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[Qvoth]

i will always believe until tgs 2016!

 

[Kinyou]

after that wait till TGS before calling it dead though

And then we better wait for E3 2016 before calling it dead.

 

[Bold One]

Name change, The Last Guardian has too much baggage and negativity associated with it

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

Personally, I find it offensive that Team ICO would steal Bish's title, The Last Guardian.

 

[Freeman]

The Late Guardian.

 

[BasilZero]

Shadow of the colossus 2 here we come.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Maybe they are renaming it, maybe it will be called

Spoiler

ah who am I kidding it's dead

.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

A symbolic death, but it doesn't necessarily mean that the game is dead. Likely undergone a name change that better reflects the game.

 

[Leafhopper]

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

Versus 13 did it, so can TLG.

 

[anexanhume]

lol you guys are so gullible

you'll see this e3

ORLY?

 

[Cramoss]

lol you guys are so gullible

you'll see this e3

hmmmmmmmmm

 

[SolidusDave]

Renaming it doesn't really make sense... it's not a FFvsXIII situation (which arguable actually benefits from the change to a mainline-FF title). If there's no TLG somewhere in the title, no one will really know what it is.

Sooo... this piece of news finally worries me

Don't companies often renew IPs/trademarks just to keep them even though they don't intend to use them? They would rather let TLG lapse than something like ATV Offroad Fury!?

 

[//ARCANUM]

Isn't it always possible that someone there screwed up and forgot to renew the trademark?

 

[Krusenstern]

Name change, The Last Guardian has too much baggage and negativity associated with it

That could be it. They change the name for the final game. Calling it dead is just ridiculous.

 

[Kieli]

I would half-seriously rename it Kept You Waiting, huh? Guardian.

 

[BeforeU]

Could they be renaming the game?

Stupidest shit Sony could do. The hype and anticipation around that name is just too much. That too without even know anything lol.

 

[Dirtyshubb]

Surprised the sunhilegend the thing gifs haven't been posted when this happened before.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Didn't Ueada say development was going well in December?

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Last Guardian XV

 

[Kusagari]

Name change, The Last Guardian has too much baggage and negativity associated with it

lol what? The only baggage and negativity is people mad it's not out.

It makes no sense to change the name unless they're changing the entire concept.

And no a single game is not at all comparable to Versus where they simply made a spinoff into a mainline game.

 

[Aquamarine]

Y'all are mad desperate for thinking the game isn't dead.

News flash: It's dead.

 

[Ol No Bones]

Its just gonna be called something else.

 

[Inkvoterad]

it aint ded

yall see

e3 hype 4ever

Spoiler

;_;

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

Name change, The Last Guardian has too much baggage and negativity associated with it

The negativity is entirely based on people wanting the game and not getting to have it. Changing the name won't change the fact that it was in development hell. People who have negative feelings because of that will still have them regardless of a name change. And then there are the low-information consumers don't know it has baggage in the first place, so the name doesn't matter.

Maybe the game really has changed fundamentally and requires a name change for that reason, but I'm not holding my breath.

 

[Armigr]

- Square was still releasing other games.

So was Sony Japan Studio, which Team ICO is only a small part of.

 

[AlucardGV]

Didn't Ueada say development was going well in December?

and then returned to candy crush

 

[Kinyou]

Versus 13 did it, so can TLG.

They wanted to leave any connection to FF 13 behind, so that makes sense.
With Last Guardian they'd sort of lose all the "It's THE Last Guardian" buzz.

 

[Psoelberg]

I refuse to believe it's dead!

 

[dugdug]

Didn't Ueada say development was going well in December?

That is correct, he did lie about the game's existence in December.

/s

 

[Trey]

TLG fans, much like Stevie Wonder and his braids, need to let it go.

 

[MikeE21286]

Hahahahahah woooowwww

You got some 'splaining to do Yoshida

 

[Leafhopper]

The wanted to leave any connection to FF 13 behind, so that makes sense.
With Last Guardian they'd sort of lose all the "It's THE Last Guardian" buzz.

Oh, right. I didn't think of that way.

 

[Aquamarine]

So was Sony Japan Studio, which Team ICO is only a small part of.

Team ICO doesn't exist. It's just an extremely loose designation of SCE Japan Studio employees and it never had any real meaning.

 

[Rösti]

Isn't it always possible that someone there screwed up and forgot to renew the trademark?

It takes around six months for a trademark to be abandoned if the owner/applicant doesnt file a Request for Extension of Time to file SOU. I find it unlikely that someone just forgets about trademark maintenance for six months.

 

[threelights]

I want an E3 trailer that just shows "We're still here." at the end. No new footage, no mentions of TLG, just a cryptic message at the end of a random E3 trailer.

And c'mon people, you can't seriously believe this has been cancelled...

 

[tookhster]

Rise of the Last Guardian, please.

 

[Sidewinder]

Well I don't believe it yet, but if it really is dead I'll be done with Shu.

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

Note: The previous application, trademark U.S. serial number 77750563, was also abandoned before all extension requests had been used. This news doesn't bode well for the future of this game however.

Holy jumping to outlandish conclusions with no evidence, batman!

 

[Freeman]

Didn't Ueada say development was going well in December?

Is he a pathological liar?

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Surprised the sunhilegend the thing gifs haven't been posted when this happened before.

 

[anexanhume]

They're renaming it to The Last Bodyguardian, with the creature voiced by Kevin Costner.

 

[SalvaPot]

R.I.P.

Holy shit LMAO.

 

[Bold One]

lol what? The only baggage and negativity is people mad it's not out.

It makes no sense to change the name unless they're changing the entire concept.

And no a single game is not at all comparable to Versus where they simply made a spinoff into a mainline game.

The negativity is entirely based on people wanting the game and not getting to have it. Changing the name won't change the fact that it was in development hell. People who have negative feelings because of that will still have them regardless of a name change. And then there are the low-information consumers don't know it has baggage in the first place, so the name doesn't matter.

Maybe the game really has changed fundamentally and requires a name change for that reason, but I'm not holding my breath.

Negativity is still there and its not getting any better with each passing year the game is a no show, we left anticipation 4 E3s ago, now its become a running a joke every time Sony has an event, producers can't even speak about CES without people sniggering about TLG. much like Versus became 15 to distance itself from FF13 I think this may be in the same vain.

This is just a theory though...

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

They're waiting until a new console supports vaporware.

 

[Commanche Raisin Toast]

It takes around six months for a trademark to be abandoned if the owner/applicant doesnt file a Request for Extension of Time to file SOU. I find it unlikely that someone just forgets about trademark maintenance for six months.

Yet we have trademark abandonment threads monthly and most of them turn out to be mistakes or misinterpretation.

 

[AlucardGV]

Hahahahahah woooowwww

You got some 'splaining to do Yoshida

it just means USA won't get the last guardian

exclusive Eu and Japan

 

[Y2Kev]

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.

As a set of studios they do not sell or relinquish control of any IP.

 

[Akiller]

Outsource to P*
The Reguardian
The game starts with the child flipping the griffon

Profit

 

[WhoaIsThatMars]

Hahahahahhaha

 

[Kinyou]

Oh, right. I didn't think of that way.

I mean, I suppose it would make sense if the game is so different now that calling it Last Guardian wouldn't make sense anymore, but I'm not sure what that would look like.