Sony gave PlayStation 4 owners a bunch of reasons to be excited at its E3 press conference yesterday, not just with some information on the company’s upcoming virtual reality headset, but with some surprising game announcements as well. Uncharted 4 wasn’t exactly surprising, but it was definitely the most exciting of the announcements. The game that was surprising, however, was The Last Guardian, which has been in limbo for a few years now. On top of those two games, the company also announced a new Hitman game, a Destiny expansion, a new Assassin’s Creed, and much more. 

Sony’s E3 2015 presentation was full of surprises. The conference began with Sony’s traditional montage, which included Destiny, Mad Max and Uncharted 4 among dozens of others. Sony Computer Entertainment’s Shawn Layden took the stage to start things off with a rousing speech about how the PS4 is all about games. the word “games” was said approximately 65 times. Sony’s really knuckled down on that messaging, hey. Layden introduced the first trailer by talking about adventure and companionship, so I was expecting Uncharted 4. As soon as Fumito Ueda’s name popped up on screen, I screamed “holy shit” at the top of my lungs, and then began to cry. The footage that followed looked – well, it looked like The Last Guardian, a long lost follow up to Ico and Shadow of the Colossus that I would personally gut a man for. It had all the hallmarks of Team Ico – beautiful misty ruins, a nonsense language, baffling environmental puzzles and a companion who doesn’t talk.