The Last Guardian

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The Last Guardian‍ 's story follows that of a boy who is trying to escape from a setting resembling the ruins of a large expansive castle. The boy has been kidnapped "under mysterious circumstances" according to Ueda, and comes to discover a giant, feathered creature, resembling a griffin, named Trico (トリコ Toriko?). The game will revolve around the developing friendship between the boy and Trico. The name of the creature can be taken to mean "prisoner" (虜 toriko?), "baby bird" (鳥の子 tori no ko?), or a portmanteau of "bird" (鳥 tori?) and "cat" (猫 neko?).

Trico has spears and arrows stuck in its back, and is initially bound by a chain. Later, it is freed and is shown attacking an armored soldier. Screenshots, along with the E3 trailer, show the boy attempting to sneak past and attack other soldiers. Trico will at first be hostile toward the boy, but during the course of the game, the two will develop an emotional attachment to each other. Ueda suggested there may be similar creatures like Trico in the game, but could not confirm this.


Source: Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Guardian





bbc's Darren Waters
So what else was I shown? Well, I was shown a trailer for a game not due out till 2009 but was sworn to absolute secrecy. Apparently, Sony just wanted to give a glimpse of what the console will be capable of.

In fact, the game is such a secret that when I mentioned the game to Phil Harrison last week he was unsure at first whether even to admit the title existed. When I explained I had been shown it under strict Non Disclosure Agreement terms he looked relieved.

I don't mean to be a tease - all I can say is that I was left speechless. If the footage I was shown truly is "in game", as told to me by the Sony PR people, then we could be on the brink of a step change in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion.

And there I'll leave it. Feel free to speculate on what I was shown. I cannot, of course, confirm or deny what it was....
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7-18-08 After E3

bbc's Darren Waters
A reader of the blog - Kyle Barrett - has emailed to ask if a mystery game I had teased people with a few months ago had finally been revealed at Sony's E3 press conference.

At the time I wrote:

If the footage I was shown truly is "in game", as told to me by the Sony PR people, then we could be on the brink of a step change in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion.
So, sat in the audience in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles at the Sony briefing I was really looking forward to seeing everyone's reaction to the game.

As the briefing wore on I was beginning to wonder if it would ever appear.

But then Sony executive Jack Tretton said: "We have one final thing to show you."

And I thought: This is it. This is the big reveal; finally I can be unburdened with this secret.

And on the big screen MAG appeared - the massively multiplayer online FPS game.

As it turned out: this was one of the games I had been shown some months before but under strict instruction I was not to write about it.

But this was not the game I was referring to. It still hasn't been shown publicly.

And so I still can't talk about it. Or even tell you what it's called. In fact when I referred to it in passing and without detail in front of a BBC colleague this week, the Sony PR man drew a sharp intake of breath and shot me a withering look.

Some of you might be thinking the game is pure vapourware. But I promise you it's real.
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What could this game be?

The writer said it is not Heavy Rain

A new Twisted Metal? But Twisted Metal is a car combat game, I wouldnt expect a game like it to take story telling and immersion to the next level.

Or could it be a for the one thousandth time a FF7 remake? I could see what he was saying if the footage he was shown looked anything like the FF7 PS3 tech demo shown some time ago.

Edit: Not a FF7 remake because this game is first party

Let the hype and speculaton continue
 
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LOL...i heard of this game and sorry but i must spill the beans..it's a Sasquatch game..yes guys Bigfoot...the story revolves on ol bigfoot getting seperated from his family and taken to a far away land...it's a tear jerker that will break the hearts of many a hardcore gamer........:P:P:P:P:P:P


if in fact this secret game is real...i hope it's good
 
Havok_
LOL...i heard of this game and sorry but i must spill the beans..it's a Sasquatch game..yes guys Bigfoot...the story revolves on ol bigfoot getting seperated from his family and taken to a far away land...it's a tear jerker that will break the hearts of many a hardcore gamer........:P:P:P:P:P:P


if in fact this secret game is real...i hope it's good
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The article does say it's an FPS. And you say it's a Bigfoot game. Could it be... a Sasquatch FPS?!

I know you're joking Havok, but I got a mental image of Bigfoot carrying a Beretta and shooting at people, which was absolutely hilarious to me :lol:.

