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Monday9th Nov 2020
News The Last Guardian Runs at 60FPS on PS5, But There's a Catch
Only possible with disc version
PlayStation 5 backwards compatibility has turned out to be a feature much better than what some parts of the internet expected, to the point where it is actively improving PlayStation 4 titles with frame rate improvements and resolution boosts. One such title is The Last Guardian, which along with Assassin's Creed...
Saturday9th Dec 2017
PSX 2017 Get Up Close and Personal with Trico in The Last Guardian VR
Where the wild things are
Bonding with Trico is a magical, emotional experience throughout The Last Guardian. The story-driven and mechanical themes of teamwork are spread throughout Fumito Ueda's projects whether you're playing alongside Agro or Yorda, but it's even more intimate with Trico since you're immensely dependent on each other. Wondering...
Tuesday21st Feb 2017
News Which PS4 Exclusive Is Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma a Big Fan Of?
Breath of the wild
Eiji Aonuma, the producer of The Legend of Zelda series, had a particularly busy 2016 as he wrapped up production of Nintendo Switch and Wii U title Breath of the Wild – but he did make time for one particular PlayStation 4 game, as revealed to Game Informer magazine. "I was too busy in 2016, so I couldn't play a lot of games ,...
Thursday2nd Feb 2017
News The Last Guardian Is Now More Affordable in USA
Sony clips Trico's wings
The Last Guardian is comfortably one of the PlayStation 4's very best games, and now it's much more affordable in the United States. Sony's confirmed to GameSpot that it's cut the price of the puzzle platformer from $59.99 to $39.99, meaning that you'll now be able to enjoy one of the more original titles in eons for a very...
Thursday29th Dec 2016
News This The Last Guardian Ending Easter Egg Will Settle Some Arguments
Spoilers, obvs
For this author's money, the best ending of the year is a toss-up between The Last Guardian and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – but the former may have just stolen the crown from atop Drake's head due to an Easter egg that's only just been discovered. If you haven't finished Fumito Ueda's fantasy favourite just yet, then we'd urge you...
Saturday24th Dec 2016
Deals The Last Guardian Dips to £24.99 on PS4
Bird brain
The Last Guardian is this author's personal Game of the Year, and it's just dropped to £24.99 here in the UK. A slew of retailers are carrying Fumito Ueda's fantasy favourite for the new low price, with Amazon UK among the outlets. Don't miss out on one of the most truly original experiences in years.
Tuesday13th Dec 2016
News The Music in This The Last Guardian Trailer Will Crush Your Soul
Try not to cry
Just a quick reminder: The Last Guardian is out. Like, right now. You can actually buy it from shops or the PlayStation Store. Seriously, how amazing is that? This accolades trailer doesn't really tell you anything new, but we're just posting it because of the music really. Gorgeous or what?
Wednesday7th Dec 2016
News The Last Guardian's Quirky UK Ad Is Worth a Watch
Can't tame the beast
There's no gameplay clips and no actual footage of the big cat-bird-dog thing that is Trico, but we still find this quirky UK advert for The Last Guardian quite endearing. It's a bit twee, we suppose, but that's part of the appeal - even if it does make us think twice about getting Sammy one of these things for Christmas...
Saturday3rd Dec 2016
PSX 2016 The Last Guardian Gets a Great New Gameplay Trailer
Taking the cat-bird-dog thing for a walk
We still can't quite believe it: The Last Guardian is just days away from release. To direct attention towards that fact, Sony revealed a new gameplay trailer at its PlayStation Experience press conference, and it's got just about everything that you'd want from such a video. Thrills, spills, and an epic...
Friday2nd Dec 2016
News Sony Expects The Last Guardian to Sell Rather Well
Pre-orders are "exceeding expectations"
The wait for The Last Guardian is almost over. Alongside Final Fantasy XV, which launched just a few days ago after a decade or so in development, the successor to ICO and Shadow of the Colossus is one of the few PlayStation titles that we've been covering for what feels like an eternity. We suppose that any...
