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Sony boss praises Ico team's new game News

PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 News by Ellie Gibson

4 August, 2008

Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has promised the next game from Fumito Ueda will be "really, really good". Phew.

Ueda, of course, is the man who brought us Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. In the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine (as reported on NeoGaf), Yoshida says, "I started the ICO project. Ueda-san joined my team in Japan as a cinematic animator, but he created a short movie and presented it to me and said, 'I want to make this game.'

"I said, 'Yes, let’s do it, but you have never made a game. We have to have experienced people do it,' so it took a while, recruiting one person at a time. And because Fumito Ueda doesn't compromise, we had to move the development from PSone to PlayStation 2. Then I couldn't complete the game because I moved to the United States." What a palaver.

But Ico did make it onto the shelves, and so did Ueda's next game - eventually. "It took four years and the second game took four years too. So I started calling them the 'Olympic Team'," Yoshida revealed.

"They haven’t released a PS3 title yet - of course not - they’ll take four years! But they have something really, really good on the way."

Four years, eh... Well, Shadow of the Colossus was released in Europe in February 2006. Could it be we'll have to wait until 2010 for Ueda's next title? It had better be really, really good.

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Zomoniac
04/08/08 @ 08:26
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Good lord. I trust it'll be longer than Ico, then.
Chufty
04/08/08 @ 08:26
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This will definitely be worth the wait
Zanuah
04/08/08 @ 08:34
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Has it been over 2 years already since SotC was released...?

Felt like I was playing this game not too long ago...
Execta
04/08/08 @ 08:44
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Wrong! Shadow of the Colossus was released in 2005. So the next project will be finished in 2009, next year.
Steroyd
04/08/08 @ 08:46
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bar any DLC I may import this from America in 2009 if we're going by the 4 year thing. :P

Semi wrong Released in Europe in 2006 and because of crappy localisation we may not see it on these shores till 2010 anyway.
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Vandrius
04/08/08 @ 08:46
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I'd managed to overlook the fact that something like this might be on the way...

*has an accident*

Back in a minute...
MORZTAN
04/08/08 @ 08:47
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@Chufty

My thoughts excactly... This can't go wrong :)

Damn, everytime someone mentions ICO i feel like playing it again. One of the best games ever created!
Menace
04/08/08 @ 08:53
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Someone stole my copy.. true story.
Widge
04/08/08 @ 08:57
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localisation vs import from US = localisation loses!
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04/08/08 @ 09:05
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EU ICO had bonus stuff not in the US version, besides in the end I feel both ICO and SotC were rightly released in the spring, releasing them here inthe run up to Christmas would've been a Beyond Good and Evil disaster, these are critical and cult darlings, not mass market hits. Like the insight that someone who had never made a game before came up with it, this is what the industry needs more of, inviting outsiders to get involved and bring new ideas, and then learn from those already about how to make future games for themselves.
andywilkie35
04/08/08 @ 09:10
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this is gonna be the nuts, can't wait
Muneeb
04/08/08 @ 09:26
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OMG! Cant wait. ICO is an amazing game!
Triggerhappytel
04/08/08 @ 09:54
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Four years is a long time to wait, but I'm sure Ueda and Team Ico won't dissapoint. I will buy a PS3 for whatever this game is.
JediMasterMalik
04/08/08 @ 09:58
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2009 then! Excellent!
Toothball
04/08/08 @ 09:58
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I'm certain that this game will get a PS3 into my house.
Schiraman
04/08/08 @ 10:45
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Loved Ico and SotC, can't wait to see what's next. With any luck, we'll get the first genuinely great PS3 game.
Telepathic.Geometry
04/08/08 @ 11:11
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If they made a game as good as Ico, I'd basically be forced to buy a PS3.
evilboo
04/08/08 @ 11:12
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maybe we should start a candle lit vigil in january and refuse to move till they give us it.
zedzee
04/08/08 @ 11:20
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Let's hope it's also really, really exclusive!
PanStre
04/08/08 @ 11:34
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SotC was out in October 05 in the US

Plus this isn't really news, as Yoshida doesn't need to have actually seen anything to know anything Team Ico is going to be hella good
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QPRHOOPS81
04/08/08 @ 11:54
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"releasing them here inthe run up to Christmas would've been a Beyond Good and Evil disaster"

i recently picked this up for 99p from ebay due to the recent hyping it got on eurogamer. The controls were horrible (i like inverted controls) and couldnt find any way to improve them Got to admit i gave up on it after about 10 mins.

Nocturne
04/08/08 @ 12:29
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This is the game that I will buy a Playstation 3 for.
Ryze
04/08/08 @ 13:47
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It'll be in perfect time for my PS3 purchase then!
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NegativeZero
04/08/08 @ 14:20
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@zedzee: I can guarantee that it won't come to a rival's platform. Team Ico are a first party SCEJ group.
Ranger101
04/08/08 @ 14:40
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I bought a ps2 for just for Ico and SotC.
Crofto
04/08/08 @ 15:48
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Shadow of the Colossus is still one the most unique and enjoyable games available on any format. I hope the developers can release something of equal quality for the PS3.

I don't mind waiting, it'll only mean a better game overall if we're patient.
Ryze
05/08/08 @ 10:58
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I was trying to fight the Colossus in the lake last night (looked surprisingly lovely in prog scan).

I can't kill it, though. I was lucky my old (2001) PS2 even loaded the game!
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