Former art director for thatgamecompany starts new studio
Journey and Flower art director Matt Nava, has formed his own studio called Giant Squid. The former thatgamecompany staffer’s site doesn’t list any projects currently in development, but the mission...
View ArticleJourney composer offers annotated score
Composer Austin Wintory has uploaded the entire, Grammy-nominated Journey score to YouTube, accompanied by a gorgeous series of artworks, and annotated the whole shebang with a serious of insights into...
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Journey “pretty much perfect”, unlikely to birth a sequel
Journey executive producer Robin Hunicke has said the award-winning adventure probably won’t see a follow up. Speaking to IGN at the BAFTAs last night, where Journey took five awards, Hunicke said the...
View ArticleJourney celebrates its birthday with merchandise sale
Journey is one year old this week, and to celebrate, thatgamecompany is hosting a sale on its online store. Save about $9 buy picking up a shirt, pack of art cards, and soundtrack for just $25. Shirts...
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Journey cost “multiple millions of dollars”, no royalties for a year
Thatgamecompany founder Jenova Chen has clarified earlier comments about not receiving royalties from Sony on Journey, the fastest-selling PlayStation Network game to date. In an interview with...
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Thatgamecompany veteran says indie’s next game will “change the industry”
Journey and Flower developer thatgamecompany is sitting on a “huge”, “important” new project that will be years in the making, one recently-departed staffer has revealed. Asher Vollmer left...
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Journey Collector’s Edition hits PSN, includes flOW and Flower
Journey: Collector’s Edition has hit PSN today, compiling all of developer thatgamecompany’s work, and a host of other bonus collectibles. PS Blog EU announced the €19.99 / £15.99 collector’s edition...
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Flower heading to Vita according IndieCade E3 line-up
Flower will be released on Vita, according to an E3 line-up listed for IndieCade. That’s all that’s known on the matter at present, but still, that’s great news for fans of the game who also own the...
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Journey: Collector’s Edition hits Blu-Ray across Europe tomorrow
Journey: Collector’s Edition is a physical retail release of thatgamecompany’s multi award-winning digital opus, alongside the studios previous releases flOw and Flower. It lands on Blu-Ray across...
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Thatgamecompany’s new game still in “a very pre, pre-production mode”
Although we had expected to hear about thatgamecompany’s next game as early as 2012, founder and creative lead Jenova Chen has confirmed that the new project is in the very early stages. Speaking to...
View ArticleJourney has made its money back, royalties now coming in says Chen
Journey developer Thatgamecompany only just started receiving royalties for its award-winning PS3 title this year, according to studio co-founder Jenova Chen. It follows claims that the title cost...
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Thatgamecompany’s next game is at least another two years away
Journey developer, thatgamecompany, is working on another game, but it is at least two years out according to a New Yorker piece. Speaking with the magazine, Jenova Chen called the title a “risky”...
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Thatgamecompany founder wants to make older players love games again
Jenova Chen, the man behind Flower and Journey developer thatgamecompany, wants to combat a trend of giving up and games as players grow older. Speaking to [a]list, Chen spoke of his regret over...
View ArticlePS4 version of Flower runs at 1080p, 60 FPS making it even more gorgeous
As if thatgamecompany’s Flower wasn’t pretty enough, the PS4 version runs at 1080p, 60 FPS according to Sony Santa Monica’s director of technology, Tim Moss. He is playing the game currently at the...
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Journey creator wants to make “memories that are treasured for whole lifetimes.”
Jenova Chen, co-founder of thatgamecompany and creator of Journey has spoken at the Gaming Insiders Conference in San Francisco about how he tries to encourage emotional investment in his games, and...
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Journey: you can create successful games by thinking about feelings first,...
Journey was a game that had ‘all the feels,’ which I think is what you kids like to say these days. It’s a sentiment shared by former producer and co-founder of Funomena Robin Hunicke, who believes...
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Journey dev explains why experimentation and risk can result in something,...
Journey developer thatgamecompany blew critics and many gamers away with its sand-trudging PS3 romp. During a GDC Next session, studio manager Sunni Pavlovic stressed why such innovation and the...
View ArticleThatgamecompany’s flOw will be released on PS4 next Tuesday, December 17
Sony has announced that flOw will finally launch next week in North America on PlayStation 4, after a slight delay. The game was originally set as a launch title for the new console. It will be made...
View ArticleFlower, Halo 2600 added to Smithsonian’s permanent collection
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has added thatgamecompany’s Flower and Ed Fries’ Halo 2600 to its permanent collection, Polygon reports. Both games were featured in the successful Art of Video...
View ArticleThatgamecompany could reveal new title this year
Flower, Flow and Journey creator Thagamecompany hopes to unveil its new self-published title in 2014. Responding to a tweet from a Journey fan about what the team is working on next, co-founder of the...
View ArticleJourney, Flower, flOw trilogy to be released this summer on PS4 in 1080p at...
A remastered version of the Journey Collector’s Edition is coming to PlayStation 4 from ThatGameCompany. According to Gamespot, the trilogy will contain PS3 titles flOw, Flower and Journey on one disc,...
View ArticleJourney Collector’s Edition bundle out now
Journey, Flower and Flow have been packaged up in a retail bundle for your convenience. Three of the PlayStation 3’s best downloadable games are now available in a retail package for PS4. Journey...
View ArticleJourney developer thatgamecompany has begun teasing its new game, which is...
After four years of quiet, here come the first hints on what Jenova Chen is up to next. a game about giving – @thatnextgame pic.twitter.com/kQ9et5bj3T — thatgamecompany (@thatgamecompany) November 1,...
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Journey, Flower dev’s mysterious new game about giving will release this year
Thatgamecompany will release its next project this year. Lauded indie dev thatgamecompany has confirmed its next project will release this year, which is a comparatively quick turnaround for the...
View ArticleThatgamecompany announces Sky, which looks like a Journey experience for...
Thatgamecompany has formally announced Sky, their next project for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. A teaser trailer has been released, showing the briefest of glimpses of the new game. It looks very...
View ArticleFlower celebrates 10th anniversary with PC release
Can you believe thatgamecompany’s Flower released 10 years ago this past Tuesday? Neither can we. PC users can finally get their hands on thatgamecompany’s lovely PS3 title Flower. Released in 2009,...
View ArticleJourney will be made available for PC next week through the Epic Games Store
Journey will be released for PC next week. PC users can now pre-order Journey ahead of its June 6 release on the Epic Game Store. Announced for PC at The Game Awards 2018, Journey follows...
View ArticleSky: Children Of The Light – new title from thatgamecompany coming this July
A new trailer for Sky: Children Of The Light was revealed last night at E3, alongside a release that signals the end of its beta period. You can now pre-order Sky: Children Of The Light from the iOS...
View ArticleThatgamecompany’s Journey is now available through the App Store
Journey is now available for iOS users through the App Store. Like Flower before it, thatgamecompany’s Journey is now available for iOS. Head over to the App Store and pick it up today. Developed in...
View ArticleJourney is coming to Steam this June
Thatgamecompany’s Journey will be released on Steam this June.Journey was released for PC through the Epic Games Store back in June 2019, and it’s now heading to Steam.You’ll be able to grab it off the...
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