Team Ico
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Article
Pointless
The closure of Bluepoint Games by Sony in February 2026 marks the end of a studio widely regarded as the industry leader in remakes and remasters.
- Sony announced the closure of Bluepoint Games, effective March 2026, ending the studio's tenure as a PlayStation subsidiary after its 2021 acquisition.
- Bluepoint Games, which employed approximately 70 staff, released no original titles during its four-and-a-half years under Sony ownership, following the cancellation of a live-service project set in the God of War universe in early 2025.
- The studio's final credits include its 2020 PS5 launch remake of Demon's Souls and a support role on Sony Santa Monica’s God of War: Ragnarok.
Hit PointsFeb 2026
Article
Playing with the Player: Agency Manipulation in Shadow of the Colossus and Japanese Computer Games
This analysis examines how Shadow of the Colossus (Team Ico, 2005) manipulates player agency and uses that manipulation as a vehicle for social critique.
- The analysis argues that Shadow of the Colossus (Team Ico, 2005) uses manipulated player agency as a vehicle for social critique, framing its protagonist Wander's quest to resurrect Mono as a corrupting process that reframes the act of play itself.
- The game is situated within Japan's "Lost Decades" following the 1990s, a period of economic collapse and social disruption including the rise of hikikomori, and its narrative is read as engaging anxieties about individualism, community, and agency arising from that context.
- The report characterizes the game's design as a closed ethical system and "futile interactivity": players enjoy considerable freedom of movement, yet outcomes such as the tendril attacks following each colossus defeat are predetermined.
G|A|M|E – The Italian Journal of Game StudiesOct 2020