the last guardian
The Last Guardian Review- The Nature of the Beast
The Last Guardian Review- The Nature of the Beast Developer: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Team Ico, GenDesign, SIE Japan Studio Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform Reviewed: PlayStation 4 Release Date: December 6, 2016 Acquired via: Purchase by Reviewer From the encyclopedic and antiquated illustrations of various mystical beasts during the opening credits, it’s clea...[Read More]
The Last Guardian Review- The Nature of the Beast
Developer: Sony Interactive Entertainment, Team Ico, GenDesign, SIE Japan Studio Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment Platform Reviewed: PlayStation 4 Release Date: December 6, 2016 Acquired via: Purchase by Reviewer From the encyclopedic and antiquated illustrations of various mystical beasts during the opening credits, it’s clear that The Last Guardian exists in a world of its own. Du...[Read More]
The Last Guardian Pre-Review – The Art of a Legacy and the Weight of Expectation
The Last Guardian. A game that carries a lot of weight on its shoulders. From creative pressures, to console shifts and a reintroduction at E3 2015 to a rapturous, if skeptical reception. The truth is, the troubled development of The Last Guardian will likely remain apocryphal, in a similar vein to the mysterious ‘third act’ of Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, albei...[Read More]
New Gameplay Trailer for The Last Guardian Revealed
After approximately 18 bajillion years of waiting, Team Ico’s The Last Guardian is set to be released worldwide. In anticipation of the December 6th release in Japan and North America (December 7th for Europe), Sony Interactive Japan Asia has released a new gameplay trailer for the game. If you are still on the fence over this game, this trailer will hopefully convince you one way or the oth...[Read More]
Team ICO Retrospective
Fumito Ueda may not be a name that is on the tip of the mainstream gaming public’s tongue compared to Shigeru Miyamoto or Hideo Kojima. However, his (soon to be three) games and role as the spearhead of Team ICO have not only carved out a sub-genre of their own, they have truly challenged the balance between video games being entertainment as well as art. To fully realize how unique these games ar...[Read More]
The tale of two cities : How Tokyo’s flagship games event remains in E3’s shadow.
The Tokyo Games Show celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, and while crowds over the two public days hit either side of 100,000, the absence of a genuine show stopper could be seen as a slight disappointment. The presence of Sony, as it has been recently, was huge. Horizon: Zero Dawn still looks incredible, and while the upcoming release of the PlayStation Pro triggered suspicions that...[Read More]
E3 Impressions: The Last Guardian
After six years of development limbo, The Last Guardian was finally confirmed to be alive and well during E3 2015. Back then, it was set to release sometime this year. At the end of this year’s E3, the release date was set: October 25th, 2016. With that news, I sighed with joy. Finally, Team Ico’s latest creation for the PlayStation 4 has a date. My calendar is set, and I am ready. Of course, it’s...[Read More]