Gen Atlas Is The New Name For Ico Creator Fumito Ueda’s Project Robot

Fumito Ueda, the creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian, returned to Summer Game Fest with his previously-hinted-at Project Robot, now renamed Gen Atlas. A brief showing of in-game footage looked as beautiful as hoped, flying around what appear to be the ruined remains of a vast robot, and Ueda sat silently in the audience before the clip played, eliciting gasps from the crowd.

True to Ueda’s style, the sequence centers on a small figure in an imbalanced relationship with an enormous counterpart — this time two differently sized robots. A floating head eventually meets a collapsed body, which rises to connect with it, while a smaller, decaying robot fires on crowds of alien enemies in a striking action sequence.

The footage also included running, jetpacks, battles with goliath robots and fast tanks, all set in a broad, dramatic vista. It looks like an interesting departure for the developer and his team, while preserving many of his trademark features.

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