Fumito Ueda, the director and designer of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, has apologised to fans for the lengthy delay in releasing The Last Guardian, the next game from Sony's Team Ico.
In an Edge interview talking about his career to date, Ueda was asked how the past eight years have been on him.
"Putting aside the short-term output, more than anything I feel terribly sorry that for various reasons I have kept my audience waiting for such a long time," he replied.
While Ueda has confirmed that he is indeed still working on The Last Guardian, he said most of his creative contribution to the title was completed some time ago, and suggested that Team Ico's pursuit of perfection has slowed development of the game.
"The original staff members on Ico and SOTC are just as fussy over details as I am," he explained. "I always want to create quickly, and I always want to increase the rate of production.
"In the case of The Last Guardian, my creative work was mostly finished a long time ago, but the details of when, where and how it will be completed are beyond my control."
The Last Guardian has not been shown publicly since 2010. Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida said in October that the game was being re-engineered, fueling rumours that the long-delayed title will now ship on PS4 instead of PS3.
-Eric Higgins
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