Gen Atlas may take a lot from Fumito Ueda's past work, but the giant robot game is also making history for the legendary creator. As he's partnering with Epic Games, using Unreal Engine 5, Ueda's latest project will be the first title he's directed that'll launch on PC.
Speaking with PC Gamer, Ueda explained how he's excited that people on a new platform will be able to play one of his games. But, he'd also like to see his classics come to PC one day. "If there is [such] an opportunity, I think it's only good news for the games," he said.
Unfortunately, that decision isn't solely up to Ueda. As Sony owns the rights to Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and almost certainly has its grasp on The Last Guardian, too, it's unlikely that Ueda can just snap his fingers and have a team work about bringing them to the Steam Store. With PlayStation abandoning its major releases on PC, too, we doubt that it's thinking about ports for the platform right now.
Ueda is said to have entrusted ICO to Bluepoint for a remake
In an interview with IGN also published today, Fumito Ueda laments Sony's decision to close Bluepoint Studios, which was responsible for Demon's Souls and also his game Shadow of the Colossus. When asked about a project on which he might have collaborated with them, Ueda smiled and said: "Maybe ICO". We now know that will never happen, but would you have liked to see a remake of ICO by Bluepoint Games?