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[RoboPlato]

I'm so glad I wasn't ever looking forward to this. I feel bad for everyone who has. The handling of this whole thing by Sony and Ueda really sucks.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

RIP my dream :'(

 

[sasuke_91]

Torico Forever

 

[Neiteio]

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

 

[Jetman]

Guardian Souls

 

[ArchedThunder]

 

[AlucardGV]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynx26LJ1YC4

 

[Elios83]

Oh finally things are moving, a new name, a clean face, a new beginning, soon to be announced!
Right?

 

[funkystudent]

Hasnt this happened every 6 months for the last 3 years?

 

[Garrett Hawke]

RIP my dream :'(

It looked so cool as well. I'm still holding out hope tbh.

 

[PhoenixFyre]

This is the video game world we're talking about. Asteroids is getting a fucking survival reboot. Nothing is dead.

 

[jblank83]

 

[Fuchsdh]

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

Yep. Sure Duke Nukem Forever might have been a disappointment, but the making of articles we got along the way were fascinating. A game essentially brought down by a case of "it's not perfect yet!" Bioshock Infinite almost went the same way—I wonder if a similar issue was the root problem here too.

 

[JazzmanZ]

You know at this point, even if the game comes out it won't match anybodies expectations here.

 

[Muzy72]

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.

Well fuck.

Thanks for killing my dreams.

Spoiler

I still believe

 

[slavesnyder]

This makes me sad.
I still want this game.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Let it die.

This game likely won't meet you guys standards, given its development hell. Everyone wanted DNF, they got DNF and next they wished they didn't.

If its confirmed dead the fans can at least stop waiting for news on it.

 

[JuanLatino]

I dont want a new Name

 

[Yoshichan]

HYPER DEAD

 

[loaf of bread]

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.

 

[jmaine_ph]

It's better to just stop looking for this game. Just assume it's dead any maybe it'll surprise us in a few years.

Yup.

 

[Rösti]

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.

It's never been renewed, Sony simply filed a new application once the previous had been abandoned, nor did they petition to have the abandoned application revived. But yeah, if we don't see a new application shortly, then we can safely assume that the game is either cancelled or getting renamed (though that's unlikely).

 

[Skele7on]

It's my birthday tomorrow and this is the news I get?

:\

 

[Dabanton]

I smell a severely cut down game being released for this.

Sony should have just killed it, but they've got to release something. Or they'll be laughing stocks.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

That's because it has been renamed as #TLG

Don't give up hope!!

 

[iShouldGoPro]

The Last Guardian is no more.

Ico 2 has arrived

 

[GabeTheGrouch76]

It's not dead, it's undergoing metamorphosis into Duke Nukem Forever 2.

 

[iratA]

Its coming..... screw Y2Kev's 'sources'
This E3 or bust.

 

[Htown]

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

 

[ActuallyHulk]

There's a better chance that the west will get Dragon Quest VII 3DS than this game being alive. It's time to move on.

 

[NotLiquid]

Just kill it already. It's never going to live up to the expectations regardless and plenty of games have come out that filled the void Team Ico left.

 

[jamsy]

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.

I still am not buying this. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense for them to refute the cancellation rumors if it was indeed cancelled. Why the fuck would they want the IP if they're not going to make anything out of it?

 

[Sorcerer]

Last Guardian

Kart Racer

ios

Offers in-app purchases

 

[Welfare]

The dream is dead.

 

[Averon]

Why don't Sony just come out and admit this is dead? Why keep up the charade?

 

[Floridian]

Its coming..... screw Y2Kev's 'sources'
This E3 or bust.

Then we'll move on to the next E3 and repeat the cycle.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

B E L I E V E

 

[Grisby]

I was here at the end.

 

[alfredofroylan]

The dream is dead.

It was never alive

 

[parappatherapper]

The fans of this game which received one trailer so long ago never cease to amaze me.

You think this is all based just on a trailer? Nothing at all to do with the teams history?

 

[x-Lundz-x]

The Last Vaporware.

 

[mocoworm]

Even if they were rebranding, surely the trademark is still valuable to keep hold of. Why would they let it expire?

 

[outunderthestars]

Last Guardian

Kart Racer

ios

Offers in-app purchases

Would probably be a better game than whatever this trainwreck would have ended up being.

 

[Bytes]

The Penultimate Guardian. Gotta leave space for a possible sequel.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

The Penultimate Guardian incoming!

Honestly, I love Ico and SotC so much, but at this point I'm beyond caring about TLG any more. It's been, what, six years of disappointment so far? Just formally cancel it and let the poor development team move on to something new.

 

[Diddy Kong]

You know death, you really are The Last Guardian

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I was here at the end.

I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things.

 

[Acosta]

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.

That makes no sense Y2Kev, why would they keep an IP that has no value whatsoever, and then keep lying and disappointing fans to keep that privilege.

I know you have many sources, and jokes aside, you have been probably right all along about this. But I fail to see the logic.

 

[GnawtyDog]

Definitely not dead.

 

[darkside31337]

Even if they were rebranding, surely the trademark is still valuable to keep hold of. Why would they let it expire?

Maybe the guys who take care of the trademarks forgot it still existed