Wednesday30th Nov 2016
News Watch Shu Yoshida Unbox The Last Guardian's Collector's Edition
Cat nip
It's a monumental moment in PlayStation history, so it's only appropriate that Shuhei Yoshida should be involved in the official unboxing video of The Last Guardian's collector's edition. The title, which leaked a short time after this website's inception, has been in production for eons now, but finally launches next month.
Thursday10th Nov 2016
News The Last Guardian Goes for Action over Atmosphere in Latest PS4 Trailer
Tumble and fall
We've seen bits and pieces of The Last Guardian over the last few months, and based purely upon what we've been shown, it's safe to say that the game isn't going to be a 100 miles per hour thrill ride. Of course, if previous titles ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are anything to go by, then we can certainly expect an emphasis on...
News The Last Guardian Will Get More Gorgeous with PS4 Pro
Wingin' it
As you'd expect from a first-party release, The Last Guardian will be upgraded to take advantage of the PlayStation 4 Pro at launch. Fumito Ueda's stunning cat-bird story will see its resolution boosted to leverage 4K televisions (and supersampling on 1080p screens), while also adding HDR support and some performance improvements. The...
News PS4's The Last Guardian Looks Bewilderingly Beautiful in New Screens
Just a whisker away
How can it not live up to expectations? Just look at these new screenshots for The Last Guardian; in a period where Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare have all released in the span of a couple of weeks, it just looks so different. That's not a slight against any of those excellent first-person shooters...
Saturday22nd Oct 2016
News PS4 Exclusive The Last Guardian Finally Goes Gold
End of an era, almost
When you really take the time to stop and think about just how long we've been following the development of The Last Guardian, it's kind of mind boggling. The spiritual successor to Shadow of the Colossus, it was officially revealed all the way back in 2009 as a PlayStation 3 title - and now Sony studio head Shuhei Yoshida has...
Sunday2nd Oct 2016
News The Last Guardian Billboards Prove the End Is in Sight
In a flap
It's almost here. The wait for The Last Guardian has been torturous at times, but Fumito Ueda's magnum opus is finally upon us – and Sony has splashed out on a few billboards to remind everyone. Spotted somewhere in the States, the promotion shows a forlorn Trico peering at the robed protagonist from all of the marketing materials. A...
Wednesday14th Sep 2016
News The Last Guardian Looms Large with New Trailer at GameStop Expo
New locales and gameplay
So here's something we weren't expecting, and from a rather unlikely place: a new trailer for The Last Guardian has been released at the GameStop Expo. The footage features brand new locations and gameplay, which may help to suppress your disappointment over the game's recent delay just a little. We are a little surprised...
Monday12th Sep 2016
News Oh Dear, The Last Guardian Delayed into December on PS4
DelayStation 4
Sony's been suspiciously quiet with regards to The Last Guardian since it finally got a release date at E3, so it comes as no real surprise to hear that the PlayStation 4 exclusive has been delayed by a month and a bit. Indeed, the spiritual successor to Shadow of the Colossus will now launch on the 6th December, as opposed to 25th...
Thursday11th Aug 2016
News The Last Guardian Still Looks Lovely in New PS4 Screenshots
Go big or go home
Ah, The Last Guardian - every time that we mention it we remember that it's actually releasing this October, and we get a warm fuzzy feeling inside. We blame the cat-bird-dog thing for that, by the way, and the giant beast is as adorable as ever in these five fresh screenshots. The pictures don't just focus on our feathered...
