crecente — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST

Popular Loco-Roco-esque iPhone game Rolando is getting a lite version, founder of the game's publisher revealed earlier this week. More »

Rolando Micro Review: The iPhone's Better LocoRoco

Brian Crecente — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST

I've been all over the place on Rolando. When I first saw the idea for this LocoRoco-esque iPhone game I was eager to play. When it finally arrived, it struck me as too LocoRoco. More »

The Boston Herald's iPhone Game Top 20

Mike Fahey — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:40:00 EST

Tom Rose of the Boston Globe has waded through the metric ass-ton of games available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, compiling a lovely little list of the 20 best games of 2008. More »

iPhone Explodes With Joy Over Rolando

Brian Crecente — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:40:00 EST

The much anticipated Rolando is now live over at the App Store, joining SimCity for download. More »