Team Ico
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| Type | Video game developer |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Japan |
| Key people | Fumito Ueda (Director/Lead Designer) Kenji Kaido (Producer) Atsuko Fukuyama (Animator) Hajime Sugiyama (Lead Programmer) Junichi Hosono (Planner/Lead Game Designer) |
| Industry | Video game industry |
| Products | Ico, Shadow of the Colossus |
Team Ico (stylized as Team ICO) is a Japanese video game development team led by game designer Fumito Ueda. Working under Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's Product Development Department #1, Team Ico developed the games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, both for the PlayStation 2.
[edit] Current projects
In February 2007 Team Ico took out a full page advertisement in the Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu.[citation needed] The advertisement featured some early concept sketches on note paper, suggesting that the team's new game was then in the early phases of design.
In January 2008, Sony updated its careers section with the first screenshot[1] of Team Ico's third game headed to PlayStation 3. Posts available were for planners, animators, artists and effect designers.[2]
In March 2009, Fumito Ueda, the lead designer of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, said the new game, "might be something similar to what's been done.... The essence of the game is rather close to Ico."[3]
A video released by PlayStation Lifestyle in the weeks before E3 2009 shows early footage of the game with its working title, Project Trico. The video shows a young boy befriending a griffin-like creature, which appears to combine the functionality of Yorda from Ico with that of Agro and the colossi from Shadow of the Colossus, acting both as a companion and as a form of transportation which can be freely climbed upon.[4] E3 2009 revealed the project's release title as The Last Guardian.[5] After hearing about the first two God of War games being ported to the PlayStation 3, Ueda mentioned in a recent interview of an interest to do the same with both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.
[edit] Games
| Game Title | Release | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Ico | September 2001 | PlayStation 2 |
| Shadow of the Colossus | October 2005 | PlayStation 2 |
| The Last Guardian | 2010 | PlayStation 3[6] |
[edit] References
- ^ "Team ICO staff hiring site". Sony Computer Entertainment. http://www.scei.co.jp/saiyo/career/wanda.html.
- ^ "Team ICO staff hiring site English version". http://www.tigmagazine.com/mini-sites/synthesis/synthesis.html.
- ^ "New Game From Team ICO Will Be Like ‘Ico’ (GDC 2009)". http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/03/25/new-game-from-team-ico-will-be-like-ico-gdc-2009/.
- ^ Kennedy, Sam (2009-05-19). "Rumored First Project TRICO Trailer Hits the Web". 1UP.com. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174299. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "The Last Guardian revealed at E3". http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174542.
- ^ "Fumito Ueda Discusses The Last Guardian". http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3174577.
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