Saturday18th Jun 2016
E3 2016 Sadly, The Last Guardian's PS4 Box Art Sucks
Bird turd
It's unquestionably going to be a masterpiece, but much like the US version of ICO, there's a big question mark hanging over The Last Guardian's box art. We actually rather like the image that's been selected – it looks especially tasty on the title's steelbook – but the bog standard release has been buggered up by the additi
Tuesday14th Jun 2016
E3 2016 PS4's Game of the Year Gets a Genuinely Gorgeous Collector's Edition
We're of course referring to The Last Guardian
In truth, 25th October is a horrible time for The Last Guardian to release, what with Titanfall 2, Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, and… Sigh. Who cares if it flops, though? After all, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus did, too, and they're two of the fine
E3 2016 PS4's Long Overdue Exclusive The Last Guardian Has a Release Date
Praise the colossi
We had no doubt that The Last Guardian would be making an appearance at Sony's E3 2016 conference, but we remained skeptical as to whether we'd get a release date or not. Thankfully, Sony hasn't let us down, finally unveiling that the continually delayed title will grace the PlayStation 4 on 25th October. The date was revealed in...
Friday27th May 2016
News New The Last Guardian PS4 Footage Will Give You Goosebumps
Try not to tear up
People often forget that E3 for Sony typically lasts longer than the week-long convention itself, with the platform holder prone to releasing tons of information and trailers prior to the show. And it looks like it's really kicking things off right now, with The Last Guardian undergoing the full blowout treatment on IGN. The...
Thursday26th May 2016
News The Last Guardian's Cat-Bird Will Be Contrary Like a Real Animal
Enormous amounts of AI code used
Team ICO's talking a big game with The Last Guardian, and you'd be brave to doubt whether the ragtag group can deliver. The PlayStation 4 exclusive's director, Fumito Ueda, did craft two of the greatest titles ever made, after all: ICO and Shadow of the Colossus. And speaking in the latest issue of EDGE, the auteur...
News PS4 Exclusive The Last Guardian Is Still Set For a 2016 Release
You just gotta believe
The latest issue of EDGE magazine is packing a load of new information about The Last Guardian, the spiritual successor to Shadow of the Colossus. For quite a while now, the heavily delayed game's been slated for a 2016 release, but we've heard very little about the project since it was brought up at E3 last year. Naturally,...
Tuesday15th Mar 2016
News Horizon and The Last Guardian Will Launch on PS4 This Year, Sony Pledges
Major exclusives on track
Sony's press conference at the Game Developers Conference today was all about PlayStation VR, but it did take a moment to commit to 2016 release dates for The Last Guardian and Horizon: Zero Dawn. While this information is not exactly unexpected, it's been a while since we heard about either game, so it's nice to hear that...
Monday2nd Nov 2015
News Sony Doesn't Want to Show You Too Much of The Last Guardian
It'll spoil it, apparently
The Last Guardian has gone dark again. The game was re-revealed to a rapturous response at E3 2015, but it was absent at both the Tokyo Game Show and Paris Games Week. This, according to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, is nothing to worry about – the platform holder's just limiting the title's showings...
Wednesday16th Sep 2015
TGS 2015 The Last Guardian Will Appear at the PlayStation Booth, But Not in the Way You Think
Bird brain
The Last Guardian will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show this week, but not with a DualShock 4 controller. Team ICO's long awaited adventure title will be present in the PlayStation booth, but instead of preparing a PlayStation 4 demo for attendees to try, Gen Design – the company created by director Fumito Ueda – has instead built a...
Friday11th Sep 2015
News Yep, PS4 Exclusive The Last Guardian Is Going to Be at TGS 2015
We can't wait to see the bird-dog-cat-thing again
Many couldn't believe their eyes when Sony opened its E3 2015 press conference with a brand new look at The Last Guardian, and to be honest, it still feels a bit weird to be writing about the game as if it's, you know, an actual real thing. After years and years of uncertainty and clearly troubled...
Wednesday1st Jul 2015
News Sony: The Last Guardian Probably Would Have Been Cancelled If Not For Fans
Fly bird cat thing, fly
Since we've been waiting for the The Last Guardian to rise from its supposed grave for around half a decade, it's safe to assume that the game has had a troubled development cycle. When the title was finally revived at Sony's E3 2015 press conference last month, you could almost hear the sigh of relief from PlayStation...
