Fumito Ueda Confirms The Last Guardian Is Still in Development

Fumito Ueda, who is the leader of Team Ico and the main developer working on The Last Guardian, has assured gamers that work on the video game is going on but has failed to clarify what his position inside the development team is.

The Twitter message, according to a translation from Andriasang, stated, “There’s no need to worry, as The Last Guardian is still in production.”

Fans of previous games from Team Ico, like Shadow of the Colossus and the original Ico, will be relieved to hear that the game will be delivered at some point, presumably in 2012.

The game was initially unveiled in 2007 but the team and publisher Sony failed to show it off at recent industry events.

The Last Guardian focuses on the relationship between a human boy character and a fantastical creature called Trico, which is like a griffin that lost weight.

The developers have hinted at themes of discovery and loss and at multiple endings.