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It feels like we’ve been waiting decades for the next game from Team Ico, but it’s really only been two and a half years since The Last Guardian was formally announced. Still, the number of delays since we first assumed the game would launch in 2010 have left us confused and worried. And rumors that the head of the developer, Fumito Ueda, had left Sony hardly raised our spirits. Today Ueda went on his Twitter to address some concerns, but ignored the bigger questions...
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When it was first announced, PS3-exclusive The Last Guardian was one of our most anticipated games of 2010, then one of our most anticipated for 2011, and now we’re really excited for it in 2012. But the delays and the fact that we hadn’t seen the game in a long time was starting to make us worried. And this new rumor floating around hardly comforts us, as Eurogamer reports the games director and Team Ico leader Fumito Ueda has quit Sony...
DeviantArt user 'ceemdee' shows off some seriously spooky carving skills.
ICO and Shadow of Colossus have earned some much deserved critical acclaimed over the years. Everyone who has played the games have fallen in love with Team ICO's creations. That love seems to have extended into the HD revolution, as The ICO & Shadow of Colosus HD Collection will be receiving midnight launches at Game Stops across North America.
Andriasang: Think ICO's Yorda character was made by Team ICO leader Fumito Ueda? Ueda decided to clear this up via Twitter earlier today.
Beloved PlayStation 2 titles didnt have enough appeal to users, says The Last Guardian director. Fumito Ueda, director of Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus, believes the reason his emotive, artistic and much-loved PlayStation 2 games sold poorly was because they werent good enough. With Uedas current project, The Last Guardian, set for release this year, we asked if he was bothered that gamers repeated calls for originality are not reflected in sales charts, which suggest they prefer the security of long-established franchises.
If you were hoping to see Shadow of the Colossus in HD this spring, you might be disappointed.
Viz Media has officially confirmed the forthcoming release of an English language version of Ico: Castle of the Mist, the novelisation of the critically acclaimed videogame from Team Ico. While an official release date yet been announced, its currently expected that the novel will arrive alongside the release of the PlayStation 3 re-release of the game as part of the ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection.
Not only are ICO fans soon getting an HD upgrade of their favorite game, they're getting a full length novel - Miyuki Miyabe's 2004 novelization of the game will be available in English-speaking countries later this year...
Japanese author Miyuki Miyabe released ICO: Castle of the Mist, a novelization of the cult classic PlayStation 2 game ICO, in 2004. After seven long years, the novel is finally being translated and released in the US.
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