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A mysterious robot

Mysterious New Game from Ico Creator Fumito Ueda Unveiled at The Game Awards 2024

There was an unexpected appearance tonight at The Game Awards 2024. A new title from the creator of Ico, Fumito Ueda, and his development team genDESIGN was shown off with actual gameplay.

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Check out footage from the game, codenamed Project Robot, below:

This new adventure from Ueda looks quite different than Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian. More futuristic, not fantasy. The short teaser didn’t show a lot, but things look dire and intense! We see someone climbing a giant humanoid mech while a weird robot voice counts down a timer until a shockwave impact. As the mystery protagonist reaches the top of the mech head, they sever it, and fly into the air to avoid the shockwave.

It has been eight years since Ueda’s last game, the PS4 exclusive The Last Guardian. That was when Japan Studio was still a thing. I’m making myself sad. I’m glad he is still making games, though.

No one knows when there will be more details on Project Robot. A release date, actual title, price, and platforms all elude the gaming public. Hopefully, it won’t be too long until we hear an update. It definitely looks intriguing!


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Arthur Damian has been covering the video game industry for over ten years, and joined The Escapist in 2022. He is a huge fan of platformers, indies, and fighting games, and strives to cover them for The Escapist every chance he gets. Arthur received his Bachelor’s Degree in English from Brooklyn College in 2009. He is also the Editor-in-Chief over at That VideoGame Blog. When he isn’t writing, Arthur enjoys playing games on his Switch and PlayStation 5, and sings the praises of the greatest video game ever, Chrono Trigger, to anyone who will listen.