The Last Guardian out "late 2011"

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 17 September, 2010

For those confused by "holiday 2011".

We thought this was obvious, but for those of you who wondered what "holiday 2011" meant in relation to enchanting PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last Guardian's release date (and we know some of you did), it's "late 2011", Sony confirmed to Eurogamer.

Unfortunately Sony was unable to elaborate further on the release of what many consider to be the PS3's most exciting upcoming exclusive.

The Last Guardian, from Team ICO chief Fumito Ueda, was expanded upon at the Tokyo Game Show this week.

Sony released a new trailer and a raft of screenshots, and Ueda was on hand to demonstrate the game to press.

Eurogamer's Ellie Gibson attended one such presentation, and reported back with words worthy of a cateagle.

The Last Guardian has been in development for centuries, but Ueda insisted things are hotting up.

"It's the end of the trial and error phase of production and it's time for to go into full production - crunch mode," Ueda confirmed during a question and answer session.

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Comments (19) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • andywilkie35 #1 2 years ago

    I want this, will probably take a week off just to devote to this

  • cianchristopher #2 2 years ago

    Happy Holidays, Eurogamer.

  • riceNpea #3 2 years ago

    how condescending!

    well it wasn't obvious EG. here in the UK we don't use the term 'holiday' to describe a period of time on the calender. i would say that goes for most of Europe, and seeing as this IS meant to be a European website....

    if this is your way of clearing things up then you need to go back to your mother and learn some manners.

  • tomkuryakin #4 2 years ago

    Obvious to an American, perhaps, but not necessarily to a European, EUROgamer. But when pondering vague release dates it's always best to assume the latest possible.

    Looking forward to this game immensely.

  • Goodfella #5 2 years ago

    Holiday my arse, I don't get any holiday at Christmas working in retail!

    And what the others said, this is Europe, we call it Christmas.

    PS, can't wait for this game in Christmas 2011.
    Edited by Goodfella at 17/09/10 @ 10:04

  • ZizouFC #6 2 years ago

    We want a demo! We want a demo!

  • funkateer #7 2 years ago

    And "late 2011" obviously means "holiday 2012"

  • X201 #8 2 years ago

    It wasn't that WE didn't know what "Holiday 2011" meant.
    It was that YOU didn't see fit to do the minimal amount of typing necessary to alter it to "Late 2011".

    Way to go (sic) EuroGamer

  • tomkuryakin #9 2 years ago

    @EarlBassett

    If Eurogamer annoys you so much, why do you read it?

  • X201 #10 2 years ago

    @Earl

    He preaches "Help one another" and yet he couldn't be bothered to help you put the spare wheel on.

  • ryandsimmons #11 2 years ago

    Nice, copy and paste an article that uses terms not familiar to the target market and then blame the readers for a lack of localisation.
    As mentioned above, very condescending.

  • arcam #12 2 years ago

    Wah wah.

    If you don't know what "holiday 2011" refers to in a game's press release, you probably need the word "screenshot" explained too.

  • wizlon #13 2 years ago

    Late 2011? Like 11pm, that's pretty late.

    At least it's not out in the fall!

  • RawNinjaKid #14 2 years ago

    Holiday 2011 - between Thanksgiving and Xmas.

  • Lee_Morris #15 2 years ago

    Uncharted 3 and TLG both at the end of next year = Heaven

  • YenRug #16 2 years ago

    It didn't help that the developer talked about "crunch time" beginning, which is usually a reference to the last month or so of development, implying that it was going to be finished soon.

  • Bander #17 2 years ago

    When is Thanksgiving? I've never bothered to remember, seeing as it means nothing to me. Also, Boxing Day and New Year's Day are bank/public holidays. Are they not real 'Holiday' if they come after Xmas?

    I know when Halloween and Guy Fawkes night is though. Also, dates expressed as numbers, the names of months and days of the week. I'm good with those too.

  • X201 #18 2 years ago

    @Bander, Thanksgiving is not on a specific date. Its like Easter, it moves around a lot. Generally though, it's November
    Edited by X201 at 18/09/10 @ 14:42

  • hdn #19 2 years ago

    This is a game I would defiantly not want to play it's demo. It's a game you'd want to experience and play through in it's entirety. Playing the demo would break its story telling, plus leave me wanting the rest of it.

    My most anticipated title of the PS3, never mind of 2011.