Over the weekend some websites got very excited about a rumour that The Last Guardian had been cancelled by the management of Sony.
Instead of following our lead and being black out drunk all weekend these websites were rushing over themselves to be the first to post the news that the big fluffy bird had finally been put out of our misery.
Some people were upset, others were quite gleeful about it and then we had some classic comments such as
Maybe Gearbox should pick it up now and release it;
An obvious dig at the utter disaster that Duke Nukem Forever was after they rescued it from cutting room floor where it should have stayed forever.
The first site to go live with the rumour was IGN who have now posted an apology for their quick fire rumour mongering. Apparently the initial story came out of Sony Russia (you can’t trust these Russians) and while IGN attempted to confirm it with Sony America they were met with the expected “We can’t comment” line.
It appears a lot of people have become upset at IGN over this which I think mainly goes to show how many people are still desperately clinging onto the hope that a game that has been delayed for years and beset with problems will actually be any good. My interest in The Last Guardian is relatable to watching Darryn chat up girls at events; you know it’s all going to end in tears but you just can’t pull your eyes away from it.
Sony’s press conference is early tomorrow morning and if anything is going to be announced about The Last Guardian it will be done there. The entire thing will be live tweeted, blogged and streamed right here so if you are awake make sure you swing by and say hi.
Last Updated: June 9, 2014
#Believe
June 9, 2014 at 13:02
What time will that be?
Also : #Believe
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 9, 2014 at 13:05
#StayStrongUmar
#Believe
June 9, 2014 at 13:05
#Its #going #happen
#FAITH
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 9, 2014 at 13:06
I will be your game friend!
Admiral Chief Cyber Commando
June 9, 2014 at 13:08
…must….not…….BWHAHAHAHAHA
Hammersteyn
June 9, 2014 at 13:20
Im gonna make the same arm bands Lance sold and start a charity for him if nothing gets revealed. Poor guy might go into a come or crack or something.
DarthZA
June 9, 2014 at 13:05
03:30 😛
#Believe
June 9, 2014 at 13:06
Really???…….No, don’t wana tweet with ya’ll
Marius Nell
June 9, 2014 at 13:18
I thought it was at 3
Rinceinantici
June 9, 2014 at 13:06
BWAHAHAHA! Cute.
#Believe
June 9, 2014 at 13:06
Laugh ALL YOU WANT……We will see who has the LAST laugh
Hammersteyn
June 9, 2014 at 13:18
Maybe the dog thing was put down from old age?
iAmWeasel
June 9, 2014 at 13:27
I know its fun for people to poke fun, but its been confirmed to be in production several times in the past year, so clearly the game is coming out sooner or later. I genuinely believe there will be a release date during the Sony show.
#Believe
June 9, 2014 at 13:38
Me too lol, I’m extremely hopeful, it’s already confirmed to be going strong, it’s just a a matter of time now
oVgeeeeee Comet Drop
June 9, 2014 at 13:07
BWAHAHAHAHA HEADER WIN
Admiral Chief Cyber Commando
June 9, 2014 at 13:08
” My interest in The Last Guardian is relatable to watching Darryn chat up girls at events; you know it’s all going to end in tears but you just can’t pull your eyes away from it”
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
Admiral Chief Cyber Commando
June 9, 2014 at 13:09
Maybe Lazygamer should do some videos on the D’s failed attempts?
Alien Emperor Trevor
June 9, 2014 at 13:10
I’m telling you now, Darryn’s doing it on purpose just so the married ones don’t feel bad.
Hammersteyn
June 9, 2014 at 13:18
IGN….. unsubbed from them a long time ago.
Kromas
June 9, 2014 at 13:30
So I might still win that bet yet. Yay!
fred
June 9, 2014 at 13:44
canned for ps3 i’m sure , they will go all out pushing ps4 titles and adoption this E3.
HisDivineOrder
June 9, 2014 at 14:00
Gonna be hilarious when Sony quietly announces it’s cancelled after IGN apologized for saying as much too early.
Not sure how good a game people expect this to be when all the people who mattered are gone.
Brian Murphy
June 9, 2014 at 14:22
“It appears a lot of people have become upset at IGN over this which I think mainly goes to show how many people are still desperately clinging onto the hope that a game that has been delayed for years and beset with problems will actually be any good.”
I think it’s actually more to do that IGN claimed it was ‘officially’ canceled, but couldn’t actually provide an ‘official’ source, for the cancellation, on the eve of one of the biggest gaming events in the world.
And boy did they pay a price for it, Shuhei Yoshida, Adam Boyes and Scott Rodhe’s all commented on twitter laughing at terrible journalism. And Neil Druckmann (Naughty Dog), had some scathing words for Mr. Butts as well.
CypherGate
June 9, 2014 at 14:29
One can only handle so much delays etc etc until you just think… Oh F#ck it. Im moving on and even when this game or if it should come out it will only hit like an 8/10 or something. Nothing ground breaking.
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
June 9, 2014 at 14:33
Essentially IGNorant saw their ass,
Brian Murphy
June 9, 2014 at 15:08
Per Geoff Keighley via Twitter:
“Just interviewed Shawn Layden, new CEO of SCEA. He says The Last Guardian is in full development in Japan. Unequivocally. Full intvu tmrw.”
So yeah, IGN pretty much made up a story and announced it as official.