Sony and Naughty Dog has released the Grounded: The Making of The Last of Us documentary for free on YouTube for all to enjoy. The 90 minute video takes a look behind-the-scenes at Naughty Dog to show how the game was developed, from its original conception to the final playable version.
Brazilian website Omelete, the largest entertainment website in the country, have word from an insider source that the sequel to PS3 title, The Last of Us, is being developed at Naughty Dog, alongside Uncharted 4. The game is being developed by a secondary team and is scheduled for release in 2015.
New DLC is heading to The Last of Us next month, and Naughty Dog has released a new trailer and interview this week. The “Left Behind” DLC is a story-driven epilogue that is set before the events of the main game and focuses on Ellie and her older and arguably wiser friend, Riley.
The winners for the 31st Golden Joystick Awards have been revealed, with a number of PlayStation exclusives making the list. Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us won several awards, including Best Newcomer, Best Studio and Best Storytelling. The PS Vita title Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation also won Best Handheld Game of the Year.
Naughty Dog has revealed the first of three DLC packs for The Last of Us, titled the Abandoned Territories Map Pack, which will be available to download on October 16th, in addition to detailing out the other two DLC packs. The first map pack will feature four new multiplayer maps to enjoy: Suburbs, Bus Depot, Hometown and Bookstore.
To celebrate the day the Cordyceps outbreak hit critical mass in the world of The Last of Us (October 26th 2013), Naughty Dog has released a video to show you the “alternate” ending for the game – with a slight twist. The alternate ending was first revealed at PAX Prime, but it’s the first time the video has been released publicly.
The Last of Us has received a massive new patch, updating the game to version v1.03 and adds a number of multiplayer fixes as well as an all-new multiplayer game mode: Interrogation. The patch is rolling out across all regions over the next 24 hours so don’t panic if you haven’t recieved the update yet.
In more The Last of Us news today, it turns out that the game’s multiplayer mode is partly censored in Europe due to stringent censorship laws in PAL territories such as Germany and Australia. Naughty Dog have confirmed that the European version of the game has less gore than the North American version, while dismemberment has been removed entirely.
After dominating the UK Games Chart for six weeks in a row since launch, Naughty Dog’s PS3 exclusive, The Last of Us, has finally dropped down the chart to third place. The Last of Us has dropped down to third place this week, making way for Minecraft on the Xbox 360 and Pikmin 3 on the Wii U, which are now in first and second place, respectively.
Naughty Dog has certainly found gold in their latest IP: The Last of Us. The game continues to lead the UK Games chart for the fifth week running. Last week, the game was confirmed to have sold over 3.4 million copies worldwide to make it Sony’s fastest selling new IP, and the biggest selling game of the year on the PlayStation.
