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The Girl and the Robot to deliver automaton friendship to PS4
Developer Flying Carpet Games has revealed plans to bring its charming action-adventure game The Girl and the Robot to the PlayStation 4. As Jess explained last October, Flying Carpet Games is a developer composed of former EA and Gameloft employees. The Girl and the Robot is the studio's first project, and its themes of magic and friendship, when combined with the game's aesthetic and leading odd couple, seem to resemble a whimsical, fairytale riff on the PlayStation 2 classic Ico. What's more, the game is adorable. Take a look at the early trailer above for proof. Though initially planned for release on the Wii U and Steam, the latest update to the game's Kickstarter page breaks the news that Sony has greenlit The Girl and the Robot for release on the PlayStation 4. Flying Carpet Games has yet to determine a solid release date for The Girl and the Robot, but the studio hopes to launch the game at some point during 2014. [Image: Flying Carpet Games]
There's more to 'The Girl and the Robot' than a girl and a robot
The Girl and the Robot is indeed about a girl and her robot, but it's also about a bunch of other, unfriendly automatons, an evil queen, a magical pendant and friendship. The girl, escaping from the evil queen, finds a robot that only she can control using her magical necklace, and together they fight through hordes of rogue metal men sent to capture them. It's a third-person action adventure game from indie studio Flying Carpets, which includes a team of former EA and Gameloft developers. Flying Carpets is based in Montreal, but it has members in Japan and England as well. The alpha for The Girl and the Robot is $9 for PC via Humble Store or Desura, and the game is up on Steam Greenlight Concepts right now. On Tuesday, October 29, Flying Carpets will launch a $15,000 Kickstarter campaign to help finish up development. If it goes well, maybe they'll use that cash to just build a robot to finish the game for them.
