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Games&Symphonies @gamessymphonies.com · 27/08/2026

Abzû from @giantsquidstudios.com was released 10 years ago & we would want to honor its amazing @awintory.bsky.social soundtrack with our rendition from last year concert. We hope you enjoy it, truly one of the most whimsical and beautiful pieces of video game music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=78k-...

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G&S - Abzû - Delphinus Delphis (feat. Austin Wintory)

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 26/08/2026

The Giant Squid Collection on Steam 🦑 Three acclaimed adventures. One unforgettable collection! store.steampowered.com/bundle/77355...

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 26/08/2026

Sword of the Sea is a low-stress atmospheric adventure where you surf at high speeds on your hoversword 🏄

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anis 🍂 @nakazaniye.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

1 year of @giantsquidstudios.com Sword of the Sea! Easily became one of my favorite games, its fun and chill and beautiful, with amazing music by Austin Wintory as always. 10/10 a must play 🌊🌿

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Redman @redman1994.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWORD OF THE SEA! Here are a handful of my favorite photos I've taken in the game in the last year. Definitely one of my absolute favorite games I've played in a long time and will still remain so for quite a while! You're the best @giantsquidstudios.com!

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 19/08/2026

Today marks one year of Sword of the Sea! We’re so grateful for every player, creator, and community member who has joined us on this ride 🌊 30% off on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2453160/...

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 19/08/2026

Now is the perfect time to grab the full lineup together or share a new favorite with a friend! store.steampowered.com/bundle/77355...

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Save 27% on Giant Squid Collection on Steam

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J.R. Timmerman @timmerarts.haus · 17/08/2026

💙 Abzû is the perfect game to pass back and forth with my son. It's this magical blend of calm, soft educational, and navigationally challenging that makes it as enjoyable to play as a kid or adult. Plus the graphics are just out of this world. @giantsquidstudios.com knocked it out of the park!

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 17/08/2026

We’re thrilled to share the community-voted winner of our ABZÛ Fan Art Contest: this stunning piece by なおみ! 🌊🪸 Thank you to everyone who entered, shared, and voted.

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 14/08/2026

Celebrating this beautiful 2nd-place entry from our ABZÛ art contest by @adsurgit.bsky.social Stellar work! 👏🤿

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 13/08/2026

🦈 10 YEARS OF ABZÛ 🦈 If you haven't tried our underwater journey it's the perfect time to dive in! Available on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, or Nintendo Switch

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 12/08/2026

We loved seeing your art in the contest. Huge congrats again!👏👏👏

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Austin Wintory @awintory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This week ABZU turned 10 and to celebrate I'm releasing the score book! Entire OST in meticulous detail for all my fellow nerds :) austinwintory.bandcamp.com/merch/abzu-f...

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Family Gaming Database @familygamingdb.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Sword of the Sea from @GiantSquidology is a traversal game where you are a Wraith resurrected to restore life to a desolate world. PEGI 7 and ESRB EVERYONE 10+. It's a single-player game for PC and PS5, out now. www.familygamingdatabase.com/game/Sword+o...

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Sword of the Sea - PC and PS5 - Kids Age Ratings - Family Gaming Database

Sword of the Sea is a traversal game where you are a Wraith resurrected to restore life to a desolate world. Play involves exploring submerged ruins to...

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Family Gaming Database @familygamingdb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Games With Lingering Spaces: Video games create spaces for us to enter. Like those other disciplines, video game spaces can offer a chance to address relationships, history and identity in open and generative ways. www.familygamingdatabase.com/Games+With+L...

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List: Games with Lingering Spaces - Family Gaming Database

Video games, like urban planning or architecture, create spaces for us to enter. Like those other disciplines, video game spaces can offer a chance to...

