Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II is now the fastest-selling fist-party PlayStation 4 game to date, selling more than four million copies as of June 21. This according to ales data revealed on PlayStation Blog. Needless to say, it's one of Sony's biggest first-party franchises, and another hit for Naughty Dog.
PlayStation has announced a State of Play focused on The Last of Us Part 2 will take place on Wednesday, May 27 at 1pm PT/4pm ET/9pm BST.
Naughty Dog vice president and The Last of Us Part 2 director Neil Druckmann will "walk you through details of the gameplay experience and story."
Also, it is said to run for a little more than 20 minutes and will end with an "extended sequence showing off about eight minutes of never-before-seen gameplay."
Sony has announced new release dates for Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II and Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima. The Last of Us Part II was delayed from it’s May 29 release date due to COVID-19. In a PlayStation Blog post, Sony confirmed the new dates as a result in an, "ease in the global distribution environment." The Last of Us Part II will now release on June 19, while Ghost of Tsushima slides from its original June 26 date to July 17. Both games will be coming exclusively to PlayStation 4.
The Last of Us Part II writer and director, Neil Druckmann, has confirmed that the game has been delayed. In a post on the PlayStation blog, it was announced that the game has a new release date of May 29. Druckmann states, “We realized we simply didn’t have enough time to bring the entire game up to a level of polish we would call Naughty Dog quality.” This may be disappointment, but as the get Shigeru Miyamoto once said, a delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.
During the PlayStation State of Play for September 2019, Naughty Dog finally announced the release date for The Last of Us Part II. Alongside The release date, we gotthe first reveal of Joel, who had yet to be seen in previous trailers for the game. The trailer once again focuses on Ellie as we get another look at some of the new and old characters in the game.
Also revealed were The Last of Us II’s Standard Edition, Special Edition, Digital Deluxe Edition, Collector's Edition, and Ellie Edition.
The standard edition for The Last of Us Part II, you'll get an in-game ammo capacity upgrade and crafting training manual. If you specifically order the digital version of the game, you'll instantly receive a PSN avatar featuring Ellie's tattoo.
The Last of Us Part II Digital Deluxe Edition , priced at $69.99, includes the full game download, an in-game ammo capacity upgrade and crafting training manual, a PSN avatar featuring Ellie's tattoo, digital soundtrack and a digital 48-page mini art book.
The Last of Us Part II Special Edition, priced at $79.99, includes the full game (2 discs), a 48-page mini art book, a steelbook case, and a digital avatar set and dynamic PS4 theme.
The Last of Us Part II Collector's Edition, priced at $159.99, includes the full game (2 discs), a 12-inch Ellie statue of the character playing a guitar, an amray case, a steelbook case, premium packaging, a 48-page mini art book, Ellie's bracelet, six pins, four stickers, an avatar set, the digital soundtrack, a digital artbook, and access to a making-of documentary.
Last but not least, The Last of Us Part II Ellie Edition, priced at $249.99, includes the full game (2 discs), the same 12-inch Ellie statue, plus a real backpack designed to look like Ellie's in-game backpack. There's also an amray case, a steelbook case, premium packaging, the 48-page mini art book, Ellie's bracelet, a logo patch, a lithograph art print and thank you letter, a 7-inch vinyl record featuring music from the soundtrack, five stickers, and six enamel pins.
It should be noted that the Ellie edition sold out as soon as it went up on retailer sites. A restock is unknown at this time.
Naughty Dogs The Last of Us Part II will be released on February 21, 2020 for PS4.
During Sony’s Paris Games Week Press Conference, a new trailer for The Last of Us Part II. The world is certainly still a grim place (The trailer has somebrutal scenes), with survivalist gangs turning everyone into a potential enemy. Naughty Dog also revealed the voice actors for the characters that are in the trailer. You can see the rundown below.
The voice of Joel in The Last of Us (Troy Baker) has denied knowing anything about a sequel to the critically acclaimed game. During a panel at Indy PopCon, Troy Baker said he doesn't know if The Last of Us 2 will be a thing or not, seeming to contradict a claim made by Nolan North said earlier today. “I know they’re doing The Last of Us 2,” he says. However, given the events of that game, the character he played in the original won’t be making an appearance. Which is contrary to what Troy Baker has said. "I know nothing. I don't know if we're gonna do another one or not," he said. "If we do, then I trust Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley (who are he games directors) and everyone at Naughty Dog to tell a story that needs to be told. If Troy Backer knew anything why would he tell us anything ? People forget that these voices actors sign contracts and can’t talk about projects until there are told they can. As for Nolan North, I guess thats was just a slip of the tongue. Well just have to wait and see what happens as nothing is confirmed, though I’m not gonna lie, another The Last Of Us game would be awesome. What do you think ?
A sequel to Naughty Dog's The Last of Us could be in the works, if the resume of former Naughty Dog lead character artist Michael Knowland is to be believed. According to Knowland's LinkedIn profile, Naughty Dog had produced prototype designs for use in The Last of Us 2 earlier this year. Take this news with a grain of salt as developers are constantly prototyping designs for new games. Naughty Dog could just be testing out the ideas for The Last of Us 2, don't believe anything until it's confirmed. Though this is exciting news. The Last of Us creative director Neil Druckmann said in a Reddit AMA that there was a 50/50 chance of a sequel for The Last of Us.
