
The game’s director, Neil Druckmann, has now spoken publicly about the response in depth for the first time. This led to a ‘review-bombing’ from players in the early stages of the game’s release. We should expect to hear more about Naughty Dog's multiplayer take on The Last of Us next year.Įlsewhere, Druckmann confirmed that the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us, starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie, is wrapping up shooting very soon and that Joel and Ellie's original voice actors, Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, would be appearing in the show in some capacity.įor more out of Summer Game Fest 2022, check out our roundup of the biggest news from the show.While some early hate came as a homophobic response to the inclusion of LGBT+ characters and narrative arcs, other players have heavily criticised the game’s plotting particularly the death of a particularly beloved character from the original game. Additionally, Druckmann announced that the multiplayer mode that Naughty Dog spun off from The Last of Us Part 2 has become a standalone multiplayer game on a scale that rivals even Naughty Dog's biggest single-player titles. Ahead of the Summer Game Fest presentation, a remake of the original Last of Us title called The Last of Us Part I was leaked before being confirmed for a September release by Druckmann onstage. Of course, we've already known about some of these projects and many were even spoken of today. It has allowed us to grow as a studio and now we can take on multiple projects, more than we've ever had at the same time," said Druckmann. "And that kind of support, that kind of success, we're so grateful to our fans.


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