During a livestream focusing on the upcoming Nathan Drake collection Naughty Dog seems to have accidentally hinted at a sequel to the heart wrenching post apocalyptic thriller that is The Last of Us. Josh Scherr (writer at Naughty Dog) slipped up during the stream, stating, “All the facial animation in the Uncharted series was led up by Eric, here,” he starts, “and on the first The Last of Us. Uh, did I say the first The Last of Us?”
It’s obvious how nervous he gets as he stumbles to pick up the pieces of what he just said, making it obvious it was a mistake. Hinting to heavily at The Last of Us 2, it’s not hard to believe it’s basically confirmed.
Below is a video clip of the moment of his slip-up.
Although it isn’t an official announcement, it would be hard to believe this title isn’t in progress. The Last of Us fans have been eagerly hoping and waiting for a sequel to be announced, and this is as close to the real thing as it gets. The ending of The Last of Us tidied up the story quite nicely, however, there is what happens after. Without spoiling the game for those of you who haven’t played it, there’s a bit of a cliffhanger between Joel and Ellie’s relationship. Needless to say I’m excited to see the official announcement sometime in (hopefully) the near future.
Earlier this year Nolan North the voice of Drake in the Uncharted series also pointed toward a continuation. “I know they’re doing a Last of Us 2 but my character in Last of Us kind of had an untimely demise.”
Naughty Dog themselves said they were contemplating ideas for a sequel.
However, the company’s focus is finishing up Uncharted 4, so don’t expect any news soon.
Source: IGN
