The Last Guardian is Not Canceled

PlayStation Software Product Development Head for Sony Worldwide Studios America, Scott Rhode, shot down rumors of The Last Guardian's cancellation.

[admiralvic]

Not surprising, but I'm glad the game is still in the works for those eagerly awaiting its release.

[TomShoe]

The Last Guardian not cancelled.

E3 is tomorrow.

All is good.

[MightyNoX]

Can't spell Ignorance without IGN, I suppose.

Come on, E3.

[BallsEye]

They better say release date is this month. I dont't want to see another trailer and then wait again 5 years.

[alexkoepp]

Should be cancelled, giant bird monster game? Lame

[Phatty]

If it doesn't show up at E3 it will be the last time I give a crap about it...

[Prime157]

Lol, alex. Guess you missed out on ICO and shadow of the Colossus...

Oh, it's alex, what am I saying, you never have it a chance because it's PlayStation exclusive.

[morganfell]

You have to love this tweet by Neil Druckmann showing IGN's sources:

http://image.noelshack.com/...

[Dark11]

Not cancelled eh? i will wait for June 9th to know for sure
The game has been in development hell for long time.

[MrSec84]

Sony may wait until TGS this year to re-announce, because Team Ico are a part of Sony Japan, although given that E3 is probably the biggest event of the year in gaming they probably will bring it back there.

If it's not shown I still wouldn't count on it being a canceled title, not until Sony says themselves that is definitely not coming.

[thorstein]

Consider that it was to be PS3 then, during development it switches to PS4. To do it right, I think the timetable makes a ton of sense.

Now...Agent, on the other hand, needs to show something.

[No_Limit]

Thank god the IGN news was a fake. Hope we get to see this game at E3, hopefully now ported to PS4 and not PS3.

[colonel179]

The problem with IGN is that they report on these speculative rumors as facts. If you saw the story in other site, it would clearly state that is a rumor, but as you can see in the headline, they wanted people to believe it as true.

[truefan1]

Rohde should have just ignored it and let everyone think it was fake, I mean E3 is tomorrow. That would have made a possible E3 reveal that much better. Now everyone will expect an E3 reveal since he said it was not cancelled.

[Kayant]

True it would make IGN look that much more pathetic. Damn really wish they did that. I mean IGN still have their headline as saying it's canned even after the update. Truly a shitty site showing their true colours.

[torchic]

maybe that's a hint that it won't be at E3? the fact that Rhode was willing to say it's not cancelled a day before E3 who knows... Sony will probably show Project Beast as their Japan Studios representative game and save The Last Guardian for TGS. maybe Final Fantasy XV will be at the Sony stage as well

[0P-Tigrex]

Final Fantasy 15 won't be on stage. Neither will KH3

[andibandit]

Yes that wouldve made sense, im guessing hes saying it now because they sadly dont have any stuff for e3.

[kreate]

agreed w truefan

[imt558]

The Last Guardian is Not Canceled

Yes! We know that!

[Karpetburnz]

Xbox trolls went crazy trying to claim ownage, bet they feel stupid now.

[jebabcock]

In all fairness. The game has been in development forever. There is plenty enough fodder there for anyone who isn't a fan of Sony to criticize regardless of whether it is or isn't cancelled. The budget on it must also be fairly massive at this point if it has been in active development this whole time...

As much as I gripe at MS about slapping things out there like milo just to appease crowds.. Sony is just as guilty with this. The Last Guardian was supposed to showcase the PS3's potential and it completely missed the boat on that. Hopefully they can upgrade it and put it on the PS4. I'd still be interested in it if they did that but im honestly not as hyped about it anymore. Sony really dropped the ball with this title regardless of how things pan out.

[bigfish]

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[XiSasukeUchiha]

Yep like I thought it would happen it's just canned for PS3, coming as a PS4 exclusive in 2015 :)

[andibandit]

Yes its confirmed for PS2015

[Magicite]

You cant cancel what haven't been started /s.
On a serious note, we need some proof to support our hopes, some screenshots or a new video.
Hopefully we get new info at upcoming E3.

