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Gamers must wait for South Park: Fractured But Whole until 2017, but The Last Guardian takes its place

It’s the season of delays for video games.

Ubisoft announced that its South Park: The Fractured But Whole has been delayed from December 6 until the first quarter of 2017. But instead of the goofy game from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, you’ll be able to play the long-awaited The Last Guardian on December 6.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.