Sony has announced that the upcoming HD remakes of classic titles
Ico and
Shadow of the Colossus for PlayStation 3 have been delayed, and will not be released this spring as originally stated.
The company also revealed that
The Last Guardian, Team Ico's latest project, will also miss its winter release date.
In a post on the EU PlayStation blog,
The Last Guardian director
Fumito Ueda explained, "I announced at last year’s Tokyo Game Show that the release timing of
The Last Guardian which is currently being developed would be holiday 2011."
"However, to provide more challenging and better quality of content to users and to fulfill First Party Studio’s obligations, I decided to postpone its release timing. All the members of my production team are working together at a fast pace to develop and release the game in First Party Studio quality."
He concluded, "I sincerely apologize to all the customers who have been waiting for
The Last Guardian for so long, but I beg for your patience."
Phil Lynch, European product manager at SCEE, noted, "SCEE can confirm that we are officially delaying the release of
ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection and
The Last Guardian from their respective launch timeframes of Spring 2011 and Holiday/Winter 2011."
He explained that details regarding new release dates will be released "at a later date".