[showtimefolks]

yeh thank you ign for proving once again your site is all about trying to get m,ore hits through your own created controversy

[otherZinc]

Lol! This series was never a system seller! 4 people like this series.

If this pos is still in development, that explains why Moodys Industrial Manual and Standard & Poors Downgraded SONY stock to Junk Status.

[starchild]

I was pretty sure it hadn't been cancelled because Sony had said several times that it was still being developed, but it's nice to get another confirmation. I hope we see it at E3.

[CoyoteHunter]

agreed. Been waiting this long for info, so a bit longer won't hurt.

[Majin-vegeta]

Lol I knew it.People went bat crazy.They probablY canned the PS3 version and moved it onto PS4.Just like ICO was to come out on PS1 but came out on PS2.

[Rimeskeem]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Screw you trolls

[GamersHeaven]

:)

[Gardenia]

Well of course it isn't. It is one of Sony's most anticipated exclusives. It would be a bad move to drop that

[dboi787]

So excited! I literally went from sadness to pure excitement. Gotta love E3 week

[Rimeskeem]

Its going to be shown at E3 and amaze everyone

[Xbot1214]

E3 2015 tehe..

[mushroomwig]

Phew, my heart can start again.

[Majin-vegeta]

I got you :P
http://youtu.be/FXjtwaGG3bw

OT:Good news everybody

[Kayant]

That reply pwnage I feel it quite funny IGN trying to push it as like it was official news. The hits they got from this. Well I guess it worked for them. Such a misleading site sometimes.

Edit -

And they still haven't updated the story yet Loooool that what a shitty site.

[MightyNoX]

1st title: The Last Guardian is Cancelled
2nd title: The Last Guardian MAY be cancelled
3rd title The Last Guardian May be no more

All within a few hours. IGN is doubling down and going full derp on us.

[0P-Tigrex]

Never go full derp.

[Prime157]

Full derp?
What the HELL was that?!

Spaceball One...

They've gone to plaid!

[Riderz1337]

Frikking IGN gave me a heart attack.

[thaimasker]

This makes me kinda think that it won't be at E3...I mean its only 1 day away and wouldn't they want the re-reveal to be sorta a surprise... although early denial was prob for the best tho and they have been working it up to be doing fine in development for the past year now.

[Crossbones]

I told y'all it was fake.

http://n4g.com/news/1523916...

[iXenon]

I think it's amazing that people were so invested in this rumor. We've only seen one trailer for the game and it showed no gameplay. All we know is that it's about a boy and his bird. And STILL people were sad and in denial.

Team ICO, most powerful developer in gaming?

[IRetrouk]

It just goes to show how much of an impact ico and sotc really had on gamers, we have seen nothing of this game but people still want it, I personally cant wait for this game, ico and sotc are 2 of my top 5 games ever so another game like those is very exciting to me, im praying its on ps4 for the extra wow factor.

[SolidDuck]

If it's not fake and they were going to show it at e3 they should of waited.

[Father__Merrin]

ha ha ha the trolls are eating toilet now :-)

[aviator189]

Welp...someone is going to be embarrassed soon.
I'm just going to get some sleep.

[Inception]

There's tons of reason why sony will not cancelled TLG, especially when they already invested a lot of money to produced the game this past years. That's why i only laughed when IGNorant report that the game been cancelled.

[dddooozzz9]

It makes me that I can't believe IGN.....

[jonboi24]

Sony shouldn't have said anything and at there conference be like "and one more thing... ". Boom, Last Guardian coming to PS4 holiday 2014.

[thorstein]

Or... it's available in stores right now.

[TheRedButterfly]

Yeah I'll believe that when I can walk into GameStop and buy it. Im tired of this crap. 7 years is long enough.

[Spotie]

Looking at your comments on the subject, you desperately wanted this to be true, so it's no surprise you don't believe it. When the game DOES come out, it won't matter to you, because you don't actually have an interest in it.

