ICO and Siren creators speaking at Nordic conference

by Nick Doerr { May 7th 2008 at 12:00AM }

With all the excitement going on with PlayStation Day in Europe, we're going to turn your attention to another conference coming up soon. The Nordic Game 2008 conference. It's a little more technical of a conference, but it's still got some great developers giving speeches. Sony's own Fumito Ueda, creator of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus will be taking part in the "Game Creation and Technology" program. This program focuses on new game niches and continuing to innovate creatively.

Other celebrated panelists in the discussion include the creator of Silent Hill and Siren, Keiichiro Toyama, Rock Band's Roby Kay and Ninja Theory co-founder, Tameem Antoniades. We don't really expect any announcements out of these folk, but they might bring something new to the table when giving their presentation. Like whatever direction Ueda is taking with his third game. We'll keep you posted.

Tags: ico, ninja-theory, rock-band, shadow-of-the-colossus, siren, team-ico

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

dave @ May 7th 2008 12:19AM

This is sweet. I'd love to be there at the conference.

Funnily enough, my brother is over at Sweden at the moment. He's studying 3D programming at a university there. I suggested he drop in during recruitment day. He may get lucky.

sicklesdawg @ May 7th 2008 1:06AM

Why is the PSN Store so slow today X(

hai2u @ May 7th 2008 2:18AM

I really hope there is some big announcement at this conference.... of course I'm talking about that sequel to Shadow of the Colossus I so desperately want.

blake @ May 7th 2008 12:35PM

i'm with you on that.. shadow was a bad ass game that was both beautiful and engrossing. I can't wait to see the next iteration of that game!

Professor Lario @ May 7th 2008 10:57AM

I really hope we get some news from Fumito Ueda. I consider Ico possibly the best game evar.

FrankTheCrank @ May 7th 2008 2:30PM

Where is Shadow of The Colossus 2 for PS3?

Someone has got to be working on this as we type. This game was too big for the PS2, but now that the PS3 is here, the game could really live up to it's true potential.

I hope Sony will release a sequel to SOTC, it was a beautiful game.