Sony announced '' The Last Guardian '' at E3 2009 with a planned release in 2011 exclusively for the PlayStation 3 . It suffered numerous delays ; Ueda and other Team Ico members departed Sony , and hardware difficulties moved the game to the PlayStation 4 in 2012 , drawing speculation that the game would not see release . Ueda and his studio genDESIGN , composed of former Team Ico members , remained as creative consultants , with Ueda as director and Sony 's Japan Studio handling technical development . '' The Last Guardian '' was reintroduced at E3 2015 . Upon release , it received praise for its art direction , story , and depiction of Trico , though some criticized the gameplay
E3 2015
E3 2015
The Last Guardian