<Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Single - player </Td> </Tr> <P> The Last Guardian is an action - adventure video game developed by SIE Japan Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 in December 2016 . In The Last Guardian, players control a boy who befriends a giant half - bird - half - mammal creature, Trico . </P> <P> Team Ico began developing The Last Guardian in 2007 . It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, and shares stylistic, thematic, and gameplay elements with his previous titles Ico (2001) and Shadow of the Colossus (2005). He employed the "design through subtraction" approach he had used for his previous games, removing elements that did not contribute to the core theme of the connection between the boy and Trico . </P> <P> Sony announced The Last Guardian at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo 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 the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015 . It received praise for its art direction, story, and depiction of Trico, though some criticized the gameplay . </P>

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