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| Developer(s) | Naughty Dog |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Neil Druckmann (Creative Director) Bruce Straley (Game Director) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
| Genre(s) | Survival horror action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Last of Us is an upcoming survival horror action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 3. It was officially revealed on December 10, 2011 during the Spike TV Video Game Awards.
Development
The game was first teased before the Spike Video Game Awards on November 29, 2011, with a billboard in Times Square mentioning "a PS3 exclusive you won't believe". Initial trailers showed an apocalyptic event, including riots, epidemic, quarantine, and violence, as well as a clip of the BBC's Planet Earth showing an ant infected with Cordyceps unilateralis, a dangerous parasitic fungi that usually kills insects such as ants. On December 9, players of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception spotted an in-game reference to the aforementioned trailer with the newspaper headline "scientists are still struggling to understand deadly fungus".
At the Spike Video Game Awards, Sony officially unveiled the game, a brand new IP from Naughty Dog. A gameplay trailer showed a man and a teenage girl fending off other survivors, and what appeared to be people with unusual fungal growth, before running out into a dilapidated city covered in greenery, reminiscent of the film I Am Legend.
Shortly after the unveiling, Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells posted on the PlayStation Blog new The Last of Us details:
The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven tale about a modern plague decimating mankind. Nature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.
The announcement also confirmed that the new project is being headed by studio game director Bruce Straley and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Lead Designer Neil Druckmann, and promised to discuss "how we've been working as a two team studio". It is also the first time the studio has introduced a second new IP in the same hardware generation. Creative director Neil Druckmann has been working on the game as part of a secret second team for two years; former lead designer on Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Mark Richard Davies, has also been working at Naughty Dog on the game.
Studio creative lead Neil Druckmann has stated that the roles of both main character in the game, Ellie and Joel, would be played by Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker. Druckmann also stated that he wants the story in The Last of Us to raise the bar for other video game developers, as he feels the standard of story-telling isn't as good as it should be within the industry.
References
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- computerandvideogames.com Jake Denton (2011-11-30). "PS3 News: VGAs to premiere 'a PS3 exclusive you won't believe'". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. Retrieved 2011-12-04.
- http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/09/rumour-the-last-of-us-teased-in-uncharted-3/
- http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/11/naughty-dogs-the-last-of-us-announced-at-vgas/
- Evab Wells (2011-12-10). "Naughty Dog Reveals The Last of Us at 2011 VGAs". SCEA. Retrieved 2011-12-11.
- http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-11-the-last-of-us-confirmed-as-a-new-naughty-dog-playstation-3-exclusive
- http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-12-enslaved-lead-designer-working-on-the-last-of-us
- http://www.computerandvideogames.com/329270/the-last-of-us-gets-enslaved-lead-designer-doesnt-star-ellen-page/
- http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/12/ellen-page-not-involved-with-the-last-of-us-enslaved-design-lead-on-board/
- "Naughty Dog Launches Damning Verdict, Wants Other Devs To Wake Up". GamingUnion.net. 2011-12-13. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
External links
- Official website
- The Last of Us YouTube Channel
- The Last Of Us Is A New PlayStation 3 Exclusive
- VGA 2011: The Last Of Us: Exclusive Debut Trailer
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