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 02/08/2026

🐟 Happy 10th birthday, ABZÛ! 🐟 We’re celebrating with a special anniversary fan art contest and the voting is live now 🗳️ Pick your favorite submission and help us spotlight this incredible community 💙 Vote here: poll.giantsquid.arckoor.dev/p/YBgxfa

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 29/07/2026

🦈 Did you know... Silky sharks are known to be highly social and inquisitive. They often form large schools and are known to cautiously circle divers in the open 🤿 Sword of the Sea - Available Now! #Sharkweek #SwordoftheSea

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 28/07/2026

🦈 Did you know... a bonnet shark or shovelhead is the smallest member of the hammerhead shark genus 🔨 Sword of the Sea - Available Now! #Sharkweek #SwordoftheSea

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 27/07/2026

🦈 Did you know... #hammerhead sharks can catch a tan from the sun's rays if they spend enough time in the top of the water column or shallow waters 🏝️ Sword of the Sea - Available Now! #Sharkweek #SwordoftheSea

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 20/07/2026

Join us for our ABZÛ 10th Anniversary Art Contest! Rules posted on our Discord server: 👉 discord.gg/giantsquid

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 10/07/2026

🏖️ Beach weather? You betcha! More awesome Sword of the Sea #fanart Artist: rythuliansoup #fanartfriday

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 08/07/2026

Cast your vote for Sword of the Sea 🌊 at the World Soundtrack Awards Game Music Award. This award celebrates the public’s favorite original game score of the past year.

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 03/07/2026

Happy Friday Squiddos! Reposting this Sword of the Sea piece from a share on our Discord (Red_Robot is the artist). #fanartfriday #fanart

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 02/07/2026

Too hot? 🌅 🌞🌊 Jump into Sword of the Sea and cool off. #SteamSummerSale on now.

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 26/06/2026

Enjoy flowing waves 🌊 and gorgeous vistas 🏝️ in Sword of the Sea. $20.99 during the Steam Summer Sale 😎

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Nathan P. Gibson @nathanpgibson28.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

From breathtaking underwater vistas to unforgettable visual storytelling, ABZÛ remains one of the most beautiful indie releases. Discover its artistic journey in Indie Game Works. @thatgamecompany.com @giantsquidstudios.com #ABZU #IndieGames #GameArt #GameDev #GamingBooks #IndieGaming

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Tom Kauwenberg @tomkauw.nl · 17/06/2026

Voor een eerste artikel heb ik uitgebreid met @mattnava.bsky.social (van @giantsquidstudios.com) gebabbeld – in kleermakerszit, op een grasveldje in Eindhoven. Dankbaar voor dit interview. 💜 Matt is een doordachte en inspirerende spellenmaker, ook al staat hij verkeerd om op zijn snowboard.

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Matt Nava beweegt spelers met spirituele flow states

Spellenmaker Matt Nava staat bekend om schilderachtige spellen met spirituele thema's. Daarmee beweegt Nava ons, maar wat beweegt hem?

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Francisco Dominguez @dominguezf.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The Nintendo DS/3DS enjoys a strange afterlife among digital creatives. I spoke to @mattnava.bsky.social about when he painted Journey's concept art with a DS Lite in a desert, and Art Academy's creator and 3DS photographers about its artistic relevance. www.backmarket.com/en-us/c/tech...

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How the Nintendo DS and 3DS inspire artists | Back Market

Although Nintendo's focus might be on the Switch 2 nowadays, it hasn't stopped artists from continuing to embrace the Nintendo DS and 3DS to aide with their creations. Francisco Dominguez speaks to so...

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 12/06/2026

📷 The Wraith, through your lens - Featuring screenshots by Lemonflakes, Saturnine Spy, DamnItSam, and AD. #PhotoMode #FanArtFriday #SwordoftheSea

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BrainBlockGamer @brainblockgamer.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🐠 ABZÛ is still up there with the best-looking games ever made 🐠 #Abzu #oceanlife #indiegamer #aquaticlife #indiegaming @505games.com @giantsquidstudios.com

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 15/05/2026

Ride the waves and surf with dolphins in Sword of the Sea (PS5/PC) 🌊 #SwordoftheSea #PSIndies

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 14/05/2026

A reminder of the past and ride for the future 🏄🐋 Nicely done @chibibelle.bsky.social

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Was looking through some of my video game screenshots and came across this from #abzu by @giantsquidstudios.com. It's from the credits, some of the people in "Special Thanks". #DavidAttenborough

List of names: Ottis & Vivian Green, David, Brock & Keri Warner, Melissa Rose, Eric Whitacre, Sir David Attenborough, Jacques Cousteau, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Our playtesters. The background is an underwater scene with a seahorse.