On Topic: Sony has had mystery games in the past for the PS3. Afrika, I recall, was toted as a huge gaming step forward when it was announced. But that was years ago, and it'll only be released in a month or so. If the same is true for this game, we could be waiting until 2010 and beyond to find out what it truly is.
 
"Some of you might be thinking the game is pure vapourware. But I promise you it's real."

"If the footage I was shown truly is "in game", as told to me by the Sony PR people, then we could be on the brink of a step change in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion."

I just looked outside and its pouring heavy rain...

 
Solid Fro
"Some of you might be thinking the game is pure vapourware. But I promise you it's real."

"If the footage I was shown truly is "in game", as told to me by the Sony PR people, then we could be on the brink of a step change in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion."

I just looked outside and its pouring heavy rain...
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Hey how about a work-unsafe tag for that language? :lol:

Apparently the writer said it's not Heavy Rain.

And anyway, the lips are way off in that clip. But it's not bad.
 
It's not Heavy Rain. Heavy Rain is well known since 2005 and Quantic Dreams was in E3 2008 behind the closed doors ;)
This new game could be Team ICO new project. (Team ICO made ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus For PS2)
 
Wow a follow up to Shadow would be excellent! I looked into this a few minutes after i jokingley posted the sasquatch comment and it does not seem "heavy Rain" is the secretive game. One thing do know is that i hope that it's not ANOTHER FPS...the market is so incredibly saturated with fps that it's just lame to see so many developers churn them out like there was no tomorrow...
 
^ you're right.resistance2 dead space killzone2 and list goes on.
the last thing I want to see is another boring fps game.
a hack and slash game (new IP of Ninja Theory? but its not Ps3 exclusive) or an adventure game (new ICO project) would be great!
 
This game could be reveiled August 3rd if this link is truthfull

http://playstationlifestyle.net/2008/07/23/announcing-major-new-ps3-exclusive-on-3-august/

Do you think Killzone 2 looks amazing , are you thrilled about the 256 online player mode of MAG , Looking forward to the great gameplay of inFamous , I’m very thrilled to announce that the 3 previous games are NOTHING compared with the new announcement coming on 3 August. On Saturday 26 July i will give you 2 hints. please check back on 3 August… for the announcement and again its a “ New “
Playstation 3 ” exclusive ” , Let the guessing and the waiting game begin ! (game will release late 2009)

PS: i would like to add that this has NOTHING to do with SE’s event on 2-3 August.
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i can confirm that it is a Sequel to a previous game.
However it has received a total new look and game play feature’s.
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He confirmed the game is NOT the following:

RPG
FPS
Next gen Twisted metal

Hints given about the game are:
  • 100
  • 18+
  • 1st party
  • 2003
  • Action
  • Addictive
  • Bullets
  • clan
  • customize
  • Explosions,
  • Fast
  • King of the hill
  • Lasers
  • military
  • online
  • PlayStation 3
  • PS2
  • rockets
  • Scale
  • skill
  • Vehicle
  • Violence

What I get from this is:

- this game is a sequel to a PS2 game released in 2003
- It's probably a 3rd person action game
- Online mode probably large scale and features up to 100 players

Now somoene in the comments said its a new SOCOM game but later on he said nobody guessed it yet. Also aren't the SOCOM guys working on MAG? The Getaway was released in 2003 but I thought I heard they cancelled the PS3 version?
 
Giancarlo
Medal of Honor?
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Well, the only thing about that is Medal of Honor has always been an FPS, and it isn't first-party developed.

I'm not sure on what it is, I'm just waiting till august.

From,
Chris.
 
People are saying it is a sequel to this game:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware:_Online_Arena

That said, the sole objective of Hardware: Online Arena or HOA is to destroy everything that moves with your weapons.
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:indiff:

Looks like it is, you can see 'clan' 'king of the hill' 'lasers' etc in the wikipedia page. Kind of a letdown to me. Twisted Metal Is the king of Car Combat

Hopefully the game revealed on August 3rd is different then the one BBC's Watters was speaking about.

I just dont see how a sequel to Hardware: Online Arena could be so jaw dropping
 
Hardware wasn't particularly story driven though was it? I doubt it is that tbh, doesn't fit all the clues we've had so far imo.
 
