Teamwork! That's what we like to see. Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida says that Team Ico has taken in some talent from Sony's other groups to help finish their latest, The Last Guardian.
In an interview with Wired, Yoshida confirmed that Santa Monica Studios are among those helping out with the title. He says that "the best engineers in the U.S. and Europe" are also pitching in.
"Well, you know, it’s not just Santa Monica, sid Yoshida. "We have great tech people in Worldwide Studios. We have a central tech group in the U.S. and the U.K. so we are giving them whatever help they need. Technically, we have the best engineers in the U.S. and Europe, so these teams are helping them, giving advice."
He also cleans up some of the rumors surrounding Fumito Ueda's departure and how it might affect The Last Guardian: "He’s on top of the game and coming into the office. He could be the person who’s in the office for the longest time. The difference is that he used to be a regular employee. But now we have a contract to define his role. It’s a very special contribution and role that he plays and we agreed, let’s make it more official, more special. That’s the only difference."
Good. Now let's get this puppy (puppy-bird thing?) wrapped up.
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2:15 PM on 02.22.2012 | 
Anyways, I guess this is good news right? As long as the game gets polished without becoming too commercial.
At least no more commercial than that cute little guy already is!!!
Although in all seriousness, if they do decide to shoehorn a combat system into this game, this might be beneficial. Not that I like God of War's combat system, or consider it to have any depth, but it has to be better than whacking shadows with sticks for hours.
Whatever they need to do to get the game out, I guess, just as long as it's the same game it was supposed to release as.
This was the main driving factor in getting my ps3. Please God, let it come out and let hottie be good.
lolwut
I was going to say something just like that and now I cannot because you already typed it out.
Hopefully they help out in a GOOD way.
silent, windswept, bloom filled sex scenes with subtext, of course. Let's not suck the ART out of this ART.
Still nervous about this game's future, though.
Hopefully these people are being brought in because the game is just so damn huge and complicated that they need some extra bodies to power through the final stages of the game.
Here's to hoping they succeed.