The Last of Us Part I (PS5) News Articles
Monday5th Sep 2022
News The Last of Us PS5’s UK Physical Sales Half of Saints Row
Clicker shock
The Last of Us: Part I has topped the UK sales charts – but the £69.99 remake-cum-remaster is not exactly pulling up trees. Naughty Dog’s sumptuous return to Joel and Ellie’s inaugural outing sold about half of what Saints Row managed during its launch week – although it’s important to underline that, in both instances, this...
Saturday3rd Sep 2022
News The Last of Us PS5's Pricey Firefly Edition Shipping in Shocking Condition
Authentic to the apocalypse, at least
Sony has committed a cardinal sin with its PlayStation Direct exclusive The Last of Us: Part I Firefly Edition – it’s not invested in good enough packaging. Anyone purchasing the $100 limited edition is doing so for collection purposes – some pre-orders were even being flogged for up to $450 on auction...
Friday2nd Sep 2022
News Celebrate the Arrival of The Last of Us Part I with These Ridiculous Reaction GIFs
Memes are funny
As is now a bit of a tradition among Sony's first-party releases, The Last of Us: Part I now has a selection of animated GIFs to call its own. Created by Naughty Dog and based on popular reaction GIFs used basically everywhere, you can now meme up a storm with all your favourite Last of Us characters. Joel, Ellie, and a Clicker are...
News Naughty Dog Details AI and Encounter Design in The Last of Us: Part I Combat Trailer
Violence, revisited
The preordained date has finally arrived, The Last of Us: Part I is out in the wild, and developer Naughty Dog has released a trailer detailing the game's violent, visceral combat. The Last of Us: Part II featured a dodge mechanic which has not been backported, and game director Matthew Gallant explains that it would have...
Thursday1st Sep 2022
News The Last of Us PS5 Remake Has Easier Trophy List Than PS4, PS3 Versions
21 less Trophies to unlock
Unlocking the Platinum Trophy for The Last of Us: Part I is going to prove a simpler task than it did for the 2013 original and the PS4 remaster that followed a year later. The PS5 remake's Trophy list is available to view now on Exophase, and it reveals there are 21 fewer trinkets to unlock and that you won't need to...
News Digital Foundry Tech Review Shows Just How Far The Last of Us: Part I Has Come
Talk about a glow up
The wizards over at Digital Foundry have prepared an exhaustive comparison between the about-to-be-released The Last of Us: Part I and previous iterations of that game, The Last of Us: Part II, and even the souped-up, pre-release version of The Last of Us shown at E3 2012. The video clocks in at 50 minutes, and is likely to be...
Tuesday30th Aug 2022
News Unedited The Last of Us PS5 Gameplay Reveals Crawling Clickers
They ain't dead till they're dead
It’s time to take a trip to Bill’s Town – but this time on PS5. Ahead of the remake’s launch this week, Naughty Dog has released seven unedited minutes of The Last of Us: Part I gameplay, showcasing the new visuals and gameplay. There are several things to look out for in this clip, including the crawling...
News Naughty Dog Reflects on How The Last of Us: Part I Honors the Original
Remember where you came from
The Last of Us: Part I's release is imminent, with the gorgeous-looking remake set to launch on PS5 in just a few short days, on 2nd September. We've had a launch trailer, and another looking at the impressive suite of accessibility options coming to the title, and today we got a more introspe
Saturday27th Aug 2022
News The Last of Us PS5's Sold Out Firefly Edition Will Be Restocked Next Week
But only in the US and no news for Europe
If you took the comments on social media and sites like Push Square as common opinion, you’d assume no one was planning to buy PS5 remake The Last of Us: Part I. Of course, that’s not true, and Naughty Dog’s special Firefly Edition sold out almost as quickly as it went up for pre-order earlier in the...
Friday26th Aug 2022
News The Last of Us PS5 Remake's Award-Winning Accessibility Suite Outlined
Haptic feedback to help deaf players feel the delivery of speech
The Last of Us 2 proved a water-shed moment for accessibility in video games, and Naughty Dog’s remake of The Last of Us will build upon the developer’s award-winning efforts. “We’re expecting this to be an accessible experience for blind players, for deaf players, for players...