Dave A
Hardware wasn't particularly story driven though was it? I doubt it is that tbh, doesn't fit all the clues we've had so far imo.
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Good point

The August 3rd game and the game Watters was talking about probably (hopeufully) are two different games
 
Earth
Hints given about the game are:
  • 100
  • 18+
  • 1st party
  • 2003
  • Action
  • Addictive
  • Bullets
  • clan
  • customize
  • Explosions,
  • Fast
  • King of the hill
  • Lasers
  • military
  • online
  • PlayStation 3
  • PS2
  • rockets
  • Scale
  • skill
  • Vehicle
  • Violence

What I get from this is:

- this game is a sequel to a PS2 game released in 2003
- It's probably a 3rd person action game
- Online mode probably large scale and features up to 100 players
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Well, remove rockets, bullets, vehicles, military and lasers and it could be a Team Ico game. SOC 2 maybe. But, no way they are including rockets and military stuff. So, am little disapointed at this moment.


Was really looking forward to a new Team Ico game.
Especially after reading a interview with a Team Ico member/founder (don't remember anyomre) about how they wanted SOC initially to be a multiplayer game with many players that would work together to climb and kill a Colossus.
 
How can you have rockets, bullets, etc and it not be a FPS? Unless its a third person shooter, which is really an FPS if you ask me. I've never liked the third person view as much as first anyway.
 
Earth
The August 3rd game and the game Watters was talking about probably (hopeufully) are two different games
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This is what I'm thinking, too... Big announcement or not, this isn't the super-secret ultra-game that we were teased with months ago.
 
Havok_
Hmmm all this speculation is kinda making me anxious hehehe...found this link for anyone who is interestes in digging a bit deeper into the subject....Could it be another Twisted Metal game?

http://kotaku.com/5028244/major-ps3-exclusive-to-be-announced-in-august
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There is no announcement coming in august....

TVG
Amidst suggestions of a new Syphon Filter or Twisted Metal title, TVG contacted SCEE who claimed, "If there is something being announced on the 3rd it has nothing to do with us."

Of course there's every possibility that the MAJOR announcement will take place on August 3rd, perhaps the blog is referring to a SCEA first-party title which they're keeping silently under wraps from their European counterparts.
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As for the game, it most likely this....


Playstation Lifestyle
Every gaming forum is waiting impatiently for the new exclusive game information, today i’m honored to announce the following game: (please note that it is a concept name, and still can be different when it comes out) Hardware 2.

However I do know that some of you will be disapointed because most people thought Hardware online arena was average, well don’t be… Hardware 2 (concept name) will be different, just like the first hardware you’ll be able to fight in Tanks and Jeeps, Bikes and Helicopters are added in the frag competition. You can fully customize every part on your vehicle including color, items, weapons and more. The biggest change however are the environments: You can fight in a Living and breathing world and you can destroy everything, you can even just kill your enemies by letting an appartment building crash into it. The damage will be unbelievable because everything is linked together, when you destroy a building it can crash onto another building and get damaged realisticly.
Decapitation of Limbs or smashing people under buildings or just be a happy guy that runs over people for a living is something thats normal in Hardware 2 (concept name). You can look at it as the next gen Carmageddon meets Twisted metal. Did I mention that you will fight 50 vs 50 yet? You can even go beserk and do a deathmatch against 99 other players. You got the basic stuff like deathmatch, team deatchmatch ,CTF and King of the hill but you got several original game modes, a total of 14 game modes are already created and being tested. You will also have the ability to play mini games online like do the most damage or kill the most pedestrians.

A cool feature about Hardware 2 (concept name) is something similar like the Snapshot in Burnout. Everytime that you kill an enemy you’ll see a box with a camera inside the vehicle and you see how the character dies and believe me when i say some deaths are very painful to look at. The online part will be very important and they are going to make sure that Clan support is included. You can have a clan emblem, create your own tournaments, and build up your reputation. The reputation is something special, some games encourage that you destroy buildings and kill innocent people, well Hardware 2 is different, you should avoid it… You will need to take the decision if your shot will be accurate enough or else you will kill 50 people, that’s what military is all about. The more ‘clean’ you play, the better your reputation will become.

Much more details and exclusive images are coming soon
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