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A tiny game studio. Creators of What Remains of Edith Finch and The Unfinished Swan. Our dream is to make the world a stranger place.

Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2009
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@giantsparrow
Giant Sparrow
6 years
Last night Edith Finch won the BAFTA for Best Game! One of the most surreal moments we've ever experienced. Which is saying a lot, since our day job is making surreal moments.
@BAFTAGames
BAFTA Games
6 years
Watch @giantsparrow win the Best Game award for What Remains of Edith Finch! 🏆 #BAFTAGames
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@giantsparrow
Giant Sparrow
4 years
The Unfinished Swan was originally released as a PlayStation exclusive ~8 years ago, so if you're someone who's been waiting that whole time to play it, thank you SO much for your patience. We really, really hope you like it!
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Giant Sparrow
3 years
If you ever had a dream about playing What Remains of Edith Finch on your iPhone... that dream IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!
@A_i
Annapurna Interactive
3 years
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH is now available on the App Store:
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Edith Finch we're sharing some never-before-seen concept material including a trailer of early prototypes, our initial concept doc and a mood board:
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Giant Sparrow
4 years
Our first game, The Unfinished Swan, is now available on PC and the App Store thanks to @A_i !
@A_i
Annapurna Interactive
4 years
We're happy to share that The Unfinished Swan by @giantsparrow is now available on PC and the App Store! 🦢🖌️🎈 Steam // Epic Games Store // App Store //
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
The way these tents swirl up into the air is eerily similar to what happens in Gus’ story. It’s professionally satisfying to see that our imaginations lined up so well with reality!
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Unusual Videos
6 years
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
Last night we won for Best Gameplay at the Games for Change Awards! Thanks, everyone!
@G4C
Games for Change
6 years
The winner of Best Gameplay of the #G4CAwards is ‘What Remains of Edith Finch’ which tells the story of a woman who discovers her deceased family members’ lives #G4C18 . Congratulations!
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Giant Sparrow
4 years
There's a nice story today on @Kotaku from a writer who played Edith Finch for the first time, knowing nothing about the game, just looking for a way "to escape having to think about my family for a little while."
@Kotaku
Kotaku
4 years
"One dry October morning in 2019, my father came to my apartment, already in tears by the time I opened the door, to tell me a family secret." How playing 'What Remains of Edith Finch' helped one writer deal with their own family's dark secret:
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Giant Sparrow
5 years
If you've been looking for a portable way to be confused, then sad, then delighted, you're in luck! What Remains of Edith Finch is coming to the Nintendo Switch on July 4th.
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
We won the Best Narrative award at this year’s SXSW festival! Thanks everyone!
@A_i
Annapurna Interactive
6 years
yoooooooooooooo #EdithFinch winning Best Narrative! congrats to @giantsparrow and thanks to everyone that supported the game!!!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Edith Finch just won PC Gamer’s Game of the Year Award! Thanks, everyone!
@pcgamer
PC Gamer
7 years
The fantastic What Remains of Edith Finch wins our latest GOTY award.
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
Edith Finch won for Best Narrative at this year's Game Developers Choice Awards! You can see our acceptance speech here:
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GDC
6 years
Congrats to the @giantsparrow team for winning the GDCA award for best narrative for What Remains of Edith Finch! #GDC18
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Giant Sparrow
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We're looking for a Gameplay Designer for our next game! Someone who'd enjoy building exploratory prototypes about interactions between humans and urban wildlife. And creating moments that feel weirdly alive, like this snail photo (NOT a screenshot!)
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
Nominations for this year's BAFTA awards are out and Edith Finch is up for 7 of them! Including: Best Performer, Original Property, Narrative, Music, Game Innovation, Game Design, and Best Game. Thanks, everyone!
@BAFTAGames
BAFTA Games
6 years
Congratulations to all of our #BAFTAGames nominees! Read the full nominations list here 🎮👉
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
We’re #2 on Eurogamer’s best games of 2017! ( #1 was Zelda, naturally) Also included some very kind, thoughtful words from the jury
@eurogamer
Eurogamer
7 years
Here we are! Our top ten games of 2017!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
What Remains of Edith Finch is getting a physical release AND a vinyl edition, thanks to our friends at @iam8bit !