Wednesday24th Aug 2022
News The Last of Us: Part I Launch Trailer Is Here, Looks Incredible on PS5
Find something to fight for
Sony has revealed The Last of Us: Part I launch trailer ahead of its anticipated PS5 launch on 2nd September 2022. With a mixture of cutscenes and gameplay, we catch glimpses of many newly updated scenes that didn't feature in past clips and walkthroughs. That includes pieces of Left Behind, the introductory sequence, and...
Monday22nd Aug 2022
News The Last of Us PS5 Remake Pays Tribute to Some of PlayStation's Greats
Jak to the future
You didn’t think Naughty Dog was going to miss an opportunity to add some cool additional content to its remake of The Last of Us, did you? This game has been leaking for months now, and it seems a ton of sensitive details are beginning to seep online. As such, while this article merely pertains to bonus content, we’ll give you...
Thursday11th Aug 2022
News The Last of Us PS5 Remake Compared to PS4 Remaster, Has More Detail
The burning barn comparison
Naughty Dog has dropped another short but sweet comparison video that pits PS5 remake The Last of Us: Part I against its last-gen counterparts. This time around it's the turn of the PS4 remaster which released in 2014, just one year after the PS3 original. The clip compares a few seconds of the introductory sequence when...
Thursday4th Aug 2022
News We're Sure Fans Will Be Rational Over This The Last of Us PS5 Clip
Hint: they won't
To be honest, we’re not sure Naughty Dog is doing itself many favours uploading these short, heavily compressed The Last of Us: Part I comparisons to social media. Take this scene, where Joel treks across a dusty abandoned track on horseback. The animations, foliage, and lighting take a clear step forward – but the improvements...
Tuesday26th Jul 2022
News The Last of Us Remake Is Coming to PC 'Very Soon' After PS5 Launch
The fast of us
You can expect the PC version of The Last of Us: Part I to release "very soon" after the oft-discussed remake launches on PS5, according to Johnathon Benainous, the senior environment texture artist at Naughty Dog. This follows from Benainous' comment that there is
Monday25th Jul 2022
News There's 'No Comparison' Between The Last of Us on PS5 vs PS3, Says Dev
Leak had wrong lighting and HDR
A Naughty Dog developer has argued there's "no comparison" between the gameplay of The Last of Us: Part I remake on PS5 when compared to the PS3 original. Senior environment texture artist Jonathon Benainous said that "having played both, there is no comparison between PS3 & PS5" in response to a fan questioning...
News Neil Druckmann Shuts Down The Last of Us Skins in Fortnite Rumours
"False rumour"
Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann has poured cold water on rumours that popular characters from The Last of Us would be appearing in Fortnite as skins in the near future. Speculation began over the weekend after apparently prominent Fortnite leaker Shiina tweeted that skins of Joel and Ellie would be available in the Battle...
Saturday23rd Jul 2022
News In-Depth The Last of Us Remake Comparison Deep Dives PS5 Improvements
Spot the difference
The comparisons will get more complex come launch, of course, but we’ve seen more than enough of The Last of Us: Part I for some pretty good side-by-sides. YouTube channel Analista De Bits has been brilliant at putting together these types of videos, and has done a superb job of contrasting all of the footage available from...
Friday22nd Jul 2022
News The Last of Us: Part I Features an Impressive Suite of Accessibility Options
Every option added is a barrier removed
There's been a lot of discussion of The Last of Us: Part I in the past few days, with all the various leaks and responses, which will no doubt hit a crescendo with the release of an
News Sony Posts Official The Last of Us: Part I PS5 Gameplay in Extended Look
10-minute deep dive published
After days of The Last of Us: Part I cutscene and gameplay leaks, Sony and Naughty Dog have published a 10-minute deep dive into the development of the PS5 remake. The video covers the project extensively, sharing many comparison shots between the PS4 Pro and PS5 versions. Along with gameplay, some of the top-level...