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 16/04/2026

Drift through the desert waves in Sword of the Sea. Experience it now on PS5 & PC.

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Gianni Di Giovanni @gdig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🗡️🌊 @mattnava.bsky.social and @awintory.bsky.social have a long career of collaboration, their two creative disciplines intertwined. I remember distinctly how exciting it was when Journey was nominated for a Grammy, and now Sword of the Sea is the latest winner. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

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Team behind cult 2012 video game reunites on Grammy winner

Art director Matt Nava and composer Austin Wintory reveal how their cult 2012 video game Journey shaped their latest offering, the Grammy Award-winning Sword of the Sea.

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 02/04/2026

🌌 Creative Director, @mattnava.bsky.social, will be sharing insights behind his artistry and the path that led to his signature worlds at The Art Department, Eindhoven, April 15-17th. 📅 April 15-17 📍 Eindhoven 🎟️ Tap the link below to join us!

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 31/03/2026

Well you don't see this every day! 🏄

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William Davis @willdavis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Awesome @giantsquidstudios.com shirt showed up.

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 18/03/2026

We're excited to see ABZÛ featured in Beyond the Endgame: Climate Narrative Design for Creative Impact! Huge thanks to the Playing for the Planet team and all the creators helping shape a more sustainable future for games and the planet 🌎🎮

An excerpt featuring ABZÛ in Beyond the Endgame: Climate Narrative Design for Creative Impact

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VGU.TV @vgutv.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

2025 exposed us all to a lot of violence, suffering, and just bad vibes. These were the games that best countered that energy, these are the most wholesome games of 2025. Congrats to @paperklay.bsky.social, @okomotive.ch, & @giantsquidstudios.com!

Most Wholesome: Sponsored by Kind Words 2

#1 Sword of the Sea
#2 PaperKlay
#3 Herdling

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So-chan ✨🍉 @sochan07.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

#4 Sword of the Sea de @giantsquidstudios.com Le jeu évoque aussi bien Journey que Abzû par sa direction artistique. Parfait pour se détendre en s'émerveillant de l'animation mais aussi de l'OST qui appuie l'aspect contemplatif. 🏆 82% des trophées obtenus

Des méduses géantes forme un escalier pour atteindre un bâtiment

Au loin une montagne dont le soleil éclaire le sommet. Un dauphin bondit dans les airs.

Plan enneigé entre deux falaises réunies par une arche

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 11/03/2026

Take a dive with some new friends🐬💙 ABZÛ is on sale for $6.99 on PS4

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 10/03/2026

Waking up after daylight savings hits different 🌞

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 09/03/2026

Carve your way forward on the ancient and powerful Hoversword, which moves like a snowboard, skateboard, and surfboard all in one 🏄 Sword of the Sea - Out now on PlayStation 5 and PC

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 06/03/2026

Grammy-winning composer @awintory.bsky.social and actor Troy Baker are teaming up for a special live show at the Game Music Festival in London. Joined by the renowned London Mozart Players, they’ll perform music from ABZÛ, The Pathless, Sword of the Sea, and more!

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Games&Symphonies @gamessymphonies.com · 03/02/2026

Congratulations to our beloved @awintory.bsky.social on winning the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media. He was kind enough to gift us on a glimpse of Sword of the Sea from @giantsquidstudios.com on our past concert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lBL...

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G&S - Sword of the Sea (feat. Austin Wintory)

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Giant Squid 🦑 @giantsquidstudios.com · 03/03/2026

Our own Matt Nava will be a featured guest at Playgrounds’ The Art Department 2026 event in Eindhoven. He’ll take us behind the scenes into his artistic process and how he builds immersive and emotionally resonant game worlds. weareplaygrounds.nl/slot/matt-na...

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Sweet Plasmids (Simon) 🎮 @sweetsweetplasmids.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Good morning folks and happy Saturday. I’m nap-trapped, so I’m finally getting round to playing Sword of the Sea, and oh man, this is a visual treat! Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, I hope you have a great day!

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GameRant @gamerant.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Explore the top fantasy games that ditch bustling major cities for vast wilderness, isolation, and ruins in this ranked list.

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7 Best Fantasy Games With No Cities

Explore the top fantasy games that ditch bustling major cities for vast wilderness, isolation, and ruins in this ranked list.

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