Legendary game developer Fumito Ueda, responsible for classics such as ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, has had his next project announced during Summer Game Fest. It’s called gen ATLAS, and is being published by Epic Games.
Check out the trailer.
A release date was not yet announced, but we’ll keep you updated.
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Previously known as Project Robot, gen Atlas is the next game from Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda.
“Without knowing why, you awaken on an abandoned planet,” said the developer team, GenDesign. “As you journey deeper into this strange world, a colossal robot awaits. Its overwhelming power opens paths to places once beyond reach, transforming your conception of the world. Across an endless expanse of time, the remnants of those forgotten constructs begin to move once more…”
You can certainly see elements of both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus in gen Atlas, it is a single-player open-world game and sees the protagonist clambering around giant robots. It seems you can also pilot a head and attach it to other robots.
The game is coming to PC via Epic Game Store – Epic are publishing the title – PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. No release date has been revealed.
Back at The Game Awards 2024, legendary video game maker Fumito Ueda, who you'd recognize as the person behind games like Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian and Ico, revealed his first new game in years as an untitled game known as Project Robot. Today, during Summer Game Fest 2026, Ueda and his team at genDesign revealed the game's official title, Gen ATLAS, and showed off some gameplay. The reveal of Gen Atlas was part of a jam-packed opening for Geoff Keighley's show this year, which also led with two new games from Studio MDHR, the reveal of Resident […]
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Friends, it is almost time to be very, very sad because a massive metal man fell over and died. Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator Fumito Ueda has dropped the first proper footage of his forthcoming mech game project, announced back in 2024 with the codename Project Robot. The official title is Gen Atlas.
Ueda and development studio genDESIGN have also shared details of the game's plot and setting. It's described as "a single-player, open-world action-adventure game", and takes place on an abandoned, "living" planet full of derelict machines.
And with that the Summer Game Fest is over. At least, the official Geoff Keighley showcase - there are still many more streams over the weekend. I wouldn't say there were many surprises, but it was excellent to get a first look at games like Alien Isolation 2, Fumito Ueda's genAtlas, and Guild Wars 3.
If you don't want to watch through the full two hours. Below you will find every everything announced for PC at Summer Game Fest 2026.
