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[MattyG]

Y2Kev was right.

 

[ryseing]

There's a saying about fooling someone multiple times that I feel applies.

There's an old saying in Tennessee... I believe it's Texas, probably Tennessee...

Y2Kev jumping with joy right now.

 

[Frodo]

Could they be renaming the game?

More like -> It's getting a new name/title

Seems like it.

I still believe. It's not dead until they say it's dead.

Geez, guys...

 

[Y2Kev]

.

How would it benefit Sony in any way to keep saying it's alive if they canned it?

IMO their contract with Ueda requires them to turn the IP over to him if they terminate the game. So they will just pretend it is in development forever so they can keep the IP.

The game's dead. Sorry, I am tired of joking about this. I have many inside sources.

 

[badboy78660]

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

The Last of (the) Guardians.

 

[Herb Alpert]

Could they be renaming the game?

Stage 1: denial

 

[Fbh]

Aren't you forced to do something with name you have trademarked?

There is probably only so long you can hold on to the name of your cancelled game. Seems unfair for other people that would actually do something with the name

 

[Kriken]

Off to go make a mobile tower defense game, I always needed a good title

 

[Lalalandia]

I still believe. It's not dead until they say it's dead.

Not until I put my own fingers in the wounds, believe!

 

[Thorakai]

It should have been obvious for a few years now that whatever "The Last Guardian" game that got revealed at E3 doesn't exist anymore. Whatever is being developed has long since transformed to ensure technically feasibility and at the same time take advantage of the power of the PS4. It might as well be a new game.

 

[kiguel182]

At this point what I really want from this game is a post-mortem with all the details. Must be an amazing read.

 

[Floridian]

 

[jonno394]

Unfinished Swan sequel.......The Unfinished Guardian

 

[Love Deterrence]

It was meant to be this way.

 

[Cess007]

IMO their contract with Ueda requires them to turn the IP over to him if they terminate the game. So they will just pretend it is in development forever so they can keep the IP.

The game's dead. Sorry, I am tired of joking about this. I have many inside sources.

Your tag, lol

 

[Tripon]

Could they be renaming the game?

The Last Guardian Versus XIII.

 

[shinobi602]

Likely a name change and re-reveal (e.g. FFXV).

 

[Talon]

Let it go, people. It's not happening.

 

[SparkTR]

This game was a passion project gone horribly wrong. You can't churn out masterpieces like ICO and SotC, you need designers and developers to have a vision and a will to execute on that vision. The minute Team ICO wanted to disband and move on is the minute the game died, even if it does come out it will be garbage I'm betting.

 

[gotstrangepowers]

The Last Guardian: Definitive Edition on its way.

 

[Jigolo]

So e3 2015 then

 

[graybot]

Does this mean I can now take the name and trademark it myself?

 

[phen0m24]

The Last of (the) Guardians.

That title should be a Destiny OT thread title

Still hoping to see TLG in some form

 

[TONX]

So if Sony doesn't comment on this, is it safe to assume it's dead?

 

[Solid Raiden]

Can we finally have a funeral and lay the game to rest GAF? :'(

 

[tsab]

Renamed to The Lost Guardian


edit: 34 posts too late

 

[Haloid1177]

So it's getting rerevealed with a different name, okay.

#Believe

 

[MAX PAYMENT]

So it will release alongside half life 3. Never.

 

[Natels]

About as much sense as working on a game for 8 - 10 years.

I didn't say that makes sense.

Better just confirm it's dead than rename it.

 

[Cornbread78]

Oh man, surely they would at least protect the trademark for the name....

 

[justsomeguy]

New name - The Last Guardian Forever

 

[zackmorris]

After all the hype that would make no sense in my opinion

Agree with this. Showing a live reveal trailer and having the words "The Last Guardian" finally show up would have been an epic moment.
I hope they don't ditch that.

 

[Ushiwaka]

I still believe.

 

[GarciaHotspur]

It's over.

 

[jacobeid]

I guess I'll be looking out for that cancellation e-mail from Amazon for my September 9, 2010 pre-order.

 

[Rösti]

So if Sony doesn't comment on this, is it safe to assume it's dead?

I just tweeted Yoshida about this, let's see if he comments.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

"You know, Trico, we really are The Last Guardians"

 

[Hanmik]

The Last Guardian... we hardly got to know you..

 

[viveks86]

Likely a name change and re-reveal (e.g. FFXV).

Probably this. But I'd rather see everyone post in here that they knew it was dead all along. Then when it gets re-revealed, they will again post that they knew it was alive all along.

 

[borghe]

ICO XV?

 

[Necromanti]

Practically everything I loved from the Japanese side of the industry is already dead, anyway, so it's par for the course. At least I'll have Bloodborne.

 

[GarciaHotspur]

Even if they have changed the name i'm not happy.

The Last Guardian was a fucking good name !

 

[NearRivers]

At fucking last. If it releases under a new name then great. But I really don't see it happening.

 

[Sephiroth_GR_]

Finally the name will be changed to Trico!!!

 

[Forkball]

They're working on a prequel: The First Guardian

 

[LX_Theo]

Yep. There we have it.

Another piece of news that everyone will jump on to come to conclusions it doesn't give.

 

[tuffy]

Oh man, surely they would at least protect the trademark for the name....

As I recall, the trademark has lapsed before - until presumably somebody in the legal department sent in a check to renew it. But if they don't bother renewing it this time, the game goes from unofficially dead to really most sincerely dead.

 

[Eggbok]

The Last Guardian Versus XIII XV

Heuheue

 

[anexanhume]

The boy is now old enough to be his own caretaker, hence no need for a legal guardian.