The Last Guardian rumours are in full force right now, with Eurogamer.net corroborating The Guardian's story regarding the long overdue Japan Studio release. According to the site, it's heard from multiple sources over the past six months that Fumito Ueda's bird-meets-boy escapade will be unveiled at E3 2015 – but it stresses that similar speculation tends to emerge every year.
However, a new rumour suggests that PlayStation 4 architect Mark Cerny and his Knack team have joined the project to pitch in on production. While we'd be surprised if the Marble Madness creator was particularly hands-on, our understanding of Japan Studio is that teams are shifted around depending on development priorities. As such, this wouldn't be a massive surprise.
In fact, a few years ago, Fumito Ueda revealed that, while The Last Guardian was still in development, it wasn't a top priority. "Japan Studio, who's working on The Last Guardian, also has titles like Puppeteer and Knack, and those are taking priority right now," he told Famitsu magazine. Seeing as both of those titles have been shipped, however...
Look, as is always the case with this game, it's probably best not to get your hopes up. Honestly, though, it does feel like the right time for this title to re-emerge. And even if we don't get to see the release in action, we're sure that virtually every Sony executive in attendance at E3 2015 next week will be badgered until we get an update on its status.
[source psnation.com, via thegamescabin.com, eurogamer.net]
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Every year. Every bloody year.
The game is Frozen, so just Let it go.
@ShogunRok Give in to the hype!
Oh god please no! Knack is such an abomination.
But..if its the only way we'll get the game...I want my dogchicken ; ;
What's funny to me is that I don't care at all about this game, but I care about seeing if it stills exists. It's kind of like gaming's Bigfoot. Does it exist? Will we see proof of it? It's just a fun story to follow
Hmm. Im not sure why but cernys involvement actualy raises my hope for the game. I know knack gets a ton of flak, but i enjoyed it immensely.
@Cowboysfan-22 That's actually a really good point.
If it gets a fixed camera I'm not buying it.
@Cowboysfan-22 Totally agree. It's admittedly fun to see if the game will ever come out, but I don't have much interest in it otherwise. This is because I haven't played Team ICO's other works.
I enjoyed Knack. It was quite charming.
@Cowboysfan-22 Dude... that makes sense. lol
So Knack's team is the last hope for the Last Guardian?
Please let it die or stay the Half Life 3 it is now.
This game will end up Luke Duke Nukem Forever at this rate
Screw this, I'd rather see a direct sequel to Shadow of the Colossus. Just imagine what they could do with that on PS4.
@rjejr
I think the question is, will any of us be alive to actually buy it?
@Punished_Boss_84 - No, but I figure Sony will let me pre-order and pay-in-full after E3 then I can leave it in my will to my kids.
@BigDaddyT0101 knack was great fun...kinda reminded me of Christmas when you got a new console and you'd play something on the TV in the living room..charming,inoffensive, fun...someone calling it an "abomination" in an earlier comment is just silly
@audiobrainiac yeah!!! man! i LOVED shadow of the colossus, a ps4 sequel would be ............. i dont even know........it would just be the best thing ever.
LOL , Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 may come out before this
I guess it's technically true, since they said after they finished Pupeteer, another unnamed game (later released as Knack), they'd turn their focus on this game....so yeah it could be true, but it's not a whole lot to go on...
@Cowboysfan-22 true that, same with Duke Nukem and HL3
I reckon it'll be at E3 and Project Morpheous compatible, hence the reason they haven't shown it before now. I'm so looking forward to this one, only been waiting 6-7 years. SOC is by far one of the greatest games I've ever played. Hyped....
@AyeHaley They're just doing work on it like programming. They aren't doing any story, so what ever problems you have with Knack are irrelevant here.
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