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Fumito Ueda: An Interview on Design and Development
The interview reveals that Fumito Ueda, renowned for Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian, is promoting his latest title, Gen Atlas, at Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles.
- Fumito Ueda's new game, "Gen Atlas," published by Epic Games, features a giant robot head that can fly and connect to a larger robot body, and, for the first time in an Ueda-directed game, includes shooting mechanics, though it is not primarily a shooting game.
- Ueda designed the robot head for "Gen Atlas" early in the game's conception, aiming for a neutral aesthetic that is neither heroic nor dilapidated, with hidden "gimmicks" like ears that flip out for flight.
- Despite the inclusion of guns, Ueda emphasizes that "Gen Atlas" maintains his signature design philosophy of realistic movement and pacing, where characters and robots move with believable limitations rather than superhuman speed, to create an immersive experience.
Game FileJun 2026
Article
Animal Ethics in Digital Games
This extended abstract examines how animal ethics are represented in digital games, arguing that the depiction of animals is shaped by anthropocentric cultural hegemony in which humans alone produce and control the cultural artefacts that define non-human life.
- The authors argue that the depiction of animals in digital games is shaped by anthropocentric cultural hegemony, in which humans alone produce and control the artefacts that define non-human life, and that animal ethics remain largely unaddressed compared with violence, sexualisation, or racial representation in gaming.
- The paper frames animal ethics through three moral positions: denying animals any moral status, advocating humane treatment while still treating animals as subordinate resources, and recognising animals as sentient beings with intrinsic rights.
- Using qualitative content analysis, the authors classify Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010, Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, and Far Cry 4 as reflecting the first position; Shadow of the Colossus and Red Dead Redemption as the second; and Crash Bandicoot, Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector, and The Last Guardian as the third.
DiGRAJan 2020