wraggster
December 24th, 2011, 22:34
GameStop has apologised for wrongly informing customers thatThe Last Guardian, Team Ico's in-production PlayStation game, had been cancelled via an automated email.
The game was removed from the company's website and in-store systems at the same time that the email was sent.
Sony quickly moved to quash the rumour, senior director of corporate communications Patrick Seybold issuing a statement saying this wasn't the case.
GameStop has now issued its own statement to Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5870565/gamestop-says-the-last-guardian-is-canceled-sony-says-its-not) which reads:
"The Last Guardian has not been cancelled by Sony as we incorrectly stated in an automated call to reservation customers. Because the game did not have a specific release date, GameStop made the decision to remove the game from our system. The Last Guardian will be reinstated for pre-order when a firm launch date is known."
Former Team Ico boss Fumito Ueda left Sony earlier this month (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/sony-confirms-ueda-departure), but continues to work on the project.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/gamestop-apologises-announcing-last-guardian-cancellation
The game was removed from the company's website and in-store systems at the same time that the email was sent.
Sony quickly moved to quash the rumour, senior director of corporate communications Patrick Seybold issuing a statement saying this wasn't the case.
GameStop has now issued its own statement to Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5870565/gamestop-says-the-last-guardian-is-canceled-sony-says-its-not) which reads:
"The Last Guardian has not been cancelled by Sony as we incorrectly stated in an automated call to reservation customers. Because the game did not have a specific release date, GameStop made the decision to remove the game from our system. The Last Guardian will be reinstated for pre-order when a firm launch date is known."
Former Team Ico boss Fumito Ueda left Sony earlier this month (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/sony-confirms-ueda-departure), but continues to work on the project.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/gamestop-apologises-announcing-last-guardian-cancellation