Viz Media has announced that they will publish author Miyuki Miyabe's novel ICO: Castle in the Mist, on August 16th. The new book will be published by the company’s Haikasoru imprint and will carry an MSRP of $15.99. It is based on the beautiful PS2 game of the same name. As you know, that game is about to be released as a PS3 HD remaster. Miyabe says that she was inspired by the game’s atmosphere. She expands the story in her novel, says Viz.
A boy with horns, marked for death; A girl who sleeps in a cage of iron. The Castle of the Mist calls for its sacrifice: a horned child, born once a generation. When, on a single night in his thirteenth year, Ico's horns grow long and curved, he knows his time has come. But why does the Castle of the Mist demand this offering, and can the castle keep Ico's destiny from intertwining with that of the girl imprisoned within its walls?
I'm down for anything that expands on ICO's world. What about you?
Viz is taking pre-orders now. The book goes on sale on August 16.
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9:01 PM on 08.04.2011 | 
Me too! We should be friends! <3
As a fan I tend to be very protective of the feelings that I came away with, both the ones I felt while playing, and the ones that followed long after I had completed the title. Even though ICO's is not my universe to tamper with and dictate, the degree to which it drew me in and impacted me—my thoughts on the dialog that occurs between the designer and the player, my expectations of what a game could accomplish through what means—made me feel as though a piece of it was mine, and that nothing that anybody said or did could strip me of that experience.
I think my worry is that by having a novel, a text that is supposed to explain the subtler ambiguities of that thing I love, I will somehow be told that my experience, understanding, and feelings were all wrong. I'm not disinterested, but I'm certainly hesitant.
That's something only possible in a video game and having that moment of realization - where it all clicks after hours of playing - is something a book, movie or TV show can't deliver the same way.
It read more like fanfiction and it was way too heavy on flashbacks and exposition that didn't make sense with the whole Team ICO universe, which makes sense seeing as it was written a while before the release of Shadow of the Colossus.
Still, maybe a proper full translation can salvage its reputation for me.
I may or may not be getting this, still got a lot of books to read.
this and Deus Ex Human Revolution Comics oh yeah :P
guess my MGS Comic will have some space for these 2 =)