How 8 games crawled through 'development hell' — and what they found on the other side

Here’s what we know about Team Ico’s game The Last Guardian (pictured above): It’s the follow-up to the developer’s well-regarded Ico and Shadow of the Colossus; it stars a boy and a puppy dragon; it has been in development for seven years, and nobody knows if or when it’s going to come out.

This is not a new story. Well, the bit about the puppy dragon is pretty original, but you know what I mean.