Shaun Escayg has left Marvel’s Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics, where he worked as the game’s creative director, to rejoin Naughty Dog. GamesRadar reports more on his background: Before leaving Naughty Dog, Escayg worked as a cinematic animator on The Last of Us and Uncharted 4, and as game director for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. It’s … Read more
The Game Awards 2020 is over and we have the winners! Six games competed for the top award. The Game of the Year nominees are Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, and The Last of Us Part II. The big winner of the night was The Last … Read more
The latest patch of The Last of Us Remastered has decreased load times significantly. Speedrunner Anthony Calabrese noticed the change and posted this to Twitter: Patch 1.11 of TLOU made it so loading screens are basically non-existent on PS4. This is for both ssd and hdd. Sections load in asap and I can save almost … Read more
As rumored, developer Naughty Dog is adding a permadeath mode to The Last of Us Part II. Both permadeath mode and the grounded difficulty are included with the latest update. It goes live on August 13, so you won’t have to wait too long before you can try it out for yourself. The new update … Read more
The Last of Us Part II was the top game download on PlayStation Store in June. It should come as little surprise that Naughty Dog’s highly-anticipated action-adventure game would top the American charts. The game shipped in June after two delays. Sony announced shortly after that it had sold more than 4 million copies worldwide … Read more
The Last of Us Part II is one of the best-reviewed games of the year, and it has smashed Sony’s first-party launch sales records. Yet, people are shying away from talking about it. One of the biggest problems writing this review is knowing where to start. Adding to the discourse feels like trying to have … Read more
The Last of Us Part II has sold more than 4 million copies in its first three days on the market. That makes it the fastest-selling first-party PS4 exclusive of all time. The game’s director and the VP of Naughty Dog, Neil Druckmann, released a statement thanking fans for supporting the game: We are so … Read more
Sony is broadcasting another State of Play event today. This one focuses exclusively on The Last of Us Part II. For your convenience, we’ve embedded the YouTube stream below, so go ahead and keep scrolling. By the way, it starts at 4 PM Eastern Time. So you have time to get a coffee or read … Read more
Sony has unveiled a new console bundle. The Last of Us Part II Limited Edition PS4 Pro bundle will release alongside the game on June 19. The special bundle features a fully customized matte finish PS4 Pro console engraved with Ellie’s tattoo design. It also includes a Limited Edition DualShock 4 controller and a physical … Read more
This morning, Sony announced a new name for the first-party games that it publishes. The PlayStation Studios branding will appear starting later this year coinciding with the launch of PlayStation 5. According to Gamesindustry.biz, the branding “will only be featured on games developed and managed by Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios organization.” Here’s more from … Read more
This week, we learned the new release date for The Last of Us Part II. We’ve also just learned how much space it will eat up on your PS4 hard drive. Hint: It’s a lot. So how much space will this bad boy require? According to a listing on PlayStation.com, you’ll need at least 100GB … Read more
Sony has announced release dates for two major upcoming PS4 exclusives: The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima. First up, we have the new date for the highly-anticipated The Last of Us Part II, which has been delayed twice this year. The new release date is now set for June 19. So … Read more
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today that The Last of Us Part II is delayed. They have not provided a new release date. “SIE has made the difficult decision to delay the launch of The Last of Us Part II and Marvel’s Iron Man VR until further notice. Logistically, the global crisis is preventing us from … Read more
In a rather remarkable announcement, Naughty Dog says that it will donate all money received from Limited Run Games’ sales of Jak and Daxter Collector’s Editions to charity. The Limited Run Games collector’s editions ranged in price from $74.99 for Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy to $199.99 for Jak II. They also released collector’s … Read more
Barely a month ago, Sony and Naughty Dog announced the release date for The Last of Us Part 2. You can scratch that date already. “It was just about a month ago when we had our big blowout for the game, letting media play over two hours of it along with debuting our new story … Read more
The Last of Us Part 2 is just around the corner, and fans are understandably excited. New sales numbers for the original have emerged demonstrating just how popular the first game was when it was released on PS3 and later on PS4. According to Daniel Ahmad, a senior game industry analyst at Niko Partners, The … Read more
In a new 10-minute video published Thursday on Sony’s official PlayStation YouTube channel, developer Naughty Dog goes behind the scenes of The Last of Us Part 2. The developers talk about the long wait between its last showing at E3 2018 and the recent big news during this week’s PlayStation State of Play that The … Read more
During today’s PlayStation State of Play, a new trailer for The Last of Us Part 2 debuted, we got confirmation of the game’s release date, and a collector’s edition was announced. First up, the release date. The Last of Us Part 2 is coming exclusively to PS4 on February 21, 2020. Next up, the collector’s … Read more