News Articles
Wednesday28th Aug 2024
News The Last of Us 2's Dina Cited as Inspiration By Alien: Romulus Director
Romulus star will return in Season 2 of HBO's adaptation
As our world continues to get smaller, it probably shouldn't come as much of a surprise to learn that Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez took inspiration from a particularly dark and gritty video game released in recent years, namely The Last of Us: Part II. Brief, targeted spoilers for...
Thursday6th Jun 2024
News The Last of Us 2's Story Could Take Three HBO Seasons to Complete
Click click boom
Love it or loathe it, The Last of Us 2’s story is a complicated beast, with many overlapping threads and a lot of ground to cover. It’s perhaps not overly surprising that the director of HBO’s adaptation Craig Mazin is plotting at least two seasons of television to tell the tale – and that could potentially spill over into a...
Friday2nd Feb 2024
News The Last of Us 2's Dev Documentary Grounded II Available to Watch Now
Two hours of development insight
As announced last month, Naughty Dog has put together a new documentary that provides a deep dive into the making of The Last of Us: Part II, and it's available for viewing now. You can either watch it on YouTube — the video is up above — or you can download a new patch for The Last of Us 2 Remastered on PS5 and...
Thursday25th Jan 2024
News The Last of Us 2 Dates Its Grounded Documentary for 2nd February
Watch on YouTube or in TLOU2 Remastered
Naughty Dog has announced its making-of documentary for The Last of Us 2, titled Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II, will debut next week on 2nd February 2024. You'll be able to watch the video on YouTube or via The Last of Us 2 Remastered on PS5 as part of an upcoming update. Said patch is also...
Friday12th Jan 2024
News Grounded II Documentary Will Spill the Beans on The Making of The Last of Us 2
Available on YouTube soon
Naughty Dog has announced Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II, a documentary shining a light on the production of its mega-sequel. Watch the trailer above — but beware of spoilers for the game. As the video outlines, the documentary project began in 2018, but was abandoned when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Now, the...
Saturday18th Nov 2023
News The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Announced, Has a Brand New Survival Mode, $10 Upgrade Path
Naughty
Update 2: Off the back of the entire thing leaking, Sony has officially announced The Last of Us Part II Remastered. As previously reported, it launches on the 19th January, and will feature graphical improvements, a brand new, roguelike survival mode, and the ability to explore some cut content. But perhaps the most important piece of...
Friday17th Nov 2023
News The Last of Us 2 PS5 Version Appears Inevitable Now
Spotted on the PSN backend
More evidence of a native PS5 version for The Last of Us: Part II is mounting as the Twitter account PlayStation Game Size reports it's found such a product on the PSN backend. Separately, outlet Insider Gaming was able to "independently verify the claim" with its sources. The suggestions come after a Naughty Dog developer...
Monday9th Oct 2023
News PS Store Ad Suggests The Last of Us 2 May Soon Be Heading to PS Plus
Plus-Station
Update: A bunch of games coming to PS Plus Extra this month have leaked. According to the report, The Last of Us: Part II is not among them. Original Story: Sony might have inadvertently revealed one of the games heading to PS Plus Extra's game catalogue in the near future, and it's a big one. The Last of Us: Part II, one of PS4's...
Friday6th Oct 2023
News The Last of Us 2 PS5 Remaster Seems to Be Real
Can't be for nothing
The Last of Us: Part 2's long rumoured remaster — or at least, PS5 port — might very well be real. The latest evidence comes from the LinkedIn profile of a Naughty Dog developer (as spotted by Insider Gaming), who claims to have worked on "The Last of Us: Part One and The Last of Us 2: Remastered". Said profile has since...
Friday14th Jul 2023
News The Last of Us Composer Gustavo Santaolalla May Have Teased a New Version of Part 2
"In the new editions you can make me play certain themes"
Given the global popularity of The Last of Us following the TV show, it stands to reason we’ll probably get an updated version of The Last of Us: Part 2 at some point. This is because the game is currently only available on the PS4, and we suspect Sony is going to eventually want a native...
