Studio Team Ico has been forced to turn to Western colleagues on the development of The Last Guardian . This was told the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Syuhey Yoshida (Shuhei Yoshida) in an interview with Wired .
From the words of Yoshida, Japanese developers are faced with "a very difficult technical problem" that could not solve on their own. Therefore, by Sony have been allocated the best programmers and engineers from the US and European office SCEA SCEE, so they helped Team Ico find a solution and avoid another postponement of the output.
Regarding the expected date of release, the president SCEW admitted that it will "not soon". "Now there is development progress, but it is insufficient. The project is playable, but not to the extent that we can set some time."
Syuhey Yoshida also denied rumors that the creative director and founder of The Last Guardian Fumito Ueda left the studio Team Ico. "He used to be full-time employee - said Yoshida - and now he is working with us on a contract. He never left the studio, and he still manages the entire project."
The Last Guardian - one of the biggest exclusives for the PlayStation 3. It is a adventure game where the main character - the nameless boy - must be friends with unknown creatures and find a way out of an abandoned castle. Engaged in the development studio Team Ico, known for games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for the PlayStation 2. The announcement of The Last Guardian occurred in May 2009, and since then repeatedly postponed release of the game. At the moment it does not even approximate timing of release.
Studio Team Ico has been forced to turn to Western colleagues on the development of The Last Guardian . This was told the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Syuhey Yoshida (Shuhei Yoshida) in an interview with Wired .
From the words of Yoshida, Japanese developers are faced with "a very difficult technical problem" that could not solve on their own. Therefore, by Sony have been allocated the best programmers and engineers from the US and European office SCEA SCEE, so they helped Team Ico find a solution and avoid another postponement of the output.
Regarding the expected date of release, the president SCEW admitted that it will "not soon". "Now there is development progress, but it is insufficient. The project is playable, but not to the extent that we can set some time."
Syuhey Yoshida also denied rumors that the creative director and founder of The Last Guardian Fumito Ueda left the studio Team Ico. "He used to be full-time employee - said Yoshida - and now he is working with us on a contract. He never left the studio, and he still manages the entire project."
The Last Guardian - one of the biggest exclusives for the PlayStation 3. It is a adventure game where the main character - the nameless boy - must be friends with unknown creatures and find a way out of an abandoned castle. Engaged in the development studio Team Ico, known for games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus for the PlayStation 2. The announcement of The Last Guardian occurred in May 2009, and since then repeatedly postponed release of the game. At the moment it does not even approximate timing of release.
