Ronimo Games announces their studio and the first competitive strategy game for Wii Ware: Swords & Soldiers.

The developers of the original version of "de Blob" announce their new game studio Ronimo Games and their first title: Swords & Soldiers.  Ronimo Games is founded by seven developers in Utrecht, the Netherlands

As students the team was responsible for the original pc game "de Blob"Being an innovative and fun game, "de Blob" became popular on the internet and was eventually picked up by THQThe publisher bought the IP and will soon release the new version of "de Blob" for Nintendo Wii

Fabian Akker, one of the co-founders: "de Blob was the eye opener for us, that we can make cool games and function as a good teamThe game definitely gave us the opportunity to start our own company".

The team is developing a new game for Wii Ware: Swords & SoldiersSwords & Soldiers is a sidescrolling real time strategy game, in which three distinct factions battle for the powers of the gods

The game will feature a single player campaign and a competitive splitscreen multiplayer mode as well as several other game modesThree screenshots are included with this press releaseAkker: "We always dreamed of designing an RTS and when Wii Ware came out we immediately figured that this was our chance."