@iam8bit
iam8bit
7 years
The reversible cover for WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH PS4 physical edition is a beautiful, minimalist illustration from the amazing Holly Rothrock, an artist who also worked at developer @giantsparrow - PreOrder Now @
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Rolling Stone has an entire article today devoted to Edith's hand-knit gloves! After spending so much time on small details it's great to see how many people have noticed and appreciated them.
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
There are 4 different talks about Edith Finch at this year's Game Developers Conference, which starts tomorrow. You can find out more about them here:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
PC World's Game of the Year award goes to... Edith Finch!
@pcworld
PCWorld
7 years
In a year full of great PC games, these are the best of the best. by @haydencd
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Our gameplay programmer Evan just released his own indie game on Steam and it's fantastic! If you like strange, unique experiences -- and especially if you liked Lewis' story in Edith Finch with which it shares some tonal elements -- definitely check it out.
@evanmakesgames
Evan Rogers
7 years
Legendary Gary is now available on Steam! I worked really, really, REALLY hard on it for years, and now I'm broke. But it's okay! Some people already love it! Maybe you will love it? Maybe we all love each other...
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
It's been a month since we released Edith Finch and the response has been fantastic! Here's a few of our favorites:
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Giant Sparrow
8 years
Thanks to our good friends at @a_i , "What Remains of Edith Finch" is coming to PS4 & now, PC! We're honored to join them in their mission.
@KillScreen
Killscreen
8 years
. @AnnapurnaPics is now publishing "personal, emotional, and original games"
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
Also, last night we picked up an award for Best Indie game at the Italian Game Awards!
@_MemorableGames
Memorable Games
6 years
What Remains if Edith Finch won Best Indie Game at @ItalianVGA ! I really loved it! Congrats @giantsparrow @A_i
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Here's our Tech Artist, @Saveremreve , and Tech Director, @sirfaty , accepting our award tonight for Best Narrative at #TheGameAwards :
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
For a game that was so inspired by The Twilight Zone, it felt very appropriate to go out with a big twist ending.
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
We've been nominated for two #DICEawards in Story and Game Direction
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Raph Koster has a nice write up today analyzing why Edith Finch was his favorite game of last year
@raphkoster
Raph Koster
7 years
Why I loved “Edith Finch”
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
We’ve been nominated for Best Game, Best Story, and Best Independant Game on the PlayStation Blog. If you enjoy voting, now would be a great time to excercise your Sony-given rights to do so
@PlayStation
PlayStation
7 years
It's time! The Game of the Year 2017 polls have opened. Vote now:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Game Developers Choice Award nominations came out today, and Edith Finch is up for the Innovation Award and Best Narrative!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@thegameawards We just won the Best Narrative award from #TheGameAwards . Thanks to everyone who voted for us! And to those who meant to vote but never got around to it. All are appreciated!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Edith Finch came out today for the @Xbox One! Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen!
@A_i
Annapurna Interactive
7 years
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH is available now on @Xbox One //
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
GQ has a nice writeup today on the role of empathy in Edith Finch, particularly Lewis' story
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
NYGameAwards just nominated Edith Finch for (deep breath) Game of the Year, Best Indie, Best Writing, Best World, and Best Acting! Sadly, we were NOT nominated for Best Kids Game.
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Polygon has a piece this week from someone describing their experience playing Edith Finch shortly after the death of a family member
@Polygon
Polygon
7 years
This is what it feels like to play the right game at the right time
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
As part of my interview for Rolling Stone, our 90 minute (mostly uncut) conversation was recorded and is now live
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Shall We Play a Game
7 years
NEW PODCAST: "Edith Finch" creative director Ian Dallas talks about "Edith Finch" and his studio, @giantsparrow
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
Wow, first you give us a glowing review in Polygon, and now what looks like... a piece of your leg? Thanks, Susan!
