Alex Fly Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Goes freelance to finish PlayStation 3 exclusive. Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and The Last Guardian creator Fumito Ueda has left Sony, Eurogamer understands. Japanese video game development sources indicated the 41-year-old is working on finishing oft-delayed PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last Guardian in a freelance capacity. Ueda's departure from Sony internal development studio Team Ico is one of the reasons for the game's protracted development, Eurogamer was told. Following the completion of the game, Ueda will embark on personal projects. In September Sony reassured gamers that Team Ico was still "hard at work" on The Last Guardian, despite the high-profile PS3 exclusive missing the Tokyo Game Show. The previous month SCE Studios president Shuhei Yoshida gave an exasperated-sounding Last Guardian progress update: "It's been very difficult in terms of seeing the progress: not as fast as we'd been hoping for, and the team has been under big pressure," he said. The Last Guardian was delayed earlier this year to an unspecified time in 2012. The cat-eagle adventure was originally slated for a "late 2011" release. Ueda was director and lead designer on PlayStation 2 games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, which both took four years to develop. The Last Guardian was first mentioned as being in development over four years ago, in February 2007, by Japanese magazine Famitsu. It was eventually revealed at E3 2009 with an eye-catching trailer. However, it failed to show at E3 2011, Gamescom 2011 and Tokyo Game Show 2011. Sony told Eurogamer it does not comment on rumour and speculation. From Eurogamer Well I hope the future of the game isn't compromised now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RYU81 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 looks will never release Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Fly Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Well you can be reassured, Ueda made an official announcement on Twitter recently and confirmed that there's no need to worry because the game is still in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RYU81 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Well you can be reassured, Ueda made an official announcement on Twitter recently and confirmed that there's no need to worry because the game is still in production. yeah for PS4 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Fly Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 New update ! The executive producer of the game, Yoshifusa Hayama, has left the project ! Doesn't sound good... =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash_Flake Posted December 27, 2011 Share Posted December 27, 2011 A very worrying statement not just for the development of this game but for future PS3/PS4 projects . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmichiel Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 probably worst news since they delayed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bounty V Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I wonder what the heck happened in their development team to make so much talent just up and leave Oh well. At this rate I'll probably just rent the game, if it ever comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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