Almost immediately, this drew a response from Sony's Scott Rohde, who tweeted:

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For reference, @yosp is Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony's Worldwide Studios.

We're contacting Sony for clarification and more context, and will update if we hear back.

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UPDATE - IGN has since amended the story to say the original report came from IGN Russia, and now writes "We're committed to getting the full story and will be updating this piece with more information as it develops."

UPDATE 2 - SCEA's Shawn Layden tells Geoff Keighley that the game "is in full development in Japan".

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UPDATE 3 - IGN has issued a full retraction and apology.