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Susan Arendt
6 years
New ink courtesy of @dogstartattoo (and @giantsparrow )
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
We did an interview with Rolling Stone this week about Edith Finch and other things that covers a lot of our history and a bit of our future
@RollingStone
Rolling Stone
7 years
#EdithFinch creator Ian Dallas talks memory, family and death
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
The New Yorker’s list of most thoughtful games from 2017 includes Edith Finch along with @Gorogoa , @eeverythingg , and lots more worth checking out
@NewYorker
The New Yorker
7 years
If cynicism is a poison to the imagination, here are ten video games that functioned as antidotes, turning world-weariness into delight.
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Giant Sparrow
10 years
We just announced our next game, What Remains of Edith Finch! http://t.co/pZPuE5RkSK
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@Neil_Druckmann Thanks again for playtesting Edith Finch in your actual living room — lots of super-helpful, irresponsibly late changes came out of that!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Here's a piece we wrote about what the experience of making (and releasing) #EdithFinch has been like:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Experience the many deaths of the Finch family in #EdithFinch , out April 25th! PSN: Steam:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Forgot to mention yesterday What Remains of Edith Finch is now available! Glad so many of you already figured it out
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
4 years in the making, you can now pre-order What Remains of #EdithFinch on @PlayStation (20% off for plus members). Coming April 25th!
@PlayStation
PlayStation
7 years
Welcome to Play Collective. Six new games are launching with a 20% PS Plus discount with pre-order. Details:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Our Lead Artist, Brandon Martynowicz, talks about our art pipeline, from concepts to lighting
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
RPS has a nice writeup + interview today on how we used floating text to guide players through the Finch house
@rockpapershot
Rock Paper Shotgun
7 years
How What Remains Of Edith Finch guides players with words -
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
We discuss Edith Finch's design goals and the way our stories evolved on the Indie By Design podcast
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Our gameplay programmer on Edith Finch just put up a trailer for his own game and if you like weird things, you’ll like this!
@evanmakesgames
Evan Rogers
7 years
I'm making a game called Legendary Gary! Whaddaya think?
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Giant Sparrow
5 years
@stwndrley We actually did create prototypes of secret passages inside washing machines and fridges, but they got cut. Nice to see what they might have looked like!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Pre-Order #EdithFinch on @PlayStation to get this dynamic theme (and 20% off the game w/ PS Plus)! Out April 25th!
@A_i
Annapurna Interactive
7 years
👀 a quick peek at the #EdithFinch dynamic theme
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Giant Sparrow
9 years
We're looking for a Gameplay Programmer for What Remains of Edith Finch, a game of surreal short stories. Please RT!
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Giant Sparrow
10 years
The Unfinished Swan is now available on PS4 and Vita! http://t.co/JhHgZCDjR9 http://t.co/uNfbvZgW0C
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Giant Sparrow
8 years
Press at #PAXsouth2017 . We've still got some openings to play What Remains of #EdithFinch . Come by the booth and we'll fit you in!
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Giant Sparrow
11 years
Watching a toddler enjoy playing Unfinished Swan makes me glad we polished away most of the needlessly difficult bits http://t.co/vcDbOanfrI
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
We did an interview with @gabdar from A Mortician’s Tale on her podcast about death in games
@PlayDeadCast
Play Dead Podcast
7 years
New episode! ✨💀✨ In the season 3 premiere of Play Dead, we talk with @iandallas of @giantsparrow about game design and death in What Remains of Edith Finch 💜 Download: iTunes:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
The voice of Edith, @ValerieLohman , talks about her experience working on the game
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
If you liked Lewis' story you'll love this RPS interview about its development and influences + tons of concept art!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
If anyone has questions they want to ask us about #EdithFinch , we'll be doing a @reddit AMA in about 10 minutes!
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Giant Sparrow
9 years
We debuted our first demo of "What Remains of Edith Finch" at E3 2015 & the response was overwhelming. A blog recap: http://t.co/0hpX5hoUwP
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
Well, I hope that over the years our game holds up for you as well as your forearm tattoo does!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Happy to announce that What Remains of Edith Finch is going to be part of NVidia's Indie Spotlight program!
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Michael Herauf
7 years
congrats to @A_i and @giantsparrow ! their game What Remains of Edith Finch has been accepted into #NVIndieSpotlight .