[SuicideKing]

I have to agree with you, so sick of hearing about this game. I forget about it then rumours pop up around this time of year, then nothing. Seriously at this point no way the game could live up to expectations.

[dadz]

God damn those silly click-bait articles...they couldn't even put "rumor" or something along those lines in the title?

[animegamingnerd]

all in favor of banning IGN from this site?

[CrowbaitBob]

Wow really? You can hate on IGN all you want but 99% of what passes for "news" on this site is nothing more than some random gamer's personal blog post.

[Relientk77]

That's good, glad they clarified this

[Syakinta]

Oh Sony, give us the damn game or ****

[SpiralTear]

Geez, IGN, fact-check your articles. I know you want to break the news first, but things go much smoother when you actually get legitimate information instead of some dumb rumor.

[Butters360]

Strike two IGN! First was the Amy Henning "throw out" from Naughty Dog which both Naughty Dog Presidents called you out angrily on your bullshit reporting and now this. Sony should be rightfully pissed at you right now not to mention the gaming community.

[LightDiego]

That's why the majority of game journalists are a joke.
The Last Guardian it's the most anticipated game for me, i was worried for a moment.

[jmac53]

It's an insult to real journalists that people who write about games are given that name.

[CrowbaitBob]

I don't believe real journalism exists anymore. In recent history information has become a commodity that is mass produced rather than discovered.

[silkrevolver]

Fucking IGN.
First stirring up nothing with Naughty Dog, now this.
They need a crash course in professionalism.

[Fringe_Agent13]

IGN smh

[ginganinja]

If they'd got something ready for E3 for TLG, then they should have stayed quiet. Then someone could have come on and said, 'Look guys, we know you were really looking forward to 'The Last Guardian' but we've had one or two issues and I'm afraid to say it's been cancel... wwwhhhaaatt!' as a new trailer starts playing and drowns him out.

[kingdom18]

IGN.... this mistake is not forgivable...

[MasterCornholio]

IGN reported the rumor as true?

Pricks that's unforgivable.

[kingdom18]

They basically confirmed it, claiming this by their "sources". It was treated more as matter of the fact, rather than a rumor. And allow me to change my first statement a little, "mistake", a day before E3, its just click bait....

[JackVagina]

Never forget, never forgive.

#BanIGN

http://i.imgur.com/5LV0CbT....

[PaleMoonDeath]

Tomorrow..

[Butters360]

Neil Druckmann is having fun at IGN's expense. "Internal sources" ahaha.

[XxGrim_Reaper05Xx]

http://i.imgur.com/bvsVrvX....

[FAT MAN GO BOOM]

Not to worry it is going to be at E3 or Gamescom this year... and will be out this year or early 2015 like Jan Feb

Can't wait looking forward to this game and if people are still taking about it... then there are still people wanting to see this game like me...

[leogets]

Its taken these shitty devs a whole console generation and more for a game.. Wow it will b one dissapointing game that's for sure...

[MaxwellBuddha]

Chicken_Dogs: The Game

[Majin-vegeta]

Shitty??Pls the team only consist of 35 people.Maybe a bit more now.I'd like to see you make a project with only 35 people and in less time.

http://n4g.com/news/739180/...

[jambola]

Just out of curiosity, what is taking this game so long anyway?

[Elda]

The game probably was started from scratch knowing they have a much powerful machine now to achieve their ambitions far as what & how they wanted this game to look & run technically,evidently they couldn't do it on the PS3 knowing Team Ico kept saying they were having technical problems on the PS3. Probably the same reasons why FFvs13 was scrapped & now running on powerful hardware.This has to be why these games are taking so long to be released.

[Ron66]

Wish it was cancelled.

[Agent_hitman]

Yes!!!.. That's a good news

[kingdom18]

Now IGN is saying, it "may" be canceled ^_^ oh jolly what a screw up

[weirdo]

silly xbots running home to momma now

[josephayal]

i cant stop crying

[0P-Tigrex]

The minute Sony Japan comes on stage everyone and their grandma will be expecting this game.