Monday1st May 2023
News The Apocalypse Awaits Your Bank Balance if You Pod Out $2,000 for This The Last of Us 2 Statue
*Ellie statue sold seperately
An officially licensed and incredibly premium statue of The Last of Us: Part 2 deuteragonist Abby is now available for pre-order, provided you have the inclination and some cash to burn. Clocking in at 23" and costing a cool $1,099.00, this monument to Abby (called "The Confrontation") is only one half of a whole, with...
Saturday15th Apr 2023
Random Bavarian Football Team Greuther Fürth Pays Tribute to The Last of Us in Crowd
And it powered team to 2-1 win
Things may be looking apocalyptic for Greuther Fürth on the pitch – the Bavarian team is tenth in the Bundesliga 2, following relegation the season prior – but its fans have decided to mark the moment with some appropriate tifos, inspired by Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us. As posted on the team’s Instagram...
Friday10th Mar 2023
News The Last of Us 2 Was the Most Downloaded PS4 Game in February
Back for good
Demonstrating the enormous impact of HBO’s adaptation, The Last of Us: Part 2 was February 2023’s best-selling digital download for PS4 in both North America and Europe. That’s despite the game originally releasing almost three years ago now – an undeniably incredible result, showcasing renewed interest in Naughty Dog’s...
Friday17th Feb 2023
News Idiots on the Internet Are Still Abusing Abby from The Last of Us 2's Face Model
Give it a rest
A reminder that, even several years since its release, imbeciles are still acting abusively on the Internet. You may recall certain events in the story of The Last of Us: Part II sent a vocal minority of the video game community into a tiswas, and this resulted in all sorts of unacceptable abuse – even extending as far as Jocelyn...
Thursday26th Jan 2023
News Naughty Dog May Move On from The Last of Us Like It Did with Uncharted
Neil Druckmann makes no promises about a Part 3
In the last year or two, there has been a lot of speculation and rumours surrounding a supposed The Last of Us: Part III. Naughty Dog is currently working on its big, standalone, multiplayer game set within the same universe, but a full-on third entry to the main story is apparently not set in stone at...
Wednesday18th Jan 2023
Random Rapper Logic 'Conned' His Way into The Last of Us Part II
It's all about who you know
Like most of the PlayStation faithful, we are massive fans of The Last of Us franchise around here, both the iconic video games and the excellent new TV series from HBO, which has exposed an entirely new audience to Naughty Dog's grim vision of the future. Another ded
Monday24th Oct 2022
News Voice Actress Laura Bailey Keen to Reprise Role in Potential Sequel to The Last of Us: Part II
You don't get to rush this
In The Last of Us: Part II, new character Abby Anderson was introduced early on, and in dramatic fashion. The amount of focus placed on the deuteragonist proved controversial with some players, but despite it all, Abby's voice actress and prolific portrayer, Laura Bailey, would be eager to revisit the character in a...
Thursday13th Oct 2022
Random Filmmaker John Carpenter Has Been Struggling to Get Through The Last of Us 2
"I couldn't get the generator started"
You many not be aware, but legendary filmmaker and composer John Carpenter is a big fan of video games. As highlighted in a recent interview with AV Club, he's been spending his spare time playing all kinds of titles, like Fallout 76, Horizon Forbidden West, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. One game,...
Monday1st Aug 2022
News The Last of Us 2 Is 'One of the Greatest Games Ever Made' Say Avengers Endgame Directors
Russo brothers have high praise for Naughty Dog
Anthony and Joe Russo, best known as directors of blockbuster films like Avengers: Endgame, have stated The Last of Us: Part II as "one of the greatest games ever made". The quote comes from a recent IGN video in which the pair is presented with various chase sequences from video games, and asked to...
Friday4th Feb 2022
News The Last of Us Dev Naughty Dog Hiring for Three PS5, PS4 Games
Dogged
The Last of Us maker Naughty Dog is never not hiring [That’s a double negative, Sammy – Ed], and it seems like it has three projects in production right now. Co-president Neil Druckmann teased the tidbit on Twitter, reposting a recruitment message from the developer. He used a trio of emojis to cryptically refer to the three separate...
