![]() Those excited for acknowledgment found themselves disappointed again, when Tokyo Game Show 2013 had no showing of The Last Guardian at all, regardless of platform. Earlier in 2013, credible rumors surfaced pointing to The Last Guardian as a PS4 launch game. But it also hinted at the possibility of the game making the switch to PS4. After so many hold ups and delays, it almost seemed like an empty promise, something to keep momentum alive and nothing more. In September 2013, Sony said it was waiting for the appropriate time to "re-introduce" The Last Guardian. The Shift From PS3 to PS4 The PlayStation 4 released in November 2013, and with it came new rumors about The Last Guardian. The Sony studio working on The Last Guardian was helping develop Knack for PS4 and Puppeteer for PS3. Even though the game was officially on hiatus, Ueda said development on The Last Guardian still continued "in earnest." Sony's priorities in 2013 had shifted away from the game and it was focusing on the launch of the PlayStation 4. Ueda assured restless gamers The Last Guardian was still in production in February, but in June 2013 the game was officially put on hiatus. The game had been shadowed by dark clouds for years, and another high-profile departure had those clouds looking more and more like a storm. ![]() ![]() In the same month, The Last Guardian producer Kenji Kaido officially announced his departure from Sony. But Sony once again assured fans The Last Guardian was still in development for PS3. Genuine concern for the future of the game reached a boiling point in August 2012 when reports the trademark for The Last Guardian had been abandoned surfaced. Just after E3, Sony president Shuhei Yoshida assured gamers The Last Guardian was still in development. The following year, The Last Guardian was entirely absent from E3 2012. Sony later confirmed with us this was an error on the part of GameStop, and work on The Last Guardian still continued on. In all the confusion, GameStop cancelled pre-orders for The Last Guardian, informing customers the game had officially been cancelled. Later the Fumito Ueda departure from Sony was confirmed by both Sony and Ueda, but the designer was still on-board to work on the game in a contract-basis. However, the creator insisted work on The Last Guardian was still happening. Cancellation Rumors, Trademark Troubles, and Other Concerns In December 2011, rumors began to swirl of the departure of Ueda from Sony.
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