Giant Sparrow
Type | Private |
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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 company based in Santa Monica, California, led by creative director Ian Dallas.[3] Their 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, a PlayStation 4 and Windows game released in 2017.[6] The game was published by Annapurna Interactive, a branch of Annapurna Pictures.[7]
Games[]
The Unfinished Swan is a game set in a surreal, blank world, in which the player, a boy named Monroe, is chasing after 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 subsequently for PlayStation 4 and Vita.[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 | Platforms |
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2012 | The Unfinished Swan | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows |
2017 | What Remains of Edith Finch | PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS |
References[]
- ^ "Hello World!". Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ^ "GDC Vault - The Unfinished Swan". Retrieved 2013-07-25.
- ^ "About Giant Sparrow". Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ^ a b "IGN - The Unfinished Swan". Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (2014-08-13). "The Unfinished Swan on PS4 is the same experience you'll remember from PS3". Polygon. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ^ "Introducing What Remains of Edith Finch, a New PS4 Exclusive". 6 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
- ^ "Production Company Behind Zero Dark Thirty, Sausage Party Expands Into Games". Game Informer. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ^ Kain, Erik. "Here Are All The Winners Of The 2017 Game Awards". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^ "Giant Sparrow's Next Game".
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