Monday27th Sep 2021
News Here's Your Very First Look at The Last of Us HBO Series
First image of TV show appears online
So, Naughty Dog might not be quite ready to show off its multiplayer project, but it has brought us one or two other things for The Last of Us Day. Of course, there's all the cool new merchandise, letting you outfit yourself in clothing and accessories inspired by the post-apocalyptic world. However, there's one...
Thursday23rd Sep 2021
News Naughty Dog Teases 'All-New Content' for The Last of Us Day 2021
Here we go again
The Last of Us Day, Naughty Dog's annual celebration of its post-apocalyptic property, is happening this weekend, on Sunday the 26th September — and you know what that means. Is it finally time for the series' highly anticipated multiplayer project to be revealed? Well, while we would advise against getting your hopes up — we've...
Tuesday31st Aug 2021
News Naughty Dog Borrowed InFAMOUS: Second Son Assets to Help Build The Last of Us 2
Sucker Punch to the rescue
We've heard it before, but a huge advantage of being part of PlayStation Studios seems to be shared technology and experience between developers. That said, it's very rare we hear of any specific examples. In a recent interview with Game Informer, Naughty Dog provides one such anecdote, explaining how it called upon a...
Monday16th Aug 2021
News Hidden The Last of Us 2 Multiplayer Assets Hint at Mysterious Mode
Is that a Battle Royale map?
Naughty Dog insinuated, prior to the release of The Last of Us: Part II, that its multiplayer mode had evolved into something much bigger. We know, from recruitment drives, that it continues to work on the standalone online component,
Tuesday13th Jul 2021
News Looks Like The Last of Us 2 Has Been Permanently Discounted on PS Store
But only in the US for now
The Last of Us: Part II appears to have been permanently discounted on the PS Store in the United States, following its release last year. The sequel – which we awarded a 10/10 – is now available from $39.99, with the Digital Deluxe bumping the price to $49.99. Unlike other savings on Sony’s virtual storefront,...
Friday18th Jun 2021
News The Last of Us 2 Celebrates First Anniversary with New Merch
Shirts! Statues! Pencil pouches!
The Last of Us: Part II will, unbelievably, celebrate its first anniversary on 19th June – it feels like it’s been a decade, doesn’t it? Unsurprisingly, given the notoriety of the release, Naughty Dog will mark the occasion with a ton of new merch available in Europe and North America through the respective...
Wednesday19th May 2021
News The Last of Us 2 PS5 Patch Out Now, Adds 60FPS Option
"The first step," says Naughty Dog
And just like that, Naughty Dog has dropped a new update for The Last of Us: Part II that enhances the game on PlayStation 5. Patch 1.08 provides the option of playing at 60 frames-per-second, much like what we got with fellow PS4 exclusives God of War and Ghost of Tsushima. The resolution will be the same as it is...
Monday3rd May 2021
News Leaked Document Reveals Xbox's Opinion of The Last of Us 2
"Naughty Dog still can't seem to make decent gun combat"
Companies conduct internal reviews of their competitors’ products all the time – it’s just we seldom ever get to actually read them. The ongoing litigation between Apple and Epic Games is uncovering all kinds of industry secrets, however – such as this Microsoft review of The Last of...
Friday23rd Apr 2021
News PlayStation Absolutely Dominates the DICE Awards
Ghost of Tsushima with four gongs
There are concerns about PlayStation’s first-party output in enthusiast circles, but in the real-world Sony continues to dominate awards ceremonies. The DICE Awards – which are considered the Oscars of the games industry – granted an incredible eight gongs to internally developed titles, with timed exclusive...
Tuesday20th Apr 2021
News Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us 2 Both Nominated for Six GDC Awards
Dreams up for three
The Game Developers Choice Awards are set to take place at the 2021 Game Developers Conference (commonly known as GDC) on the 21st July, and PlayStation's leading the way in terms of nominations. Both Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us: Part II are at the top of the pile, with six nominations each. Indie darling Hades (we're...
