Shadow of the Colossus and Ico creator Fumito Ueda's next game will let us pilot a giant robot head to take over mech bodies

At the 2026 Summer Game Fest, we got another, closer look at the next game by Ico and Shadow of the Colossus creator, Fumito Ueda. The first game from Ueda's studio, genDesign, has been revealed as gen Atlas.

We're in comfortable territory for Ueda fans, with gen Atlas set a desolate, strange world defined by colossal megastructures and mysterious robots—but it also has even more of a hard sci-fi edge than I'd anticipated.

The new trailer is immediately much more colorful than gen Atlas' first showing, or really anything Ueda has ever made, with a disembodied head robot flying around this strange world and attaching itself to different mech bodies, seemingly a core feature of the new game.

You also control one of Ueda's patented weird little guys with a poncho, capable of platforming around abandoned megastructures, even riding the main mech friend with the disembodied head powers.

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“The team and I are grateful to all the fans who’ve been eager to learn more about our game,” Ueda said of the new game. “Their passion and enthusiasm has always motivated and inspired us. We hope to share an experience that inspires moments of quiet wonder and discovery.”

We got our first look at gen Atlas in the 2024 Game Awards, but it was very much a mood piece more than a formal reveal. Gen Atlas is set to release on PC day and date with its console versions, but as an Epic Store exclusive.