gen ATLAS is an open-world action-adventure game from Fumito Ueda's studio genDESIGN, set on a forsaken planet after humanity's disappearance, with a machine protagonist. It is in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Epic Games Store, with Epic Games handling publishing. No release date or price has been announced.
Fumito Ueda's genDESIGN officially announced gen ATLAS during the Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream on June 6. The game is an open-world action-adventure set on a forsaken planet where players awaken without knowing why. The world is dotted with massive structures, abandoned facilities, and a changing sea, all traces of a lost civilization. Players encounter a giant robot whose power opens paths to previously unreachable areas. The trailer showed robot-versus-robot battles and small combatants running across the giant machines to find weak points, a mechanic that multiple sources compared to Shadow of the Colossus.
Days later, in an interview at Summer Game Fest Play Days 2026, Ueda revealed that the player character is a machine, not a human. The game is set after humanity's disappearance in a mechanical civilization. Ueda also explained the title's meaning and confirmed the project began with the idea of making a game about giant robots. This marks Ueda's first sci-fi project and first non-human protagonist, a clear departure from the organic, ancient-civilization settings of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian.
At the event itself, a giant robot head from gen ATLAS was on display at Summer Game Fest 2026, held in Los Angeles from June 6 to 8. Attendees could climb the structure. A teaser had previously appeared as a work-in-progress at The Game Awards 2024 under the working title Project Robot. gen ATLAS is in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Epic Games Store, with Epic Games handling publishing.
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In an interview at Summer Game Fest Play Days 2026, Fumito Ueda revealed that the player character in genDESIGN's upcoming title 'gen ATLAS' is a machine, not a human. The game is set after humanity's disappearance in a mechanical civilization. Ueda also explained the title's meaning and confirmed the project began with the idea of making a game about giant robots.
Summer Game Fest 2026, held in Los Angeles from June 6 to 8, featured an outdoor venue with the sky visible, a giant robot head from Fumito Ueda's 'gen ATLAS' that attendees could climb, and booths for Nintendo Switch 2, Magic: The Gathering, Capcom, and more. The invitation-only media event offered hands-on trials by reservation and free deck giveaways.
Fumito Ueda's studio genDESIGN officially announced its next title, gen ATLAS, during the Summer Game Fest 2026 livestream on June 6. The game is an open-world action-adventure set on a forsaken planet where players awaken without knowing why. The world is dotted with massive structures, abandoned facilities, and a changing sea, all traces of a lost civilization. Players encounter a giant robot whose power opens paths to previously unreachable areas. The trailer showed robot-versus-robot battles and small combatants running across the giant machines to find weak points, a mechanic that multiple sources compared to Shadow of the Colossus. gen ATLAS is in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via the Epic Games Store, with Epic Games handling publishing. A teaser had appeared as a work-in-progress at The Game Awards 2024 under the working title Project Robot. No release date or price has been announced.