Abzû was published by 505 Games and developed by Giant Squid.
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Abzû’s creator tells how to lose yourself in a beautiful ocean

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Abzû is one of the prettiest games coming for the PlayStation 4 and the PC this year. It is an underwater exploration game created by Matt Nava and his new studio Giant Squid.

Nava was previously the art director on Flower and Journey. The latter was set in the sandy desert and a cold mountain, but Nava wanted to create a beautiful underwater environment for Abzû, which is an ancient Sumerian name for water and knowledge. That translates to the ocean of wisdom.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.