Rumor: Team ICO project explores The Last Canyon

by Ross Miller { Oct 10th 2007 at 2:25PM }

Though we haven't been able to obtain a copy and confirm, the latest issue of Game Informer is rumored to have a feature piece on Shadow of the Colossus developer Team Ico's latest PS3 title. The game, reportedly called The Last Canyon, will have you exploring a desert similar to Death Valley, searching for "something" (that part not revealed yet).

The protagonist's method of transportation will consist of a simple, non-motorized glider that you can mount and dismount. From the alleged excerpt: "From what we've seen there's never before been that feeling of flying around in the sky, combined with this scale of environment."

Clever rumor or legitimate clipping? We won't know until the next GI hits newsstands.

Update: The original source of the rumor doesn't lend it much credibility. We'll just go back to begging Ueda to hurry up then.

Tags: last-canyon, sony, team-ico, the-last-canyon

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Martez @ Oct 10th 2007 2:29PM

Who cares what it is. Team Ico = instant purchase.

ruibing @ Oct 10th 2007 3:11PM

Yep, looking forward to it.

Matt B @ Oct 10th 2007 2:33PM

Its Italics Thursday!!!

Matt B @ Oct 10th 2007 3:08PM

It was....

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:39PM

Knock it off, God damnit! It's Nintendo Day. No posting good Sony news.

360 news is allowed, however, provided that it is couched within Wii60 context.

Kevin @ Oct 10th 2007 2:40PM

The grammar in this blog entry hurt my brain.

Baka @ Oct 10th 2007 2:42PM

Hmmm... they should call the glider Mehve and the canyon should be full of wind.

_spike @ Oct 10th 2007 2:47PM

this fake.

Phranctoast @ Oct 10th 2007 2:51PM

is that a question or are you frankenstein? jk ;)

Matt B @ Oct 10th 2007 3:54PM

The folks over at NEOGaF claim this to be fake also.

Spiza @ Oct 10th 2007 2:54PM

Have they ever played microsoft's flight simulator?

riggs @ Oct 10th 2007 3:03PM

yes and they still stand behind their comment :)

Jon @ Oct 10th 2007 2:56PM

Sounds interesting. Regardless whether it is true or otherwise, Team ICO's new game will be the one that tips me over to the PS3.

Seraphim @ Oct 10th 2007 2:57PM

Team Ico know how make epic games, i trust they can salvage something of the great untapped power of a new gaming platform. I want Team Ico to make me buy a PS3.

ck @ Oct 10th 2007 2:59PM

Yeah, I was excited about the PS3 when I first caught glimpse of Uncharted, but now that looks pretty blah. Maybe this will be the game to get me to fork over some moolah. That and Little Big Planet.

Todd @ Oct 10th 2007 3:05PM

Please let this rumor be true.
Can they pack in SOTC and ICO as well?

I guess Orange Box spoiled me...

Joshua @ Oct 10th 2007 3:08PM

Looking at their track record, this game should be excellent. Just thinking about it now...If it's a glider, you should probably just hear the wind...No motor sounds or anything...Just floating around...Vast environment...Sounds great.

Jake @ Oct 10th 2007 3:52PM

The way you put it makes it sound boring to me. :)

Team Ico doesn't do boring, however. I'm sure there will be some cool stuff to dodge or bomb or whatever.

Joshua @ Oct 10th 2007 3:59PM

Haha. I think it sounds fun, if done properly. ;o

the common cold @ Oct 10th 2007 3:11PM

The concept reminds me of a different game. Maybe no one knows what I'm talking about, but there was a great (albeit short) level in Far Cry that had you flying around a huge canyon on a hang glider. Just some stupid fun.

jsn @ Oct 10th 2007 3:13PM

sounds more like a tech demo than a game.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 3:22PM

No, you're thinking of LittleBigPlanet.

Sorry, Sony fanboys. You know it's true.

jsn @ Oct 10th 2007 3:41PM

ouch, that's one of the few ps3 games that has me interested too! admittedly I haven't saw much about it though.

Phranctoast @ Oct 10th 2007 3:19PM

Hopefully it ties in with the other two games.

