ICO: Fumito Ueda’s studio shares video of 20 years of gaming – News

An adventure game is very important in the life of a director The shadow of the giant figure And The Last Guardian, Whose memory is that he deserves even a card and 40 pages of honors at last week’s Famitsu. At this point in the project the work of the animations is already clear and the idea of ​​the two characters holding hands and escaping is already there, although the eerie figure we know of as Yorda is not yet there.

“This is a video of the early development of the ICO title on the PlayStation 2, released on December 6, 2001. It was created in 1998 to share the concept of the game with the development team. The video was an eye-opener for The Light at the End of the Tunnel crew, with everyone, including director Fumido Ude, stumbling in the dark not knowing what kind of ICO game it would be. Despite the shortcomings of video and sound, we did not dare to change or edit the scenes to reveal the situation of the time, such as scan lines and noise and error correction.“, explains the genDESIGN.

Note that Fumito Ueda’s Studio has entered into an agreement with Epic Games Publishing to improve what will be its first game after leaving the PlayStation in 2011. Eternity to the title, except that it takes advantage of particular conditions. Support for Epic Games, which finances the entire game (including marketing), leaving the license rights to the developers. In return, Epic Games will reap 50% of sales once the game is released.

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