https://youtu.be/0Duy90XpBvc Troy Baker who plays Joel in The Last of Us Part 2, talks with Dennis and Dorian about launching the game in a pandemic, who he would cast as Joel in the upcoming HBO series, why he wants to play Daredevil in a video game, the infamous leaks, the last day shooting with Ashley Johnson, the Pearl Jam song used in the game and more. [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us: Part II. For more of our coverage, be sure to check out our spoiler-free review, our beginner’s …
For the next five seconds, think about how many people you know. Five, four, three, two, time's up! How many could you come up with? Seven, or maybe nine hundred? Neither of those very good numbers come even close to touching the number of copies The Last of Us Part II has sold. That very good number? Over 4 million! Holy fungal zombies! Naughty Dog and Sony have delivered another blockbuster in their third-person action-adventure sequel; no small feat given how polarizing, emotionally devastating, and unprecedentedly uncompromising the game is (can you imagine Michael Haneke's's …
The Last of Us Part II is bound to upset some folks when it debuts next Friday, June 19th. That shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's played / survived / had their lives changed by the original, award-winning 2013 title The Last of Us. Emotional manipulation through violence, trauma, and weighty moral decisions isn't a bug in the game, it's a feature; it is by design. The games' director Neil Druckmann confirms as much in a new interview. In a lengthy write-up for Wired, Darryn King lays out the past, present, and future of …
It's going to be a rough road for Ellie in The Last of Us Part II. That much has been clear since Naughty Dog started promoting the sequel story to its hit 2013 title, but today, a new extended commercial teases just a bit about how difficult our protagonist's journey is really going to be. The new video, which is basically either a stylized cinematic meant only for the purpose of the trailer or is actually a cutscene from the game itself, doesn't show gameplay, but it does show what Ellie's up against. Not only is …
The Last of Us Part II has ostensibly been in some stage of production since its acclaimed predecessor debuted in 2013, with the kernels of a sequel story likely germinating well before that. That's a long time to try to stay ahead of the technological curve, keep the narrative relevant, and try to predict the future. No one, not Naughty Dog, not Nostradamus, could have predicted that the game's ultimate launch would come in the middle of an ongoing once-in-a-century global pandemic, and both economic and civil crises in the United States. So while the …
The Last of Us: Part II is surging ahead towards its release date, come Hell or high water. The Naughty Dog sequel, and the creative team behind it, have largely sidestepped the massive leaks that occurred earlier this year. Instead, it's business as usual. The marketing department announced the highly anticipated game's release date and new story trailer like clockwork, and now, a new video is here to delve deeper into the story itself. As expected, the narrative of The Last of Us Part II will be driven by revenge. So even though the world has reclaimed some …
Hopefully the rough road for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II will start to smooth out a bit once the game actually arrives this June 19th, but things are still a little sketchy at the moment. A brand new story trailer debuted today to confirm what pretty much everyone expected: Ellie will go off on her own revenge-tinted adventure in the sequel as the world around her becomes increasingly violent and lawless. What I didn't expect was just how stab-happy the devs behind the scenes seem to be, defaulting to throat-slitting as a …
One way to deal with some negative press, say, for Naughty Dog's massive spoiler leak for The Last of Us Part II, is to announce that, yes, the sequel is very much on the way and it'll be here sooner than expected. Less than two months away, in fact. And the Sony release comes with another highly anticipated title that's making its own original debut. Here's how the summer season is shaping up for the new releases: The Last of Us Part II - June 19 Ghost of Tsushima - July 17 Be sure to check out our …
NO SPOILERS from the purported leaks of The Last of Us Part 2 will be discussed below. [Updated with release date info.] Game developer outfit Naughty Dog hit a bump in the road with the recent announcement that they'd be delaying the highly anticipated follow-up game to their near-perfect 2013 hit, The Last of Us. Then, over the weekend, the wheels just about came off when a supposedly disgruntled employee uploaded tons of major spoiler content for the sequel in a sizable leak that was definitely not okay'd by the studio. Now, Sony's Santa Monica-…
Fans eager to continue roaming the apocalypse in The Last of Us Part II are going to need to sit tight a little longer, as Playstation confirmed the video game sequel has been delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company noted that "the global crisis is preventing us from providing the launch experience our players deserve." Naughty Dog, the developer behind The Last of Us Part II, also release a full statement explaining the game's delay: [caption id="attachment_810054" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Sony[/caption] As you’ve likely just seen, the release of The …
The Last of Us Part 2 will feature explicit content.
There is now an art book for The Last of Us 2 made by Dark Horse that is releasing on June 16th and is available for purchase now on Amazon.
Neil Druckmann, creative director for The Last of Us 2, has stated that Naughty Dog will continue to make great games if fans continue being amazing.
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