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The Last Guardian Trademark Abandoned by Sony

Aug 09 2012 11:06 AM | Jason Clement in Sony

The Last Guardian Sony Team Ico Shuhei Yoshida

The debacle over whether we'll ever see Team Ico's latest project, The Last Guardian, just got a bit worse. You see, The Last Guardian's trademark status with the United States Patent and Trademark Office was changed to (ABANDONED) and it's “Live/Dead Indicator” indicated that it was dead.

That's right- as of this moment, Sony no longer holds the trademark for The Last Guardian. What exactly does this mean? It's unclear at the moment, as it could mean any number of things, including the scrapping and abandonment of the entire project.

In recent months, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has repeatedly stated that the game has not been canceled and is still in production, so is it possible that they decided to abandon the original title and go with something different now?

Sony isn't making any comment at the moment, so it's tough to say exactly what is going on. One thing is for sure, it doesn't bode well for the project's already-tarnished-by-massive-delays image.

Do you think this news means that The Last Guardian is dead in the water?

7 Comments

Number 905

Aug 09 2012 11:27 AM

Welp.

Leah

Aug 09 2012 11:34 AM

I don't want to believe it's dead nooooooooo ;_;
But I wouldn't be surprised... *cries*

Kezins

Aug 09 2012 11:45 AM

I've been looking forward to this game forever, but I'm guessing this means that it is dead.

Laddie13

Aug 09 2012 12:28 PM

I've been holding out hope that soon I would one day get to play this game but this has me worried. I wish Sony would just come out and tell us one way or the other the status of The Last Guardian. I also feel that if it is still in production a release date needs to be soon or the game stands to suffer from a Duke Nukem fate.

zero110100

Aug 09 2012 12:50 PM

PS4 lauch title or it's dead.

sirdan357

Aug 09 2012 02:19 PM

Too bad, this title really has the chance to be something special. I hope it gets released eventually, but I wouldn't want them to throw out a really outdated or incomplete title either like DNF.