Giant Sparrow
TypePrivate
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMarch 22, 2009[1]
HeadquartersSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Key people
Ian Dallas, creative director[2]
ProductsThe Unfinished Swan
What Remains of Edith Finch
Websitegiantsparrow.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

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

  1. ↑ "Hello World!". Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ "GDC Vault - The Unfinished Swan". Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  3. ↑ "About Giant Sparrow". Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "IGN - The Unfinished Swan". Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ Farokhmanesh, Megan (August 13, 2014). "The Unfinished Swan on PS4 is the same experience you'll remember from PS3". Polygon. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Introducing What Remains of Edith Finch, a New PS4 Exclusive". December 6, 2014. Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Production Company Behind Zero Dark Thirty, Sausage Party Expands Into Games". Game Informer. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
  8. ↑ Kain, Erik. "Here Are All The Winners Of The 2017 Game Awards". Forbes. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Giant Sparrow's Next Game".


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