Thursday21st Jul 2022
"Leaks suck"
Just WTF is going on with The Last of Us: Part I on PS5? Gameplay footage from the Naughty Dog remake leaked earlier today, raising significant questions about the comments the developer has made about the game. From what we’ve seen so far, the action looks almost identical to the original PS3 release – it certainly doesn’t look...
News The Last of Us: Part I PS5 Gameplay Is Next to Leak
Two and a half minutes of action
Hot on the heels of the infamous introductory sequence of The Last of Us: Part I leaking, gameplay of the PS5 remake taken from later in the game has now surfaced. This is the encounter that takes place following Joel and Ellie getting ambushed whilst driving along the abandoned highway. Footage of what the title...
Wednesday20th Jul 2022
News The Last of Us: Part I's Emotional Intro on PS5 Has Leaked
Prepare tissues
Update: The footage of the heartbreaking introductory cutscene of The Last of Us: Part I is quickly being taken down across the web, but we've found a re-upload in the YouTube video above. Expect this one to be pulled too before long. Original story: The infamous introductory sequence of The Last of Us: Part I has leaked more than...
Tuesday12th Jul 2022
News No Crunch on The Last of Us PS5, Says Environment Artist
Hot takes incoming
We suppose the gags will write themselves with this headline, but restrain yourself before you get reductive in the comments and belittle a bunch of hard work. Naughty Dog, notorious for its crunch culture, appears not to have overworked on The Last of Us: Part I. The studio – which is renowned for its obsessive attention to...
Monday11th Jul 2022
News PS5 Remake The Last of Us: Part I Has Gone Gold
Ready for action
Naughty Dog has today announced PS5 remake The Last of Us: Part I has gone gold, meaning development on the 1.0 version of the game is complete. The developer will now probably turn its attention to whipping up a day one patch, but in the meantime, a new trailer has been released featuring new clips which you can catch below. The...
Sunday10th Jul 2022
News The Last of Us PS5 Remake Is Meticulously Built and Crafted, Not a Cash Grab
Animator speaks out
There’s been plenty of discussion about whether The Last of Us: Part I, the upcoming remake of Naughty Dog’s seminal survival horror, is necessary. This discussion perhaps hasn’t been helped by side-by-side comparisons of the PS3 original’s pre-rendered cut-scenes against the PS5 version’s realtime cinematics. We’re...
Friday24th Jun 2022
News The Last of Us: Part I Could Be Almost Double the File Size of PS4 Remaster
Minimum of 79GB required
The Last of Us: Part I could be almost double the file size of the game's PS4 remaster when it releases on PS5 on 2nd September 2022. As pointed out by Novice Gamer Guides, promotional pages for the remake list a minimum of 79GB to store the game on your SSD, which is up significantly from the 48GB HDD requirement of The...
Tuesday21st Jun 2022
News The Last of Us: Part I's Out of Stock PS5 Firefly Edition Fetching $450 on eBay
Here we go again
Resellers are trying to flog The Last of Us: Part I’s out of stock Firefly Edition for up to $450 on eBay, as fans scramble to get their hands on the limited physical release. The collectible bundle, which is a
Wednesday15th Jun 2022
News The Last of Us: Part I Compares Tess on PS5 vs. PS3 Model, and the Results Are Impressive
Talk about a glow up
Naughty Dog has this morning shared another comparison video highlighting the differences between its PS5 remake of The Last of Us: Part I and the 2013 original on PS3. The latest look focuses on Tess during a pivotal scene in the game, and it demonstrates just how much of a leap forward the remake will be. With so much more...
Friday10th Jun 2022
News The Last of Us: Part I Has a $100 Version, and It's Already Sold Out
Out of stock at PlayStation Direct
Nobody can definitively decide whether The Last of Us: Part I is a PS5 remake we really need or not, but that hasn't put a stop to the most expensive version of the game from already selling out. Available only in the US and exclusive to the PlayStation Direct website, the $99.99 physical Firefly Edition is already...
