Giant Sparrow
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| Company 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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Hello World!". Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ "GDC Vault - The Unfinished Swan". Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ "About Giant Sparrow". Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ a b "IGN - The Unfinished Swan". Retrieved July 24, 2013.
- ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (August 13, 2014). "The Unfinished Swan on PS4 is the same experience you'll remember from PS3". Polygon. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Introducing What Remains of Edith Finch, a New PS4 Exclusive". December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
- ^ "Production Company Behind Zero Dark Thirty, Sausage Party Expands Into Games". Game Informer. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
- ^ Kain, Erik. "Here Are All The Winners Of The 2017 Game Awards". Forbes. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
- ^ "Giant Sparrow's Next Game".
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