Company:Giant Sparrow
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | March 22, 2009[1] |
| Headquarters | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Key people | Ian Dallas, creative director[2] |
| Products | The Unfinished Swan What Remains of Edith Finch |
| Website | giantsparrow.com |
Giant Sparrow is an American independent video game developer based in Santa Monica, California, best known for developing adventure games.[3] Its first game, The Unfinished Swan, was released in 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and 2014 for PlayStation 4.[4][5] The company's most recent project is What Remains of Edith Finch, an adventure game released in 2017.[6] The game was published by Annapurna Interactive, a branch of Annapurna Pictures.[7]
Games
The Unfinished Swan is the company’s debut game, developed with assistance from Sony's Santa Monica Studio. It is set in a surreal, blank world, in which the player, a boy named Monroe, chases a swan that has escaped a painting. The player must throw paint at their white surroundings to reveal the world. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 on October 23, 2012 and for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2014, while ports for Windows and iOS were released by Annapurna Interactive in 2020.[4]
What Remains of Edith Finch is a first-person narrative adventure game. It was released for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 on April 25, 2017. On December 7, 2017, it was awarded the "Best Narrative" for 2017 by The Game Awards.[8]
A new game is in development, "focusing on the enchanting beauty of animal locomotion".[9]
| Year | Title | Publisher | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Unfinished Swan | Sony Computer Entertainment (PS3, PS4, PSV)
Annapurna Interactive (Windows, iOS) |
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows, iOS |
| 2017 | What Remains of Edith Finch | Annapurna Interactive | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS |
References
- ↑ "Hello World!". http://giantsparrow.com/blog/news/?p=1. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ↑ "GDC Vault - The Unfinished Swan". http://gdcvault.com/play/1018037/The-Unfinished-Swan-From-Student. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ↑ "About Giant Sparrow". http://giantsparrow.com/about. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "IGN - The Unfinished Swan". http://www.ign.com/games/the-unfinished-swan/ps3-133433. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ↑ Farokhmanesh, Megan (2014-08-13). "The Unfinished Swan on PS4 is the same experience you'll remember from PS3" (in en). https://www.polygon.com/2014/8/13/5998957/the-unfinished-swan-ps4.
- ↑ "Introducing What Remains of Edith Finch, a New PS4 Exclusive". 6 December 2014. http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/12/06/introducing-what-remains-of-edith-fitch-a-new-ps4-exclusive/. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ↑ "Production Company Behind Zero Dark Thirty, Sausage Party Expands Into Games". Game Informer. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2016/12/01/production-company-behind-zero-dark-thirty-sausage-party-expands-into-games.aspx/. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ Kain, Erik. "Here Are All The Winners Of The 2017 Game Awards" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/12/08/here-are-all-the-winners-of-the-2017-game-awards/.
- ↑ "Giant Sparrow's Next Game". http://www.giantsparrow.com/games/heron/.
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