The Last of Us

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

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…

The Speakys have spoken, and it’s a unified Game of the Year championship belt for The Last of Us—Game of the Year (Kotaku), Game of the Year (Kotaku readers’ choice) and now Game of the Year (Speakys/Kotaku Talk Amongst Yourselves).

Watch The First Three Minutes Of The Last of Us: Left Behind

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.) I am totally ready to dive back into the world of…

Killin’ Time, by Feli Tomkinson. This piece of art was inspired by the game The Last of Us and just won its artist $400 after it was picked from a batch of submissions by Ashley Johnson, who voiced Ellie in the acclaimed PS3 game. See the rest of the winners of WeLoveFine’s fan art design…

PlayStation Store Says The Last of Us Prequel DLC Arrives Feb. 14

The first DLC extension for The Last of Us, “Left Behind,” will launch on Feb. 14, Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog said in a Tweet this afternoon. The chapter is a prequel to the main story, hadn’t been officially dated before. “Left Behind” will explore the friendship between Ellie and another young survivor named Riley,…

Pranksters Almost Voted An Erotic Game As Our Readers’ Game of the Year

Well, that was close! Thousands of loyal Kotaku readers voted in our Game of the Year poll last week, and they have chosen The Last Of Us as their favorite game of 2013. But what’s the game in the number two spot? The one that missed the top spot by just 24 votes? Why, it’s…

The Last of Us Is Kotaku‘s 2013 Game of the Year

We have a winner, as voted on by Kotaku’s staff: The Last of Us — Kotaku’s Game of the Year. Our Review. The game’s GOTY argument by our own Kirk Hamilton. Vote tally below. Reader’s choice to follow later today. Top GIF inspired by NeoGAF, made by Naughty Dog, modified by Luke Plunkett. It’s a…

​Kirk’s Top 12 Games Of 2013

In twenty thirteen, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for video games, with zombies and dames, killing monsters with flames… oh the things we’ve seen… in twenty thirteen. It was a very good year, wasn’t it? I sure did play a lot of video games in 2013. More than…

Killer Art From Uncharted, The Last Of Us & Magic: The Gathering

Eytan Zana is a concept artist who works at Naughty Dog, where he’s worked on both the Uncharted series and the studio’s latest title, The Last Of Us. He’s also done some Magic: The Gathering art. So chances are if you’re reading this site you’ve seen something he’s done in the last five years! We’ve…

Here Is Joel From The Last of Us Doing The Banderas… As A LEGO

You’ve seen Joel from The Last of Us doing the stupid-yet-somehow-kind-of-endearing Banderas meme—now, thanks to LEGO The Last of Us creator Brian Anderson, here’s a video of Joel from The Last of Us doing the stupid-yet-somehow-kind-of-endearing Banderas meme as a LEGO. Good work, Antonio

Lego The Last Of Us Isn’t For Kids

Don’t be fooled by the cute and super charming Lego minifigure versions of Joel and Ellie in this video by Brian Anderson. The Last of Us remains as brutal as ever in this version of the game. If only it were real! I’d play the heck out of this. LEGO The Last of Us [Brian…

There Are Crazy Fans, And Then There Are Awesome Fans

Janice Chu is an artist in the games business. But in her spare time, she’s a fan, just like the rest of us. What makes Janice an awesome fan is that when she finished a couple of Naughty Dog’s finest games, she didn’t just smile and leave some forum posts. She drew these cute posters…

Here Is A Video Of Joel From The Last of Us Doing The Banderas

Antonio Banderas has finally made it to the big time. Congratulations, Antonio. Go here to see much more about the 2013 Spike VGX, including all the award categories and their nominees.

The Last Of Us And Beyond: Two Souls Discounted To $25 Each [Gone]

At 6:10pm ET, Amazon will knock the prices of game of the year contender The Last of Us and Quantic Dream’s latest game, Beyond Two Souls, down to $25 each. This matches the best doorbuster prices we’ve gotten wind of, and if the speed at which Amazon’s other lightning deals have disappeared thus far is…

The Last of Us Story DLC Is A Prequel Featuring Ellie

Today at Sony’s PS4 event Naughty Dog revealed Left Behind, the first story-based DLC for The Last of Us. The teaser trailer showed Ellie along with Riley Abel, her friend from back during her school days in the Quarantine Zone. Those who have read the Dark Horse comic run of The Last of Us: American…

And The Lost Twin Brother Of Big Boss Is None Other Than…

So it looks like it’s not just Ellie from The Last of Us with a twin sister. Joel has one too: Big Boss from Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. Not to mention the artwork looks pretty much the same, too. Plus “Stealth of Us” is an anagram of The Last of Us Joelid Snake –…

The Best Game Ending Of The Last Generation

As we at Kotaku planed out the final couple weeks of our Last-Gen Heroes series, we considered the possibility of a list of the best endings of the generation. “But game endings all suck,” Luke said. “Well, except for The Last of Us,” I replied. And so, rather than put together some list of the…

Are We Ready For Shorter Video Game Experiences?

Are we ready for leaner, tighter shorter experiences? Is that something we’d like to see in our video games? Having trudged through most of this year’s AAA video games, mindlessly blasting my way from cut-scene to cut scene, I’ve started to wonder: is it time the games industry learned to edit itself more effectively? (Warning:…

The Bow and Arrow, Not The Gun, Was This Era’s Best Video-Game Weapon

These days, guns and action games go together like spoons and Nutella. And yet when it comes right down to it, there is a video game weapon that outclasses the gun in most every respect: The bow and arrow. I don’t think I’d go so far as to argue that the last generation of gaming…