Fumito Ueda led the development of The Last Guardian, Shadow of the Colossus, and Ico.
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Shadow of the Colossus director Fumito Ueda reveals his game design philosophy

Fumito Ueda is considered to be one of the great artists of the Japanese video game business, as the creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian.

Each of his games has won great acclaim. But the latest title, The Last Guardian, took more than a decade for Ueda’s GenDesign studio to finish. Ueda spoke on stage about his process of designing games with fellow game developer Rami Ismail of Vlambeer at the recent Gamelab conference in Barcelona.

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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.