Nearly seven years after the discharge of his final venture, Fumito Ueda, the developer greatest identified for Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, introduced his subsequent venture. It’s presently untitled, however a difficult-to-see little bit of textual content within the teaser at the moment urged its codename is “Project Robot.”
At The Game Awards 2024, genDESIGN revealed extra data on Ueda’s subsequent venture, with the reveal trailer displaying somebody climbing an enormous humanoid mech whereas a distorted robotic voice counted down time till a shockwave hit. Upon reaching the highest of the mech, the particular person mounted the top and disconnected it from the physique, flying into the air above a coming shadowy shockwave in time to keep away from its destruction.
And…that is it. There’s a listing of credit for builders engaged on this recreation that we’re nonetheless making an attempt to puzzle out (it’s extremely tough to learn! possibly on goal?), and we all know from the emblem that it is being supported by Epic Games. But there’s nothing right here resembling a launch window or every other data for now. Stay tuned, I suppose?
This is Ueda’s fourth venture he might be directing since 2016 when he and his studio genDESIGN Co. LTD launched The Last Guardian for PlayStation 4. In our overview of The Last Guardian, IGN wrote: “The Last Guardian is a stupendous, melancholy recreation crammed with the very best highs, and the bottom lows.”
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