Speaking in the latest issue of Edge magazine, Fumito Ueda has apologised for the various delays with The Last Guardian.

The Last Guardian was announced back in 2009 as the third instalment of the Ico games and since has encountered many various delays. Earlier this year came rumours that the game had completely halted in production but were later quashed after Shuei Yoshida revealed that the game was still staffed and development was continuing.

“Putting aside the short-term output, more than anything I feel terribly sorry that for various reasons I have kept my audience waiting for such a long time.” Ueda told Edge.

“…the original staff members on Ico and SOTC are just as fussy over details as I am. I always want to create quickly, and I always want to increase the rate of production. He continued.

“In the case of The Last Guardian, my creative work was mostly finished a long time ago, but the details of when, where and how it will be completed are beyond my control.”

Ueda has now moved into freelancing and is working on other projects but can’t tell anymore information “The Last Guardian and the rest is secret.”

Could this mean the release of The Last Guardian on PS4? What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments.