Where is Fumito Ueda & Team ICO Now?

I try to uncover what happened to Fumito Ueda and his team, and what is the current stage of their new videogame. #videogames #shadowofthecolossus #thelastguardian #ico

[gleam]

You’re correct on Fumito Ueda being very picky when it comes to recruitment. About 500 developers applied for shadow of the colossus, and only 5 were picked. And only 1 out of the 5 met Ueda’s expectations

[Daelle_snow_]

The latest italian PSM issue (the 5th, July/August 2024) features a recent Fumito Ueda interview. He doesn't talk about the hypothetical new game, but part of the introduction reads "After leaving Japan Studio, Fumito Ueda founded the independent studio genDESIGN which, in the upcoming months, will present us with something that could rewrite the rules of video games yet again, and make our favorite hobby even more similar to a work of art of inestimable value". While I don't think the 'upcoming months' bit can be taken literally, it still made me very happy. I translated the entire interview as best as I could on my Tumblr, I can link it if anyone is interested!

[TehJellyLord]

Great video! Your content is actually super underrated!

I’m not sure about a “space game” for the next title, but I think it is extremely likely we will see some kind of mech playing into this game. Especially since some of the other teaser images they’ve share definitely have some sort of Mech design present. I don’t remember where I saw this, but apparently Ueda does have interest in making another massive world like what is in Shadow of the Colossus, so I’d love to see something like that.

[jorgeskuf]

thanks for compiling this, was just wondering what he was up too. love the last guardian.

[cmf]

Honestly When geoff hyped it up and I saw epic games name dropped, I instantly thought of this video.

[DDsov]

These curved lines remind me of a polygonal model of convex glass. If you zoom in, you can see polygons

[Dondonlight]

Ween you were talking about the girl and the monster that was the original ending in shadow of the colossus, when you beat all the colossus you become the monster.

[MisterPCS]

I’d love a remake of Ico from Bluepoint Games at some point. High unlikely, but a person can Dream right? I think the game needs more recognition and also updated graphics and allowed more to experience it. It’s not as big as SOTC, but it definitely feels more in line with The Last Guardian which was also praised thus it needs to get ported onto PS5 with a from the ground up remake similar to SOTC 2018 and maybe add some extra features like extra modes or something to make it more worth a 40-50$ price and reason to get remade as it’s a relatively short game compared to Shadow & Guardian. Like a equivalent to those time trial modes from SOTC and some extra areas to explore in the castle and many other possibilities. Ico definitely at some point needs to get a re release of some kind. As long as it’s good and untampered with on its fundamental level and is exactly the way it was from its original release in design but updated for this generation.

[reptilia]

Pc remasters of all his titles would be an insta-buy for me!
Bought a ps4 specifically for sotc and tlg ..

[truffles]

Yooo we just got a big trailer today I hope you saw!

[DoukNoukum]

There were Epic leaks some time ago that confirmed this will be a jack and the beanstock kind of game with beauty and the beast vibes, enemies are giant human like pigs and youre basically an android piloting a mecha

[MisterPCS]

I thought this would be another fantasy game with the same style as Ico, SOTC, and TLG. Unless if this a space fantasy game and the art style is still the same IDK. 🤷‍♂️ I honestly thought it would be a more high fantasy type.

[animeland]

I really wish when they going to release on PS4 and PS5 and it’s true that the new game will be similar to the movie the iron giant

[WARHEAD-wlos]

I think if he can make s.o.t.c session 2 that will be surprise everyone ✋🏻 but he is sycophantic you will not expect one of his games

[bobdobbz]

Is it just me, or does it totally make sense that Fumito Ueda would be a fan of Half-Life 2? I'm not a huge fan of FPS, but Half-Life 2 was on another level.

[lock_]

So 10 minutes to say we don’t know anything. 🙃

[solaris]

I WISH IT WAS SOME NEW IP. NO DAMN SEQUEL. Is there anything new known? Fumito said anything this year?

PLEASE NO SEQUEL