Here is the first trailer and screenshots of naughty Dog's PS3 exclsuive game: The Last of Us. The game will follow Joel and Ellie, two survivors of a modern plague. No release date yet.
Press release:
LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC announced today The Last of Us, a new franchise created exclusively for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Developed by Naughty Dog, the creators of the highly acclaimed and best-selling UNCHARTED™ series, The Last of Us was unveiled in a world premiere trailer at the Spike TV 2011 Video Game Award Show.
The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague. Abandoned cities are being reclaimed by nature and the remaining survivors are killing each other for food, weapons and whatever they can get their hands on. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive their journey across what remains of the United States.
“We are excited to finally unveil The Last of Us, a project the team has been working hard on for some time,” said Evan Wells, Co-President of Naughty Dog. “Naughty Dog’s mission is to change the way people experience videogames. We are confident The Last of Us will take a leap forward in cinematic gaming and storytelling, providing gamers with an experience unlike anything else in the industry.”
The Last of Us is developed by some of the industry most talented game designers including Bruce Straley, game director, and Neil Druckmann, creative director. Naughty Dog advanced to the forefront of the videogame industry in 1996 with the successful introduction of Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation. The developer extended the franchise with Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and Crash Team Racing, selling 22 million copies worldwide and led to Naughty Dog being the most successful video game developer in the United States for that console generation. The team then created the Jak and Daxter franchise including Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy®, Jak II™, Jak 3™ and Jak X: Combat Racing™. All four of titles are PlayStation®2 “Greatest Hits”. In 2007 the team released UNCHARTED: Drake’s Fortune® and followed with UNCHARTED2: Among Thieves™ and the recent November launch of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception™. Having currently sold over 13 million units worldwide, the UNCHARTED franchise represents some of the most impressive graphics, sound and processing capabilities found on PS3.
All comments (85)
O RLY? New motion peripheral?
Girl reminds me of that woman who played juno. Pretty psyched for this.
As for being excited for this... not yet. I mean, I'm interested in seeing what the game actually looks like, what kind of game it is, and how it plays, and ND has mad polishing skills and attention to detail which a lot of devs sorely lack, but a post-apocalyptic "zombie" trailer isn't enough to get me pumped just yet.
Can't happen to think "I am Legend". Lovely movie.
I`ll keep my eyes peeled on this little title me thinks :0)
Things like having to find food/water in order to stay alive, having no ammo apart from what you loot off strangers, and a severe lack of choice in weapons - whatever you can get your hands on - is what I'm hoping for.
Cannot get excited about some cutscene tho. It looks good and all, but the most important thing in the games is gameplay for me.
I am sure they will have the gameplay like Uncharted which I dont mind.
Also, the guy looks like Sam Fisher from Splinter Cell Conviction.
I hope there is a good dynamic between the voice actors like there was in uncharted. Drake and co were so good in that because they sounded like they gave a crap when recording their voices (a rarity in videogames). It didnt just sound like lines off a script. The guy in this trailer seems to have captured that, there is subtlety and believability, but the girl? I'm not so sure yet. Need to hear more of her dialogue. She does the funny, sarcastic juno thing well, but can she do emotion?
Anyway, I think it's time for me to finally buy ps3.