Kotaku: Team ICO

Team Ico's PS3 Game Ready 'Soon', but not by Tokyo Game Show

Stuart Houghton — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:20:00 MDT

Sometimes it seems as though Team Ico are taking the 'explain nothing' ambiance of their games a little too much to heart.

When asked if Fumito Ueda’s followup to Ico and Shadow of the Colossus would be ready by thi year's Tokyo Game Show, Sony Worldwide's Shuhei Yoshida could only say "I cannot tel, but But I can say that they’ve been working very hard since the release of Shadow of the Colossus."

Well, I should flippin' well hope so. But come on, a little detail about the game would be nice. Is it long? Short? Is it 3D? Does it have corners? How does it taste? Anything?

“Soon you’ll see,” says Yoshida. Gaaah.

All we can say for sure is that it is out of critical production and will be ready 'soon'. Honestly, if they ever hold a proper press event for this thing they will probably make journalists traverse a mysterious landscape populated by mute PR reps to get to it. It will be shrouded in mist, and there will be limited internet access.

Yoshida: Team ICO’s PS3 game will be shown “soon” [VideoGaming 24/7]

Team Ico In No Rush To Finish Current Game

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:30:00 MDT

Team Ico's current project may well be really, really good, but you know what else? It's also most likely a really, really long way off, with Fumito Ueda telling gamesTM that tiii-iiiaaii-mme, is on his side. Yes it is.

I’m not feeling any pressure at the moment because time is not critical yet...Production has not reached the critical stage. The company is very reasonable thanks to my achievements in the past. So, although I do get pressurised, that’s not happened yet [on the current project], and that’s something I feel gratitude for, that the company gives us the opportunity to focus by giving us time.

Reasonable? REASONABLE? Goddamnit, Sony, you get in there, and you crack that whip. On a related topic, Ueda also said that, given the time, he'd love to someday work on a small-scale game for the PSN. Yes. Given the time.

Team Ico boss: My PS3 game hasn’t hit critical development yet [gamesTM, via VG247]

Have You Finished Shadow Of The Colossus?

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:30:00 MST

If not, go away. Best case, this will mean little to you, worst case, it's a major spoiler (hence the click-through). If you have, though...please, click right on through for some delightful artwork.

This is a piece of concept/fan art by user Sammy, over on ConceptArt.org (click for a bigger version). Don't you just love happy endings?
Sammy [ConceptArt]

Team Ico Teases Next Project

Mike Fahey — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:40:53 MST

What exactly are we looking at here? Good question. Sony Japan just updated the career's page for Team Ico, replacing the old sketches on the page with the image you see above. Unfortunately our Japanese speaking and reading contingent is currently asleep, so I cannot tell you what the page actually says. One day I will learn Japanese, I promise. In the meantime, the folks at Team Ico Gamers - who I can only assume sit and refresh this page all day long - are claiming it's the first screenshot of Ico 3. Looks a little more concept artish to me, but I cannot deny that is certainly something new on a page dedicated to the team that created two of my personal favorite video games of all time, so gaze upon it in wonder.

Team Ico Career Page [Sony Japan via Team Ico Gamers]

Team ICO Working On "The Last Canyon"? No.

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 15:20:00 MDT

A rumor regarding Team ICO's follow up to PlayStation 2 hit Shadow of the Colossus has been circulating the internet today, citing a preview of Fumito Ueda's PLAYSTATION 3 bound The Last Canyon. According to the rumor, the latest issue of Game Informer describes Team ICO's third game as set in "one gigantic, wide flat desert [...] interspersed with canyons [...] and all of different width and depth" featuring a familiar climbing gameplay aspect and a glider made of wood and cloth. If the preview weren't so poorly written and conceptually so close to SotC, it could have sounded genuine. Fortunately, the Kotaku bullshit detector starting whooping like crazy.

The rumor seems to have originated from a PS3Forums posting titled "Game Informer to reveal the Team ICO game?" with a transcribed article, but no scans, photos or links.

Fortunately, Andy McNamara of Game Informer poked his head into the NeoGAF thread on the matter, casting even more serious doubt on the preview. According to GI's Editor-In-Chief "This is not in the next issue of Game Informer. The new GI has something new...but its from another much-loved developer."

Too carefully worded? What if it's in the Game Informer issue after that? McNamara tries to bring sanity to the Team ICO next-gen rumor circus. "Trust me...we'll try to get the next Team ico game....love those guys" he wrote in a follow up post, "But I wouldn't slam the door shut on the next issue yet."

Is Team ICO hard at work on a PS3 project? Most definitely. Is it The Last Canyon? Nah. This rumor is a colossal pile of heart-wrenching lies fabricated by a cruel, cruel man. We continue to wait.

Rumour: Are you ready to glide through "The Last Canyon?" [Team ICO Gamers]

Reign Over Me Hits DVD Tomorrow

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:40:00 MDT

Reign Over Me, the Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle drama that features Team ICO's Shadow of the Colossus in a supporting role, hits DVD shelves tomorrow. There's even a Blu-ray version! Considering the film's box office under-performance, the inclusion of one of the best PlayStation 2 games of all time didn't light a fire under theater-going gamers. Now that it's available for home viewing, maybe more SotC fans will take the time to watch. It's already on my epic Netflix queue!

Want to learn more about the movie and how Shadow of the Colossus landed the gig? Make sure you read the Kotaku feature on the matter.

Rumor: Team ICO Mystery Project

Kim Phu — Fri, 18 May 2007 11:40:00 MDT

Team ICO who are responsible for the Shadow of the Colossus have been out of the limelight for awhile, but recently, a member on the PS3 forums has posted some information on the company's ventures after a chance meeting with a Sony Playtation product manager from Germany while at the Motostorm event:

...(H)e told me that Team ICO is actually developing two games at once with one being close to Ico and Shadow of the Colossus in terms of atmosphere and setting."

It's no secret that Team ICO have been working on a game for Playstation 3 that will probably stay close to the nature of their previous games, but a mystery project that some guy told another guy could kind of possibly be in the works?! I can't wait to find out. Kim Phu

Rumour: Team ICO is developing not one but TWO games [N4G]

Shadow of the Colossus Gets Movie Cameo

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:20:20 MST

Looks like Team Ico's Shadow of the Colossus is getting some late Hollywood love in the form of a cameo in Adam Sandler's newest movie Reign Over Me. The trailer for the drama looks like heavy stuff, not on par with Sandler's typical comedy roles. It's hard to imagine which will be more tear-jerking, the heartwrenching flying colossus battle or the relationship between the Sandler's Dylan-esque widower and Don Cheadle's p-whipped doctor.

Thanks for the tip, Keith! Michael McWhertor

Reign Over Me [Apple Trailers]