Vexorg @ Oct 10th 2007 3:22PM

You'll be looking for a roadrunner. Unfortunately, the glider is made by ACME, and will fail in specatular fashion at inopportune times.

stuka @ Oct 10th 2007 3:29PM

This and Nobi Nobi boy are going to be the best games ever created. Mark my words.

Zoot Suit Jedi @ Oct 10th 2007 3:36PM

SOTC did an amazing job of creating a feeling of isolation and a vast landscape on PS2 hardware. Bump that up to a next gen title...should be amazing.

Mr. P @ Oct 10th 2007 3:38PM

I don't know how I feel about this. There just better be a damsel in distress in this one, because that's what really made Ico and SOTC so endearing.

Mr Slavio @ Oct 10th 2007 4:03PM

I think it was more about comaraderie & attachment. In ICO it was the girl and in SOTC it was the horse.

It still amazes me how great those two games are, so I find it hard to imagine they'll mess this up.

borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 5:28PM

"I think it was more about comaraderie & attachment. In ICO it was the girl and in SOTC it was the horse."

Nothing like camaraderie with a girl and a horse to make a good game. Perhaps they'll add a midget in there too this time.

Silver Sabor @ Oct 10th 2007 3:44PM

LITTLE BIG PLANET IS NOT A TECK DEMO!... Okaaaaaay... Well maybe it is sorta one BUT from the looks of it, Its the funnest teck demo's ever! and i would easily choose LBP over Halo or other big name games.

Phranctoast @ Oct 10th 2007 3:57PM

It appears to be a tech demo now. Im really excited to see what they do with this game before it comes out. That and all the user created stuff should make it one of the coolest games to come out in recent history.

Silver Sabor @ Oct 10th 2007 4:04PM

@Phranctoast

*does UK parliment moan*
here here

@ ... Toppic?
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! I LOVED SHADOW OF THE COLLOSUS. If they recreate the magic they made with Ico and SOTC, then i will probably run down my street NUDE and... Pre order it?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Abscissa @ Oct 10th 2007 4:07PM

Great, maybe they'll actually give it a decent framerate this time.

joe @ Oct 10th 2007 4:48PM

@ abscissa, not all games need 60 fps buddy. I played that game to death and i felt it was quite responsive. it also doesn't have to be 60 fps to make it look good as well, and this game definitely moved me with its epic setting and battles. don't movies play in 24fps? eh correct me if i'm wrong. =\

Abscissa @ Oct 10th 2007 9:50PM

Pfft, who said anything about 60fps? I'd have been perfectly happy if Shadow of the Colossus actually DID run as fast as 24-30fps (And yes, movies run at 24fps, although the nature of film makes it an apples-to-oranges comparison).

I thoroughly enjoyed Ico, even despite the lower-than-average (even at the time) framerate. But then Shadow of the Colossus came along and took it to a whole new level. No exaggeration: I hadn't seen a framerate that bad since back in the mid-nineties when the trendy thing was to do [crappy] 3D just for 3D's sake (and yes, I play a lot of games).

lessbiasedthanmost @ Oct 11th 2007 1:42AM

Maybe I'm not seeing this framerate "problem" the way as everyone else. Perhaps it's because I played NES and SNES games more than any other game, but I've yet to have any issues with frame rates.

Besides, if your only complaint about a game is something as frivolous as frame rate, you're just getting ri-goddamn-diculous.

Abscissa @ Oct 11th 2007 2:14AM

If you've played more NES and SNES games than other games than that's probably why you haven't had many issues with framerates. Those game only had occasional slowdowns. For the most part, they were a smooth 30fps. If you consider framerate to be frivolous then I suggest you play a few more action games that run at or below 15fps.

Don't make me out to be a framerate whore: As I *thought* I already stated, I don't give a crap if a game's framerate is anywhere from 30 to 100+. Anything above about 25 (sustained, not peak) is perfectly playable. But the further you drop below that the more it affects playability. Any game programmer worth their salt will tell you this.

Additionally, why is it ridiculous to have exactly one complaint about a game? How many complaints do I have to have against a game before I'm allowed to stop pretending the game is flawless and could not be improved upon, and how big do those additional drawbacks have to be? Did I say "Shadow of the Colossus sucks because it has a bad framerate?" No, I did not. I just said that it had a bad framerate and made a (admittedly sarcastic) comment that I hoped their next game would fix that.