Check Out This Hand Painted Concrete Genie Mural from Paris Games Week

Games are art

by Stephen Tailby Wed 21st Nov 2018

Perhaps Sony's smallest first party exclusive, Concrete Genie is looking delightful, and we're excited to see more from the Pixelopus adventure. Sony brought the graffiti puzzler to Paris Games Week 2018, and it enlisted the help of French artist named Tsuchinoko to decorate its booth.

The result is an endearing recreation of the fuzzy monsters you'll be able to paint yourself. If you're not in the loop, Concrete Genie centers around a young boy who, with the power of his magic paintbrush, aims to breathe new life into the dingy village he calls home. The freeform gameplay allows you to come up with some beautiful landscapes on the grey walls in each area, and you can then fill them with creatures of all shapes and sizes. It's coming to PS4 next year.

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Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he's developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He's also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.

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bindiana
Wed 21st Nov 2018

Without PSX this year does seem Sony is sending this out to die feels a bit like Puppeteer which was released with not a lot of coverage from Sony

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GKO900
Wed 21st Nov 2018

I went to the YouTube video comments and they are already getting the backlash of censorship which is well deserved imo but totally unrelated to this magnificent art of the game

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R1spam
Wed 21st Nov 2018

This game makes me want a pro and a uhd 4k tv so bad it bloody hurts!! Fingers crossed this is good

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Hapuc
Wed 21st Nov 2018

@GKO900 saw like 5 comments about censorship and most of them were spam of the same thing and even then they got roasted.

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JJ2
Wed 21st Nov 2018

I don't want to look like I'm trolling but has my phone frozen is is this the only news from Pushsquare lately?
I was about to tease someone who said PS is losing momentum but with not even npd news that's fair enough.

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rjejr
Wed 21st Nov 2018

@JJ2 Thanksgiving is tomorrow in the US, I think the whole world is light on game news as everyone in the US cooks, eats and shops. Monday is Cyber Monday, may be some news then. Darksiders 3 releases next Tuesdsy, or maybe the following Tuesdsy, THQ should send some news out. Then SSBU, but that probably won't get a lot of coverage on here. 😉

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rjejr
Wed 21st Nov 2018

@bindiana I think Puppeteer was getting a ton more coverage than this. Not Spiderman, GoW or RDR2 coverage but I recall a bunch of videos and articles on here for an entire year leading up to its release. Seems like the only news we ever get for this is delays. Sony did drop the ball with Puppeteer as far as their marketing campaign went, there wasn't one, but the devs making it were trying.

https://www.pushsquare.com/games/ps3/puppeteer/news

"Next year" in November really isn't narrowing it down very much. Either this or Dreams needs a release date date, not a year, at TGA. And I'm still not even sure if this a digital only fame for $20 or a $40 or $60 game on fisc. Certainly doesn't look like $60 but The Last Guardian was that price for a few weeks before Sony dropped it to $40.