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Polygon has a nice, balanced discussion of Edith Finch by @caraellison
@Polygon
Polygon
7 years
What Remains of Edith Finch includes a grim warning about family
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Waypoint has a nice writeup today on why Edith Finch and Tacoma take place in (mostly) abandoned spaces
@waypoint
Waypoint
7 years
Why the makers of 'Tacoma' and 'Edith Finch' love loneliness:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
The thoughtful, 9/10 review you wrote for Polygon was very kind. But your continued (seemingly undying) support is even more appreciated!
@SusanArendt
Susan Arendt
7 years
Pimpin' Edith Finch for eternityyyyyyyy
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Giant Sparrow
8 years
. @yahootech calls #EdithFinch "the most interesting game in the last year." From the team at @giantsparrow , Thanks!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@TimOfLegend Thanks! For about 4 years we had no idea where it was going either!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Pre-order What Remains of Edith Finch on PS4 to receive our dynamic theme (and 20% game discount for PS+ subscribers)! Ends 4/25 Please RT!
@A_i
Annapurna Interactive
7 years
pretty chill #EdithFinch PS4 theme...and it's a pre-order bonus! //
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Also over at Polygon today, our creative director talks about some of the parallels between Edith Finch and Mario Odyssey
@Polygon
Polygon
7 years
Super Mario Odyssey is fun to learn and pointless to master
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Giant Sparrow
11 years
We're #10 on IGN's Top 25 PS3 games of all time! Super cool! http://t.co/zilfUdhgDA
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@kumailn Thanks! We felt a lot of those feelings while making it too. Game development is a messy and exhilarating process
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@Rebeccastow97 Ah, that’s so sweet. I completely forgot we put her birthday in the game. I don’t recall anyone ever mentioning it before... FWIW, that’s my own birthday (this is Ian)
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Giant Sparrow
9 years
"What Remains of Edith Finch" was on the PSX showfloor surprising players & critics. Read what they had to say here:
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@NieRGame @AtlusUSA Thanks, Nier! Congratulations to you on your award tonight for Best Score / Music!
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Giant Sparrow
9 years
We're looking for a game designer/programmer to create strange/wonderful moments for What Remains of Edith Finch http://t.co/0USxfPSIxJ
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Giant Sparrow
5 years
@g8mes4life Thanks! Next time you see her, please give your daughter an extra hug for us :)
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7 years
@XboxP3 Thanks, Phil, glad you liked it!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
"I do not know what I expected... Certainly not that I sit after 15 minutes on my couch and stare into the empty"
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@gamasutra looks at the CRAZY number of different kinds of interactions in Edith Finch and interviewed us about how we tuned them all
@gamedevdotcom
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How the @giantsparrow #gamedev team created the 30 different control schemes of What Remains of Edith Finch:
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Giant Sparrow
9 years
We've also got a bunch of new screenshots and some new interviews about the game http://t.co/9mmTR12EeP
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Giant Sparrow
10 years
And if you already bought The Unfinished Swan on PS3 (which would have been a sensible thing to do) then the PS4 and Vita versions are free!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
Last chance to pre-order Edith Finch. Free dynamic theme and 20% off for plus members!
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@danikaharrod If you liked Edith Finch, these movies were our key references focusing on death + families: Donnie Darko, Big Fish, Stories We Tell, Winter's Bone and Pan's Labyrinth
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Giant Sparrow
5 years
@TinyTrev96 Yes, we’re working on something new but it’s still very, very early in development. You can find a little more about it here:
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Giant Sparrow
11 years
We just won a #BAFTA award (it's like a British Oscar) for Best Debut Game for #UnfinishedSwan ! http://t.co/QrdgaNNcfM
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Giant Sparrow
9 years
Our next game will be released in Japan as "What Happened at the Strange Estate of the Finch Family" http://t.co/DRqVs1VNZ9
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Giant Sparrow
7 years
@jsnlxndrlv Sorry! Our QA did catch that bug, but it was a low priority fix and our art team was very small. Apologies to your spouse as well!
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12 years
Surprise! The Unfinished Swan is one of IGN's nominees for game of the year! #IGNGOTY
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Giant Sparrow
6 years
@discordianfish That’s weird. It’s designed to save automatically after each story... perhaps an OS level issue is blocking that? Sorry!
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