Fumito Ueda Reveals New Details About Gen Atlas
IGN • • technology
Key Points:
- Fumito Ueda, creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian, is developing a new sci-fi game called Gen Atlas featuring giant robots, marking a departure from his usual fantasy settings.
- Gen Atlas appears to involve controlling both a human protagonist and a large robotic companion, with a stronger emphasis on combat and futuristic weaponry compared to Ueda's previous works.
- Despite the shift to sci-fi, Ueda aims to maintain his signature themes of human connection, exploration of new worlds, and emotional ambiguity, allowing players to interpret the story in their own way.
- The game will introduce more dialogue and communication between characters, a change from Ueda's traditionally minimal use of language in storytelling.
- The title "Gen Atlas" reflects multiple meanings related to creation, connection, and scale, embodying the game's grand and layered narrative ambitions, though no release date has been announced yet.