Executive Producer of The Last Guardian Quits to Pursue Facebook Games
The Last Guardian seems to be in the news quite a bit lately, with rumors of creator Fumito Ueda’s departure from Sony and continuing to work on the project in a freelance capacity. A translated tweet of Ueda’s claimed he was still “hard at work” on his highly anticipated PS3 exclusive, but didn’t deny the rumor. Unfortunately, though, the game’s executive producer now seems to no longer be working on the project.
IGN UK reports that Executive Producer of The Last Guardian, Yoshifusa Hayama, has left Sony to work on games for Facebook game developer Bossa Games. Hayama will have a Creative Director’s position at the studio. Hayama claimed that the future of games “was definitely online” and that recent developments with Flash 11 may make for console-caliber experiences:
There is no reason why a social game can no longer be as visually stunning and as compelling as the big console titles.
Hayama added:
Together at Bossa we have plans to bring a plethora of games to Facebook and eventually other appropriate social media channels, which include 3D elements and can be enjoyed by all age and interest groups.
If there are any further updates on The Last Guardian‘s status, we’ll keep you posted.
8 Responses to “Executive Producer of The Last Guardian Quits to Pursue Facebook Games”
Wondering if this game will even see the light of day
So he quit being a games designer on REAL games to go pursue a life of Farmville and Mafia Wars like games? Sorry but that’s not games design. That’s just….pictures. Oh look you clicked a button a thousand times and you got a picture of this handgun!
I think you should read the post again. Obviously he’s planning on developing the more advanced games that will stream to your computer. Of course, the consumer base for these will be even smaller than the standard consumer base for games like “The Last Guardian” due to bandwidth issues the world over.
advanced and facebook? Really? I’m not the kind to bash something off imediatly but I can’t see any advanced games making their way to Facebook
He must have gotten a boatload of cash to leave. I can’t see any other reason someone would decide to leave this late into a project. Unless the project is going around in circles.
Several delays and now staffs leaving in the middle of production, it’s not looking good for TLG.
I’m disappointed. There’s a certain advantage to localizing a large aspect of advanced games simply because it reduces used bandwidth which reduces the cost to the consumer. I understand streaming games like DOOM and Final Fantasy VI but modern games like COD and Star Ocean : International just take too much bandwidth for internet providers to leave alone.
hello …
but i want my TLG !!! :S …
*sniff*
cheers!