Last Guardian loses executive producer

... this is like if Michelangelo decided to walk away and instead help create hammocks.

I saw pre-order for this game in European store's with a 15-2-2012 release date!!

Getting mad, confused and crazy. Can't imagine "The Last Guardian" without Fumito Ueda or even Team ICO without him. it's awful. Feeling sick.

5 years of waiting and than this

Second one in such a short amount of time. I'm getting worried now.

The rats are fleeing the sinking ships of the overpriced internet ready blu ray player. It's every man for himself!!!!!! Look it's the juggernaut Xbox 360!!! Swim for it!!!! The 360 is our life boat. It's dominating the console seas!!!!!

The Last Guardian is by far my most anticipated game and will be until it comes out. There are no doubts about whether the game will be released, but my main concern is that the title 'The Last Guardian' may be prophetic: The fact that we may see no more Team Ico games breaks my heart to no end....

Although I'm a little worry. I do believe the folks at Team Ico are talented enough to create a great finished product, despite these recent departures.

The people who have been waiting years for this game deserve better than this.

to hell with this project, 5 years teasing and then this ? Stupid

This does not bode well.

Oh no no no, wait why it has to be like this, why couldn't you bear the situation until releasing the Last Guardian, eh, now it will be like half dead half alive project.

Conflict within the studio?

Please Hurry or you guys might end up like Team Bondi... :(

So they took forever we fans supported them to take their time and now they bail.... and one of them betrays their own team o_o such a mess....... I wouldn't be surprised if they cancelled the game now.

I dont think this bodes well for Last Guardian...

another Gran turosmo 5 incoming...

Sounds like something weird is going on with Team Ico. I don't even like Sony but I was excited for this game. It looked like something that would change people's perception about video games. A real push forward in the medium. ...but it's still not done? People are leaving the development team and there isn't even a release date? If I were to guess, sounds more like personalty conflicts or clashes of opinion are causing slowdowns in the development. I hope they can hold it together to get it released because a game that looked THIS good 6 years ago, should have been released a long time ago. :(

Ahh well that sure sucks. Especially with him now moving to make 3D social games for Facebook.. What the hell? Hopefully it will still be a cracking game when it does eventually release, from what gameplay we have seen it looked okay :) I've been hyped for this ever since it was announced, admittedly though it is now starting to look a little dated :(

Two THOUSAND years later... and now this? Hell, I'd completely forgot about the game until I actually just seen the dragon in the video. It looks too far outdated now, they might as well scrap it and start the heck over.

I hope this won't impact the quality of TLG. I can understand the incredible pressure these wonderfully talented people been having. Expectations are very high for TLG, being the follow-up to 2 of the most artistically-praised game ever.

The Last Guardian is a fitting name for Team Ico fiasco.

It would be my dream come true to be in a position that I work for Team Ico. If I had to choose a company to work for, it would not be Nintendo or Blizzard. But Team Ico. I dearly hope that Team Ico does not disipate. They made one of the most unique games yet to me. Shadow of the Colossus. I may have a feeling that the reason why things are going down is because they need more time to make the game and Sony is loosing its pacience? I dont know. They should aim to have the product done so they can make a new game all together.

I bet sony wanted them to take on some competitive multiplayer like they did with all their other exclusives :-/

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He's leaving Team ICO to make Facebook games? What the f***?

Are they ever going to get this game out? WTF?

this is not a good sign for all you sony drones i take it..

@richten71 You sir, are a funny man.

Doesn't everyone know, the longer it takes for a game to come out, the better it is. Duke Nukem Forever, anyone.

As long as the game is complete with the full original vision and direction intact then Im happy. Last thing I want is an incomplete or misinterpretted product. I have played enough of those in the past.

But if i had to ask team ico something i'd say why is it taking so long to release the game ? seriously game has been development since probaply 2007 is it really taking this long ? what is going on in the studio ?

I have to wonder, why?

No worries this won't affect the game, and Ueda leaving is still a rumor and has not been confirmed by him or sony.

The rats are jumping ship. Actually, it sounds like the captains are jumping!

I'm really getting worried now :|

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KHAAAAAN!

Hopefully this means The Last Guardian is nearly done. I should imagine, and hope, Sony would be doing more to keep such high-position folk on the team if development was no where near done. Either way, it's looking increasingly like The Last Guardian will be Team ICO's last project. Sad times, but so be it.

And now I'm officially worried about The Last Guardian and Team Ico as a whole.

Is this going to like HL3,Never going to be released..Ever?( i Hope not! they can finish it!!)

In other news, The Last Guardian will be released in 2020!

By the way, will this game ever lauch?

He left to do a social game. Everyone want to do a social game well . gd luck to him. But social games not the future at all.

The high profile game development must have taken it's tall on them...

This saddens me, It seems like we won't see it anytime soon + it'll have all sorts of external influences pulling the game in different directions.

@Evilbunz...it was announced in 2007, at the TGS I believe. Team ICO has been working on it since 2005, though. I understand the concern but still...its Team ICO!

When it comes to publishing for an autere like Ueda, publishers need to realize that they are only going affect development detrimentally by sticking their noses in. Hate to say it, but if something along those lines is close to what actually went down behind the scenes, then Sony is getting what they deserve. I only hope they don't start doing this with Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, etc. They shouldn't punish these teams who are incredibly different. Now with SCE London, its hilarious what they did to them- after messing up on the Getaway twice, Sony forced them to make Singstar games haha

@Jan_Meja_Heir xD