For One Night, The Last Of Us Was A Musical
Tonight's stage performance of The Last of Us: One Night Live was weird, ramshackle, funny, and kinda unlike any video-game event I've seen. The best part, easily, was the musical number.
Watch The Last of Us: One Night Live, Right Here
Tonight in Santa Monica, something strange and wonderful took place: The actors, writers, musicians and game developers who made The Last of Us put on a performance, live onstage.
Should You Get The Last of Us Again On PS4?
The Last of Us came out on the PlayStation 3 last year. It was very, very good. This week, a new and improved version of the game will come out for the PlayStation 4. But can a game that was already so good really be "improved" all that much?
'The Last Of Us: Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture'
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Produced by filmmaker Sam Raimi. Written by The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann. Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) possibly in talks to be Ellie. (But don't count on that one until it's actually finalized.)
The Uncharted Movie Snatches Spider-Man 3's Release Date
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With the third Spidey movie pushed back to 2018 to squeeze in The Sinister Six movie, Nathan Drake's turn on the big screen is slated to fill Spider-Man 3's June 10, 2016 spot. I smell a conspiracy.
The Last Of Us: PS3 vs PS4
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GameSpot has posted a video showing the differences between the PS3 and PS4 versions of The Last Of Us.
12-Inch Nathan Drake Figure Is... Argh! Spider!
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The moment I opened Sideshow Collectibles' Sixth Scale Nathan Drake figure from Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is the moment it stopped being a Nathan Drake figure. No, this is a creepy six-legged spider figure with a Nathan Drake accessory.
Wondering who's in charge of the next Uncharted after all those shake-ups at Naughty Dog? With Amy Hennig and Justin Richmond out of the studio, Uncharted #4 will instead be headed up by The Last of Us leads Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann. We expect to see more about the game at E3 next week.
Porting a game from PS3 to PS4 is no simple task. Sure, one might imagine that you just bump up the resolution and put it on a new disc, but...no. As The Last of Us creative director Neil Druckmann puts it in this new EDGE feature, "We expected it to be Hell, and it was Hell."
Uncharted PS4 Won't Sound Like It Did Last November
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Uncharted 4 won't sound like it did during the brief glimpse we got last year—the actor who voiced the teaser trailer for the next Uncharted game says he's no longer involved in the project.
Yes, The Last of Us Is Coming to PS4 This Summer
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Update, 04/09/14, 02:11 p.m.: Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann tweeted that the studio is targeting a 60 fps framerate for The Last of Us Remastered.
Sony Announces, Doesn't Announce The Last of Us For PS4
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In the video game industry, big publishers like to stick to strict marketing plans. Unlike, say, the film world, where directors and writers will frequently talk about their goals and future projects, video game companies typically won't discuss their plans until the PR schedule says it's okay.
Naughty Dog Denies Uncharted Writer "Forced Out" By Last Of Us Makers
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It was a bit of a shock earlier this week when we heard that Amy Hennig - creative director and writer on the Uncharted series - had left developers Naughty Dog.
Uncharted Writer Leaves Naughty Dog
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IGN reports that Amy Hennig, the lead writer and creative director on the Uncharted series, has left developers Naughty Dog.
There's a '50/50' Shot The Last Of Us Gets Another Game, Says Creator
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It's difficult to discuss why so many people would not want a sequel to The Last of Us without getting deep into spoiler territory. Its story has ... rather clear boundaries, let's say. But the game's creative director said in a Reddit AMA that there's a 50/50 chance there'll be another game in the series.
How Left Behind Gives New Insight Into The Last of Us' Ending
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In the end, both The Last of Us and its (fantastic) new downloadable expansion Left Behind had a lot to say about life, loss, and why we fight to survive. But they said those things in slightly different ways.
The Last of Us: Left Behind: The Kotaku Review
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I've never played anything quite like The Last of Us: Left Behind.
Guess which game has the most BAFTA award nominations! You get no brownie points for guessing The Last of Us. Naughty Dog's zombie survival game was nominated for ten awards (in nine categories) by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts—a curiously familiar number. Check out the full list of nominees here.
Last of Us Creators' Approach To DLC Sounds Great, But Risky
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DLC is still such a new thing in gaming that it's hard to say if anyone has gotten it exactly right. Maybe BioWare? Maybe Rockstar? Maybe Bethesda? The people at Naughty Dog are taking a crack at it this week with the release of some single-player DLC for The Last of Us. They took their own path, wisely or not.
Watch The First Three Minutes Of The Last of Us: Left Behind
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Hope you haven't unhooked your PS3 yet; 2013's Kotaku Game of the Year is getting a new story on February 14, and you can watch the cinematic intro here. (Don't worry—it's not as traumatizing as the first few minutes of The Last of Us.)