When you make a game about something unusual like, say, throwing paint in an all-white world, you expect to get a lot of questions. But we were surprised that the question we got asked the most turned out to be “when can I buy it?”
Now we have an answer: you can buy The Unfinished Swan on 24th October exclusively on PSN priced at €12.99/£9.99. And if you’re a PlayStation Plus member, you can get the game a week early on October 17th.
In the meantime, there’s still a lot to learn about the game. You’ve met the King, now get to know us: the team behind it all. In the first of a series of developer diaries, we’ll lift the curtain and give you some background on Giant Sparrow, the beginning of The Unfinished Swan and how we landed on PlayStation Network. Check it out:
Leading up to launch later this month, we will be back to dive in deep and show you all you need to know about The Unfinished Swan. For more news about the title you can check out the Giant Sparrow company blog.
Can’t wait for you all to play the game!
23 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:07 pm by pn3b0y
24rd lol
Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 3:11 pm by Fred Dutton
*facepalm*
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:09 pm by colmshan1990
Very excited for this game.
I look forward to it to downloading it!
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:11 pm by chrisboers
Looks like an epic game. Sadly, I’ve not used my Move for such a long time, that I don’t even have the camera set up any more. Will have to dig it out from one of the closets for this one. Seems worth it!
But.. No PS Plus rebate? 1 week exclusive doesn’t tempt me…
Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 3:14 pm by Fred Dutton
We’ll see what we can do with Plus – even so, this one really is a bit special and worth every penny. I’ve had early code on my desk for a couple of weeks and it’s a lovely, lovely game. Very excited to check out the finished prouct…
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:13 pm by orzelek69_PL
nice
IMO better is discount for Plus than early access :p
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:13 pm by AbandonedTrolley
A bit more than I had hoped it would be but still will be picking up day 1. Shame there is no Plus discount on this one.
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:16 pm by almighty-slayer
Awesome. Very much looking forward to this one, i have to say
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:16 pm by TOMBOY25
£7.99 if your a ps+ member would have been better than a week early imo
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:17 pm by VictorAnalogy
Will pick this up on the 22th
When I’m back in the UK.
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 2:48 pm by Golwar
I must say that the game’s logo is one of the best looking ones in the recent time. Will there be a demo?
Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 3:27 pm by Fred Dutton
Alas, the product manager has just left the office for the weekend. I’ll check in with him on Monday and see if I can get a firm answer.
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 3:00 pm by Project2insanity
I have no quarrel with there being no Plus discount on this one. I’ll gladly pay full price to support original titles. Sadly, on the flip side, it’s not often larger titles get discounted day 1 since they’re guaranteed to sell.
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 3:25 pm by KillerXp82
I played this at eurogamer expo & thought it was good but like others, I also were hoping for psn+ discount. I won’t be buying it now, I’ll just watch someone else play it on Twitch.tv instead. It’s a nice game to watch someone play as well as playing yourself so no big lost for me.
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 3:55 pm by OttoT
I don’t like the 1 week exclusivity for Plus (I’m a Plus member).
It’s not a + for me, I don’t feel special or appreciated because of it) and I think this game needs to get 1 momentum to get people to buy it.
Why you ask? It’s very different and I would love to play it but it’s also a experiment for me (investing 13 euro’s) and Í for sure don’t want to invest that much in it.
I was hoping Sony would support these game to not ask for their share of the money pie. A 50% discount would be perfect and I would also like that on Journey that I didn’t buy for the same reason.
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 4:12 pm by vonhammer
Getting it,but not a fan of the week early stuff.I dont like the idea of delaying games because I’m paying and others aren’t.If it’s ready get it to as many people as you can.
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 7:22 pm by bloobat
To everyone who is moaning about the Price and week early access…GROW UP, ITS £9.99!! That is nothing for a brand new, original game that looks like a breath of fresh air in this shooter infested market….
I appreciate that not everyone does have £10 spare but for god sake’s don’t go moaning about it, Giant Sparrow fully deserve to make some cash on this and so do Sony for supporting it, it is only this way that we will keep seeing indie ideas like this become full games…
I don’t usually rant but this sort of thing just annoys me, anyway the game looks awesome and I for one will definitely be buying it day 1!
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Posted on 5 October, 2012 at 8:34 pm by thymeparadox
bloobat hit the nail on the head, everyone rushes out to buy the latest generic action game at full price. Then when someone comes up with a really novel idea for a game, they want it for free. Real classy, gamers.
I remember saving for months and months to buy Mega Drive games as a kid. Now I’m lucky enough to have access to service like Plus. Subscribing gives me so many free titles that I am without the time to play them all. But there are always people who just want more. Back in the day we never dreamed that it was possible to own as many games as people do now.
I need this game in my life and will gladly drop the £9.99 for it.
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Posted on 6 October, 2012 at 3:12 am by Stonesthrow
Looks amazing, love the visual style. And the abstract gameplay kind of reminds me of Datura, which I also loved. Keep bringing these jewels to PSN!
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Posted on 6 October, 2012 at 4:30 am by residentSteve
Looks awful to busy playing re6 to bother with this pile of smeg.
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Posted on 6 October, 2012 at 11:55 am by jadehare
Sweet! looks like there’ll be fun physics & effects.
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Posted on 6 October, 2012 at 12:06 pm by Prem-aka-Prince
The third guy, Joshua, wow he has a massive moustache lol.
Back on topic, as if the fact I watched the video wasn’t evidence enough, I’m interested and looking forward to the game.
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Posted on 6 October, 2012 at 7:22 pm by mazegami
Oh
quite wanted to play this but hadn’t realised it was for move and eye. Add that on and this would cost me like £35… then again quite wanted to play the p.I game so maybe… hmm…
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Posted on 7 October, 2012 at 1:28 am by fi8767
@maze It plays with a standard controller great too
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Posted on 24 October, 2012 at 6:39 pm by AJenova
I’ve just been on the store and The Unfinished Swan is STILL a Plus Exclusive. WTAF!!? It’s meant to be a public release now!
Sony have lied!
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Posted on 25 October, 2012 at 1:50 pm by DarkVampEU
I am very (CENSORED) too !!!
SONY whats the problem ???? LET US BUY THIS AWESOME GAME !!!!!
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