Tag: Team Ico

‘The Last Guardian’ Director ‘Terribly Sorry’ For Delay

by Derek Kraneveldt

Briefly: In a just-published interview with Edge Magazine, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian director Fumito Ueda talks about The Last Guardian, and what he’s been up to for the last eight years.

You’ll have to subscribe to Edge to read the whole interview, but in the excerpt that the magazine provide, Ueda states that:

more than anything I feel terribly sorry that for various reasons I have kept my audience waiting for such a long time.

Ueda also mentions that his creative input on the game is long over, and that the details of when, where, and how the game will be completed are out of his control.

I sure hope that completion comes sooner rather than later!

http://youtu.be/EHzHoMT5eRg

That trailer remains haunting to this day. Let us know how excited you are for The Last Guardian.

Sony’s ‘The Last Guardian’ Is On Hiatus. Update: Maybe Not?

by Derek Kraneveldt

E3 is ruined.

We all patiently watched Sony’s E3 press conference on Monday with the hope that after years of silence, we’d finally hear new details on Team Ico’s follow-up to the incredible Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian. The game was first announced with a breathtaking teaser video back in 2009, and has scarcely been mentioned since.

No new details came during the conference, but in an interview with GameTrailers, Sony’s Jack Tretton confirmed the disappointing truth that we won’t be seeing The Last Guardian any time soon. Tretton stated: “I think the cool thing about our worldwide development studios is we have so many projects out there from so many great teams. Projects never ultimately go away, so The Last Guardian has certainly not gone away, but it’s on hiatus right now.”

There you have it. If you were still hoping we’d see something from the title at E3, or any time later this year, you can put those hopes to rest. Rewatch The Last Guardian‘s debut trailer below, and let us know how you feel about the news.

http://youtu.be/EHzHoMT5eRg

Update: Kotaku has more information from Shuhei Yoshida, head of Sony Worldwide Studios. Yoshida has issued an update to Tretton’s statement, lettings us all know that “The game is in active development. [Lead designer Fumito] Ueda-san shared updates a few months ago. Nothing has changed. My answer is, ‘Yes, the game is in active development.’ It’s not hiatus at all. But we are not ready to reintroduce it. When we are ready, we will do that. Please wait.”

I’ll believe it when I see it. What do you think?

Former Sony Employee Says ‘Last Guardian’ Was Moved To PS4

by Shane O'Hare

Former Sony UK employee, Kenny Linder, was talking the talk recently on the NeoGaf Forums. He confirms that the production of the newest game from Team Ico, The Last Guardian, has been moved to the PS4 and has been on that platform for some time.

 

Couple this with the announcement from the Lead Designer,  Fumitu Ueda, saying that the game is still being worked on and will be released, I would be surprised to NOT see any mention of it at Sony’s big press event next Wednesday.

 

Be sure to check back here on the 20th so we can dish out more details of what Sony is announcing, Lets pray that they don’t lock down the system from used game play.