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"Japanese author Miyuki Miyabe released ICO: Castle of the Mist, a novelization of the cult classic PlayStation 2 game ICO, in 2004. After seven long years, the novel is finally being translated and released in the US."
"If the listing of an ICO / Shadow of the Colossus Collection on walmart.com earlier this week wasn't enough then the Swedish retailer Webhallen just tipped the tide with their recent listing. The release date indicated on the website is April 2011, this might be just a place holder.
They also posted a possibly mock-up box art of the game's HD collection. I sure enough would be very happy if this would be announced along with the Last Guardian later this week at Tokyo Game Show."
The table of contents for this week's issue of Weekly Famitsu has leaked onto the internet, ahead of this week's Tokyo Game Show in Japan. There are a few new games revealed by the leak: Valkyria Chronicles 3 will be for the PSP, a new title for the 360 and PS3 called Shadows of the DAMNED, and PS2 classics Ico and Shadow of the Colossus will be seen again in some form on the PS3. New information is also available for the PS3's The Last Guardian and Ryu ga Gotoku of the End, the PSP's Tacti...
"Rumors have swirled over the past month that Sony would release a "Team Ico Collection," with HD versions of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus on one Blu-ray for the PlayStation 3. Now Sony has commented on the matter for the first time, and while that comment sadly isn't a flat-out confirmation, it does raise hope as Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida said they are "very aware" of the demand and interested in the prospect themselves.
"As soon as we released God of War in an HD colle..."
Fumito Ueda took some time to answer some fans questions, and one very popular question was if ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus would get the same treatement as God of War. That is, a collectors edition for the PS3. He said he wants to see those two games on the PS3, and lately he has been thinking about it, but no word if it will happen. I guess if there is anytime to blog like crazy, then its now.
"At DICE Summit Asia, Sony Japan Studio VP Yasuhide Kobayashi gave a speech about appealing to a global audience with games, which he identified as increasingly important as the Japanese market contracts. He mentioned The Last Guardian, which was given that particular title to appeal to Western markets.
As an example of Western-focused marketing that didn't work, Kobayashi presented the Japanese and North American boxes for ICO, the game that brought the Last Guardian developers to promine..."
The man behind Ico and Shadow of The Colossus, Fumito Ueda, was a special guest speaker at GDC today. He talked about about games made in the east vs. games made in the west. He also gave off hints at his new game, saying it will be more like Ico. Also, he said that he didn't feal the Shadow Of The Colossus was not the stepping stone of artistic games, and this new game will be.
Fumito Ueda, the creator behind Shadow Of The Colossus has been confirmed to be at GDC. But that doesn't mean we get to see Team Ico's new game, we might not even hear about it. But we still get to finally see it sometime this year, and what better time then E3. Team Ico has been confirmed to be present at the show and will show off their game.
In other news, God Of War 3 will be playable at E3 as well.
Finally! What every Team Ico fan has been waiting for. Fumito Ueda has been confirmed to give a press speech at Game Developer's Conference this year. In all hopes that every Ico and SotC fans will see Team Ico's new game. GDC is set for March 23-27. Nearly a month away and I'm already to excited!
Team ICO's project has been the highly anticipated but oddly silent title people have all been awaiting news on. And perhaps we will receive some tomorrow, as not only has the website been upgraded, but a community blog dedicated to the game say they have a surprise for tomorrow. They give two hints, A) that the info is a small thing, so don't expect a flood of info. And B) that some of this stuff we have seen already, some of it not. Expect more news soon.
"Sony worldwide studio head Shuhei Yoshida has given the clearest indication yet that the firm is ramping up to the announcement of Fumito Uedas next game, confirming to VG247 that the PS3 project will be shown soon.
I cannot tell, said the exec was asked specifically if the new Team ICO game will be shown at Tokyo Game Show this year.
But I can say that theyve been working very hard since the release of Shadow of the Colossus.
Soon youll see.
Go on. TGS. You know you wan..."
Team ICO are possible the most acclaimed developers for Sony, their work so good many gamers claim them as art, but there is a drawback to this, there games always take the longest and their latest project is no exception.
"Im not feeling any pressure at the moment because time is not critical yet" team leader Fumito Ueda stated. Basically there not rushing and that is definitely a good thing but god damn I want this game bad.
"This is one of those rumors that appear to be quite thin on the surface, but as we so desperately want some news, we're inclined to tell ya about it: according to SCRAWL, they say a "truly...colossal secret" would be part of the issue. Obviously, this makes everyone think they're hinting at a project that relates to the fantastic SotC; perhaps a sequel of some kind. Of course, Resistance 2 will be the centerpiece for the August GamePro (they call it the "biggest game of 2008"), but the intere..."
The Nordic Game 2008 conference is coming up, yeah nothing special right? Wrong, while the meeting is less game focused and more tech focused the conference will feature Fumito Ueda head of the ICO team to give a speech in the game creation and technology program, as well as Fumito the creator of Siren Hill Keiichiro Toyama will be attending along with Rock Band's Roby Kay and Ninja Theory co-founder, Tameem Antoniades. And who knows we may just hear something abut that new ICO game we've bee...
"- The BBC reckons sony has an amazing secret game in the works for 2009
- Capcom is developing Dead Rising 2 for mulitple platforms including PS3
- Team ICO's new game has links to Norse myths
- Mass Effect and its Sequels will come to PS3
- Sony already has a in-game version of PS3's XMB up and running
- Netflix will soon offer movie downloads straight to your PS3"
Earlier today there was a news article aproved about a rumor that Team Ico was going to announce a game. With the website Teamicogamers.blog.com having a picture of a Colossi with the words "the Giants Are Coming" This quickly spread that they will anounce Team Ico's new game. Sorry to break the bad news for you but its just a primarily a feature in relation to SotC. Not a new game.
See what rumors do?
"There's a cryptic message over at Team ICO Gamers -- "The Giants are coming" with a tab in the upper-right of the website indicating only "February 10th". Does this have something to do with the next game by the developer? Or is it something much less exciting, like, say, a site redesign? They left it cryptic and vague, so we'll do the same by letting your imaginations run wild. Tomorrow we'll find out, we guess."
The first screenshot for ICO 3 has now been revealed. Sony just recently modified it's career section and replaced it's old sketches with this new one. Team ICO seems to be recruiting for new animators, planners, artists and effect designers.
There isn't anything else interesting revealed about the game, only this screenshot. What does everyone think?
![Box shot of Ico [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUGxheXN0YXRpb25fMi9BZHZlbnR1cmUvRmFudGFzeQ==/ico_frontcover_small_9Df4s0CFeOYj3sw.jpg)