More from The Last of Us: all the news about the video game franchise turned TV series
By playing as the actual composer, Gustavo Santaolalla, in The Last of Us Part II Remastered’s guitar freeplay mode. The banjo is an option, too.
The game comes out on January 19th.
Naughty Dog is releasing a documentary for The Last of Us Part II, but hasn’t shared a specific release date. You’ll be able to watch the full thing (officially titled Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II) on YouTube and in The Last of Us Part II Remastered via a post-launch update.
While you wait, you can watch the documentary for the first game right now.
Isabela Merced will be playing the role, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed, joining new cast members Kaitlyn Dever as Abby and Young Mazino as Jesse. The show’s second season is set to debut in 2025.
Just a day after learning that Kaitlyn Dever would be playing Abby in the second season of HBO’s The Last of Us, now comes word that Young Mazino will be taking on the role of Jesse, another character introduced in The Last of Us Part II. There are likely plenty of more announcements about the show on the way, as the new season isn’t expected until 2025.
In a trailer for the new “No Return” mode (which might get buried by... you know), you can see how you’ll be able to play as different TLOU characters and take on zombies while dealing with “unique gameplay modifiers” (like one that appears to make a zombie invisible).
The mode will be included with The Last of Us Part II Remastered, which is set to release on January 19th.
Showrunner Craig Mazin said in a Variety panel that production begins on February 12th. The date’s not a total surprise, as HBO and Max content chief Casey Bloys recently said that production would start in early 2024, but now we know exactly when it starts.
Now we just need to know who is going to play Abby. Hopefully we’ll find out soon, given that the role has apparently already been cast.
After a Naughty Dog staffer seemed to let slip news of the remaster, Insider Gaming reports on new rumors that it’s on the way. The PS4 game is only three years old and has already received a 60fps PS5 patch, but who can blame Naughty Dog for wanting to have a new release on shelves in time for the TV show’s second season?
The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin says that future seasons may feature way more of the games’ monstrous fungal mutants to bring an interesting kind of balance to the show.
The Last of Us’ Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin say that the show’s most emotional cameo started as an idea for an animated short and an entirely new video game.
Even now, The Last of Us’ Troy Baker is still learning new things about the franchise’s characters, like cannibal cultist James from episode 8, When We Are in Need.
Sometimes you don’t need violence and zombies. Sometimes you just need human beings hanging out at the end of the world.
