The Last Guardian Delayed Until 2012

It is with a heavy heart and a pained pancreas that I must tell you that The Last Guardian has been delayed. Originally set to hit us this holiday season, Team Ico’s upcoming game about a boy and his dragon-dog thing looks like it won’t arrive until next year. Here’s an official statement from director Fumito Ueda:

I announced at last year’s Tokyo Game Show that the release timing of The Last Guardian which is currently being developed would be holiday 2011.

However, to provide more challenging and better quality of content to users and to fulfill First Party Studio’s obligations, I decided to postpone its release timing.

All the members of my production team are working together at a fast pace to develop and release the game in First Party Studio quality.

I sincerely apologize to all the customers who have been waiting for “The Last Guardian” for so long, but I beg for your patience. I will also announce the new release timing at a later time.

With Dragon Age II and Pokemon Black/White already out, The Last Guardian was near the top of my list of 2011 releases I really wanted. I’m bummed that the game has been delayed, but I rather have a finished version than a rush job.

Any of you bummed by this news?

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Author: RPadTV

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8 thoughts on “The Last Guardian Delayed Until 2012”

  1. Not really disapointed. There's a lot of stuff coming out this year that I want to play as it is. Pushing this one back works fine for me since I do want to play it, but not as much as some other stuff.

  2. “However, to provide more challenging and better quality of content to users and to fulfill First Party Studio’s obligations, I decided to postpone its release timing.

    All the members of my production team are working together at a fast pace to develop and release the game in First Party Studio quality.”

    First Party Studio obligations? You gotta respect that. They care more about quality than a release date.

    2. Or their product was not as good as advertised and they are having to implement changes to fix that.

      1. Like I said:

        You gotta respect that. They care more about quality than a release date.

  3. kinda expected it, japan isnt in that great a shape right now, those guys can take as long as they want

  4. Bummed. But if it means better quality, then go for it. I'll have my head so far up Skyrim's arse during the holidays anyway.

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