More_Badass
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In the vein of The Witness' 8 years of progress thread, I thought it would be fitting to take a trip down the long bumpy memory lane that was The Last Guardian
2007
- Team Ico hints at working on a PS3 project, looking to add new programmer to team
2008
- First teaser image released
2009
- Project Trico footage leaks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF3fED8EXl4
- The Last Guardian officially revealed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPczooewzU
2010
- TGS trailer released. Release slated for Holiday 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhwNI8LiWs
2011
- The Last Guardian postponed "to provide more challenging and better quality of content", delayed till 2012
- New footage included in Ico/SoTC Collection featurette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44g8-EUqXpc
- Fumito Ueda leaves Sony, while "committed to completing" the project on a contract basis
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39100/Confirmed_Ico_Creator_Fumito_Ueda_Leaves_Sony.php
- Executive producer Yoshifusa Hayama resigns and joins Bossa:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/last-guardian-executive-producer-resigns/0110691
2012
- The Last Guardian trademark expires, is renewed later in the year
- Shuhei Yoshida comments that the team doesn't want to commit to a release date yet, game may not release in 2013
2013
- Fumito Ueda and Jack Tretton confirm that the game is still in development
- Yoshida states that they're working on "re-engineering" the game and how to re-introduce The Last Guardian
- Ueda apologizes for the delays and long wait
2014
- Yoshida says the game probably won't be seen at TGS 2014 when asked
- A rumor surfaces that the The Last Guardian may have been cancelled, reports of such are quickly stated as false
- Yoshida reaffirms that the team "continues to work diligently on the game"
2015
- The Last Guardian re-revealed at E3 with a new trailer and as a PS4 exclusive, given a 2016 release timeframe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXLZvsSmBIs
- Yoshida states that the the original 2009 trailer was not representative of how the game performed, and "was running on a much lower frame rate" on PS3, as well as was missing features
- No demo at TGS 2015, but Trico is featured in an interactive display at Sony's booth
2016
- Pre-E3 IGN Firsts interview Ueda on the game, its 10 years-in-the-making development history, and its soundtrack
- The Last Guardian gets a new E3 trailer and a release date of:October 25th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL2zzgW6YOo
- A wonderful tribute to Team Ico and their games is shown at TGS 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1e4p0dQcI
- In September, the game is delayed to December 6th, to allow more to time to fix bugs in the final stretch of development
- Twenty minutes of gameplay footage is released; perhaps the most notable is Pewdiepie's video which surprassed even the offical E3 videos with 12 million views
- The Last Guardian ads begin appearing on billboards and buses
- Kieghley reveals the world's first boxed copy of The Last Guardian
2007
- Team Ico hints at working on a PS3 project, looking to add new programmer to team
2008
- First teaser image released
2009
- Project Trico footage leaks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF3fED8EXl4
- The Last Guardian officially revealed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdPczooewzU
2010
- TGS trailer released. Release slated for Holiday 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhwNI8LiWs
2011
- The Last Guardian postponed "to provide more challenging and better quality of content", delayed till 2012
- New footage included in Ico/SoTC Collection featurette:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44g8-EUqXpc
- Fumito Ueda leaves Sony, while "committed to completing" the project on a contract basis
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39100/Confirmed_Ico_Creator_Fumito_Ueda_Leaves_Sony.php
- Executive producer Yoshifusa Hayama resigns and joins Bossa:
http://www.develop-online.net/news/last-guardian-executive-producer-resigns/0110691
2012
- The Last Guardian trademark expires, is renewed later in the year
- Shuhei Yoshida comments that the team doesn't want to commit to a release date yet, game may not release in 2013
2013
- Fumito Ueda and Jack Tretton confirm that the game is still in development
- Yoshida states that they're working on "re-engineering" the game and how to re-introduce The Last Guardian
- Ueda apologizes for the delays and long wait
2014
- Yoshida says the game probably won't be seen at TGS 2014 when asked
- A rumor surfaces that the The Last Guardian may have been cancelled, reports of such are quickly stated as false
- Yoshida reaffirms that the team "continues to work diligently on the game"
2015
- The Last Guardian re-revealed at E3 with a new trailer and as a PS4 exclusive, given a 2016 release timeframe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXLZvsSmBIs
- Yoshida states that the the original 2009 trailer was not representative of how the game performed, and "was running on a much lower frame rate" on PS3, as well as was missing features
- No demo at TGS 2015, but Trico is featured in an interactive display at Sony's booth
2016
- Pre-E3 IGN Firsts interview Ueda on the game, its 10 years-in-the-making development history, and its soundtrack
- The Last Guardian gets a new E3 trailer and a release date of:October 25th
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL2zzgW6YOo
- A wonderful tribute to Team Ico and their games is shown at TGS 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv1e4p0dQcI
- In September, the game is delayed to December 6th, to allow more to time to fix bugs in the final stretch of development
- Twenty minutes of gameplay footage is released; perhaps the most notable is Pewdiepie's video which surprassed even the offical E3 videos with 12 million views
- The Last Guardian ads begin appearing on billboards and buses
- Yoshida announces that The Last Guardian has gone gold on October 21st
- Kieghley reveals the world's first boxed copy of The Last Guardian