Talking with developer Sunside Games, I remark that their avian adventure Crow shares the kinds of epic set pieces and sprawling vistas of Shadow of the Colossus. Cornily, I can’t resist the pun:

“Shadow of the Crowlossus,” I offer.

“Truth is,” responds programmer Joe Riedel, “we joked about that during development. We’d call it that or ‘Infinity Bird.’”

Sunside Games, the studio behind the upcoming iOS title Crow, will be releasing the game's Radiance engine as open-source software in the near future.

There have been some jaw-droppingly gorgeous games on mobile over the last year or so. From Infinity Blade to Shadowgun, we’ve had to rub our eyes in amazement more than a few times. But usually when we do, it’s because a game is backed by a popular engine like Unreal or Unity. But what if we could have that same reaction from a game built by a new indie developer using an engine they’d created entirely in-house?