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Ico

Ico (stylized in all caps) is a 2001 action-adventure video game by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, who wanted to create a minimalist game based on a "boy meets girl" concept. Originally planned for the PlayStation, Ico took approximately four years to develop. The team employed a…

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Genre
Action-adventure
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Artist
Fumito Ueda
Composers
Michiru Oshima · Pentagon[a]
Designer
Fumito Ueda
Developer
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan

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Ico

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Ico

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related to Legacy · 40
Ico → Brothers, Dark Souls, Eiji Aonuma, Fez, Flower, Goichi Suda, Half-Life, Halo, Hideo Kojima, Hidetaka Miyazaki, Ico's, Jenova Chen, Jordan Mechner, Josh Holmes, Journey, Marc Laidlaw, Metal Gear Solid, Naughty Dog, Neil Druckmann, No More Heroes
related to Awards · 34
Ico → Academy, Art Direction, Artistic, Best Graphics, CESA Game Awards, Character, Combat Evolved, Console Action/Adventure Game, Console Game, Console Gaming, Excellence, Game, Game Design, Game Developers Choice Awards, Game Innovation Spotlight, Games, GameSpot's, Grand Theft Auto III, Halo, Innovation
related to Release · 32
Ico → Chirico, Colossus, December, English, France, Giorgio, Ico's, In, In PAL, Infinite, It, Italian, Japan, Mariko, Michiru Oshima, North American, On, PAL, Polygon, Shadow
related to Development · 31
Ico → Another World, Colossus, Enemy Zero, Flashback, Fumito Ueda, Galaxy Express, He, Ico's, In, Japan, Japanese, Kaido, Kenji Eno's Sega Saturn, Kenji Kaido, Lead, Lemmings, Lightwave, Outer World, Persia, PlayStation
related to Related media · 29
Ico → Astro Bot, Astro's Playroom, CD, Colossus, February, Iko Kiri, Japan, Kiri, Koichi Yamazaki, Libera, LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule, Melody, Michiru Oshima, Mist, Mitsukuni Murayama, Naka, On June, PlayStation Network, Senritsu
related to Further reading · 19
Ico → Canadian Game Studies Association, Christensen, Controlling Companions, Employing Haptic Storytelling Techniques, Ida Broni, Loading, May, McDonald, Narrative, Peter Douglas, Play Don't Show, Playing Attention, Reading Ico Closely, Right-hand Pixels, Single-player Quest-based Videogames, Spring, The Hermeneutic Problems, The Journal, Video Game Companions
related to HD remaster · 17
Ico → Both, Colossus, European, In, In North America, Japan, North American, PAL, Patch, PlayStation, PlayStation Store, PlayStation Vita, Remote Play, September, Shadow, The Ico, Yorda's
related to Reception · 16
Ico → Additionally, Alan Wen, Critics, Edge, Ico's, IGN, IGN's David Smith, Many, Metacritic, NME, Persia, Prince, Smith, Some, The, Tomb Raider
related to Other Team Ico games · 15
Ico → Colossus, December, Development, E3, Japanese, Nico, PlayStation, Shadow, Sony, Team Ico, The, The Last Guardian, Ueda, Ueda's, When
related to Plot · 12
Ico → After, As, He, However, Later, Nonomori, Queen, Queen's, She, The, Yorda, Yorda's

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game yorda games castle ueda playstation player video design shadow also game's art one colossus two elements development team japan

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IcoArtistFumito Ueda1.00infobox
IcoComposersMichiru Oshima1.00infobox
IcoComposersPentagon[a]1.00infobox
IcoDesignerFumito Ueda1.00infobox
IcoDeveloperSony Computer Entertainment Japan1.00infobox
IcoDirectorFumito Ueda1.00infobox
IcoGenreAction-adventure1.00infobox
IcoModesSingle-player1.00infobox
IcoModesMultiplayer1.00infobox
IcoPlatformsPlayStation 21.00infobox
IcoPlatformsPlayStation 31.00infobox
IcoProducerKenji Kaido1.00infobox
IcoPublisherSony Computer Entertainment1.00infobox
IcoReleaseNA: September 25, 20011.00infobox
IcoReleaseJP: December 6, 20011.00infobox
IcoReleaseEU: March 22, 20021.00infobox

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