Namco Bandai's Noby Noby Boy is a curious "game." The downloadable PS3 thing was the last release from Katamari creator Keita Takahashi. It asked players to simply toy around with an incredibly stretchy creature. There was no way to "win," and there were no goals to pursue. However, the collective efforts of the online community would help Noby Noby Girl continue to grow and reach distant planets.

Last week, Noby Noby Boy players reached Uranus.

Watch: GIRL touches Uranus »

"In single player, the game allows BOY to eat another BOY as well as people and animals, etc," says Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi in a new PlayStation blog post.

"In Multiplayer though, eating everything has some funny consequences. For example, if the head of a 1P BOY eats the rear of a 2P BOY, the two players end up with a combined BOY. Head: Player 1, Rear: Player 2. Read more »

You'd think by now, after buying and playing the game a bit, that I wouldn't be amazed by Noby Noby Boy footage. And yet every frame of this video stuns me.

Four player offline multiplayer, coming soon? What hath our Noby god wrought.

Today's PlayStation Store update brings Katamari Damacy creator Keitha Takahashi's totally insane downloadable game Noby Noby Boy.

The $5 title invites players to "control the main character, BOY, to play, stretch and interact with objects and characters in surreal worlds!" Surreal being an understatement. Read more »

"What is a game? Should there be a definition for a game? That's the way I feel," writes Keita Takahashi, creator of Katamari Damacy and the upcoming Noby Noby Boy.

Noby, set to be released on PlayStation Network next Thursday for $5, was explained by Takahashi on the PlayStation blog: "Basically players can control and stretch Boy, the main character of the game. As players stretch Boy, the lengths to which he grows are uploaded to a persistent character known as Girl, who grows at the same rate as the combined length of all the players in the world. Read more »

Noby Noby Boy, the downloadable eat-and-grow PlayStation 3 title from Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahasi, will be released worldwide on February 19.

Publisher Namco Bandai also revealed that the game will be sold for a mere $4.99, and explained how gamers worldwide will collaborate to unlock new stages: Read more »

The next game from Keita Takahasi, the creator of the beloved roll 'em up series Katarmari Damacy, will arrive early next year as a downloadable PlayStation 3 game.

Screenshot, left. Artwork, right.