You may recall a rumour that was floating about the internet late last year which suggested that PlayStation 3 classic The Unfinished Swan would be recklessly flinging paint onto the PlayStation 4. The speculations were soon shot down, but we've kept our fingers crossed ever since. Apparently all our appendage-based acrobatics have paid off, because the game will be re-released in Japan in the coming weeks.
Indeed, the artsy title will be launching in the Land of the Rising Sun for PS4 and Vita on 23d October. Unfortunately, no date has been announced for the West, but considering Journey will soon be getting a fancy new version, we don't suspect that this one will be too far off. What's more, we reckon it'll probably be cross-buy when it does arrive. Genius.
Would you be willing to give The Unfinished Swan another shot, or was one nausea-inducing trip through the fantastical world of black paint more than enough? Let us know in the comments section below.
Update: Whoops, it looks like The Unfinished Swan was confirmed for a Western release at GamesCom earlier in the year. As such, expect it to follow in the footsteps of this Japanese version very soon. This author's off to get a paint pelting from the rest of the Push Square crew...
[source gematsu.com]
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Never played unfinished swan nor journey but would love to play them on vita
Both games were announced for PS4 in August http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2014/08/12/journey-unfinished-swan-coming-ps4/
@suzzopher Thanks, sorry about that. I've updated the article.
No probs, looking forward to playing both games again. I am one of the few who preferred Unfinished Swan to Journey.
@suzzopher I'm actually with you on that as well. The Unfinished Swan is very imaginitive. 2012 was a vintage year for PSN games!
@get2sammyb I felt a more emotional connection to The Unfinished Swan and the gameplay was more interesting, still loved Journey mind. We'll not see a year like that again for a while.
@get2sammyb @suzzopher Argh! In my defence, we didn't report on it when it was announced - so it wasn't saved in our database. Don't panic, though, as I'm currently booking flights to England for my paint-pelting. This slip-up will not go unpunished
@k_andersen Don't worry, it'll be over in a flash.
Only ever played the demo of unfinished swan. It was interesting, and would be interested to pick it up for the PS4 if the price is right.
@k_andersen - After you finish washing off the paint can you find out about PS TV support? I only ever played the demo but it was awesome, and Ill have a PS TV before a PS4. It would be a nice game to play in bed at night.
@rjejr Unfortunately, there's no word on PSTV support at the moment. I suspect it'll probably be compatible, though.
My Vita is ready for Unfinished Swan. Bring it on!
This will be great but Journey on PS4? That's going to look extraordinary, hope they do a sound update for the headset app for this.
@k_andersen - Thanks, I'l try not to be a nuisance.
On the one hand Sony named it PS TV, not Vita TV, so there is no explicit reason for them to state if any given Vita game is PS TV compatible or not, but OTOH, it has 2 built in slots for Vita memory sticks and game cartridges, so it kind of is implicitly designed to play Vita games.
Guess I'l be back to spending time on the US PS blog, you guys have been doing such a good job I very rarely have to go over there.
Yay! I feel like I've been waiting ages for this (Even though I haven't.) This was dar away my favorite game of last generation (Journey was incredible tok), so even if this for some reason doesn't end up as cross buy (it's been said it will be though), I'm buying it ASAP.
I haven't got a PS3, so having this (and Journey!) on my Vita would be great!!!
NOTE: I'm mainly a Nintendo guy, but after my 3DS was stolen this Summer I decided to take a Vita. So now I've got a Vita and a WiiU: I'm the king of underdogs 😉
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