{"id":30265,"date":"2026-01-15T10:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/?p=30265"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:24:31","slug":"new-ecco-game-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/review\/new-ecco-game-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ecco The Dolphin Game Confirmed By Original Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rumours were true! A new <strong>Ecco the Dolphin<\/strong> game is in development by <strong>A&amp;R Atelier<\/strong>, and more excitingly, it\u2019s being created by some of the original team behind the 90s classics. A new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccothedolphin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, alongside a new <strong>Discord<\/strong> server, has been set up in preparation to start revealing details. So far, we know almost nothing except that a new Ecco game is currently being made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>Discord<\/strong> server has been created so \u201cfans and newcomers can connect with developers and join the community hub for all things <strong>Ecco<\/strong>\u201d. The server will be home to exclusive updates on development and behind-the-scenes content. The website will then be used to put out more important updates on the release and development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press statement, the developer said. \u201c<strong>A&amp;R Atelier<\/strong> announced today that <strong>Ecco the Dolphin<\/strong> is officially in development. Originally released in 1992, <strong>Ecco the Dolphin<\/strong> garnered critical and commercial acclaim at launch. While specific details are still under wraps, A&amp;R Atelier is pleased to share that, in fact, several new<strong> Ecco the Dolphin<\/strong> products and games are currently in development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It has been years in the making, and we&#8217;re honored to bring <strong>Ecco<\/strong> back,&#8221; said <strong>Ed<\/strong> <strong>Annunziata<\/strong>, Chief Creative Officer of <strong>A&amp;R Atelier<\/strong>. &#8220;<strong>Ecco<\/strong> has always been more than a game about a dolphin; he&#8217;s a bridge between worlds.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumours were true! A new Ecco the Dolphin game is in development by A&amp;R Atelier, and more excitingly, it\u2019s being created by some of the original team behind the 90s classics. A new website, alongside a new Discord server, has been set up in preparation to start revealing details. So far, we know almost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[89,90,91],"class_list":["post-30265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-ar-atelier","tag-ecco","tag-sega"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retronews.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}