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The Last Guardian is one of PlayStation 3's most anticipated exclusives. From the minds of the highly respected Team ICO, the internal team at Sony's Studio Japan responsible for the PS2 smash hits ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, The Last Guardian since it was revealed back in 2009.

After missing its 2011 release target and being delayed, news began to surface about internal troubles at Team ICO. Fumito Ueda, the leader of Team ICO and the director of all three of the studio's games, was rumored to have left Sony abruptly . Ueda later promised on Twitter that The Last Guardian is "still in production," though neither he nor Sony have since commented on this scenario.These rumored problems were recently joined by the fact that The Last Guardian's Executive Producer, Yoshifusa Hayima, also left Sony's Team ICO to work on Facebook games. Clearly, something is amiss at Studio Japan.IGN spoke to Sony about what was happening at Studio Japan, and while Sony was light on specifics, they do have good news for those worried that the production of The Last Guardian is in trouble. "Ueda-san is in fact under contract," Sony told IGN, "and is committed to completing his work on The Last Guardian."While this is great news, it still leaves even more questions about what specifically caused this apparent rift between Sony, Ueda and Hayima, though we will update as we learn more.