[gamertk421]

I'm gonna die laughing if this finally comes out and is of the same quality as another near - vaporware title, Duke Nuke Forever.

[MaxwellBuddha]

It'll never live up the hype when it finally does. I mean, Sony fans will claim it's the greatest shit ever because that's what they do with every exclusive but the rest of us will simply enjoy it and then move on to better things.

[ruefrak]

Shuehei Yoshida has said several times it is still in production and yet when IGN Russia says it's cancelled the internet freaks out.

How many more wild and speculative stories does IGN have to publish before people realize they aren't journalist. Journalists aren't personal friends with the people they cover. They're supposed to be objective.

Remember the article about Druckman forcing Amy out of Naughty Dog and then ND had to publicly state it was all not true?

[e-p-ayeaH]

games take soo much time to develop these days...its frustating

[MatthewTrujillo]

There is craziness surrounding this title!! Can't wait to play this!

[heisenberguk]

BOOOOORIIIING!!! Either release some info on the thing or shut up!!!!!

[Xbot1214]

just another 3 more years of development, just wait guys its gonna be a good game....

[dkgshiz]

Obviously this game has turned into a PS4 game hence why its taken so long.

[corvusmd]

Yeah this makes sense! I honestly couldn't get my head around the idea that Sony would cancel this game, that'd be stupid, That'd be like Nintendo cancelling Zelda or MS cancelling Gears or Source not doing Half-Life anymore...

@Karpetburnz "Xbox trolls went crazy trying to claim ownage, bet they feel stupid now."

They did? I remember reading those threads and seeing little to no trolling at all...what did you see? It sounds more like you're approaching this from a fanboy perspective than anyone else did.

I remember way back in the day playing ICO, and all my friends talked trash till they watched me play it. I'm sure Last Guardian will be awesome, and I'll pick it up, but I have to be honest I think a lot of people are over-estimating the "fear" that it creates in Xbox Fanboys. Most Xbox Fanboys have no idea what this game is about at all, if they troll you it's only cause they saw you get upset at the idea of not getting something you want (which is childish and stupid), but realistically, no Xbox fanboy will ever abandon ship when this game comes out. It'll be great I'm sure, but it's not a system seller or anything (but it is a must have if you have a PS4).

[tkato]

The fact that Sony replied to this rumor makes me think it's not gonna be shown on this E3, which is not surprising by itself, but annoying.

[Legendary-Status]

I was thinking the same thing..either they show it...or they would have to make a big explanation after E3..and saying its in development aint enough or want cut it...funny GG MM FF15 KH3 want be at E3.. its funny a big game tripple A title would been said something...idk...something goin on??

[WindNinjaDW]

http://giant.gfycat.com/Fea...

[Legendary-Status]

They got come with it.. we are in Double Digits now atleast FF15 has a couple trailers out we got get a new clip & info. On TLG

[EndGame7]

What I want to know is, what has Team ICO been doing all this time? They have not released a game since 2005 (Shadow of the Colossus). Almost TEN YEARS! How are they still in business?

[Legendary-Status]

True this game has to be at E3 atleast all other BIG studios have came out & said they want be at E3 kingdom hearts 3 FF15 GG new RPG & MM so Team Ico not saying it want or will be at E3 and already got info. That FF15 & KH3 will be at another event later this year...TLG Team ICO nothing really has been said nadda...not even we want be at E3 atleast?? Makes me think this is one of sonys Huge Reveals up their sleeves this game Hype level is crazy insane

[younglj01]

Why is there so many "gamer" wanting/hoping this game get cancel? I see so many articles about this title and majority of them have something with it not existing anymore.

It would be real funny if Sony shows Agent and TLG. Then look at the crowd and say "you got to love those respectable gaming journalist huh?"...That moment allow would define this -gen even more...

[chobit_A5HL3Y]

IGN is the TMZ of gaming "news".

[Keith22]

Am I the only one who hasn't a clue what this game is or about?

[Claudinho69]

lets ban ign already