The Last of Us Part 2... Is delayed

- Written by James Walters

Fans will have to wait that bit longer to see what's next for Joel and Ellie [Naughty Dog ©, Sony ©, Image Source: WePC.com]

At the tail end of September 2019, PlayStation fans the world over were treated to another of Sony's State of Play live streams (their own version of a Nintendo Direct). This stream in particular was special however, as in the days leading up to it, we were teased by Naughty Dog themselves that we would be receiving more news and information surrounding the highly anticipated The Last of Us Part 2. What fans got was a decently lengthy new trailer and, most surprising of all, a release date of February 21st 2020! After showing off various physical and digital editions of the game, things have been relatively quiet over the month of October.

Fast forward to October 23rd and to one Twitter account of Daniel Ahmad, who has a reputation for leaking news and information before it's made officially public. The account posts the following:

"Looks like we might hear some unexpected news about a Sony first party title soon." - Daniel Ahmad

Naturally many fans thought that we may be getting some information about the remaining exclusive titles that are due out for the system; The Last of Us Part 2 or Ghosts of Tsushima, or perhaps a reveal of something new entirely! It turned out, however that the news was in deed regarding The Last of Us Part 2. The downside was that it seemed as though the game had been delayed into spring 2020, according to Kotaku's Jason Schreier (also known for inside information and leaks).

While we didn't wish for this to be true, Mr. Schreier has been a reliable source for information for many years when it comes to video games and the games industry, so his reliability speaks for itself. Then, as if on cue, an official PlayStation blog post was released on October 24th detailing how the game would now be releasing on May 29th 2020; just over 3 months from its original date.

Of course, I and others were somewhat disappointed by this news; after such a big reveal last month and giving members of the media chance to play 2 hours’ worth of the game, it was a shame to hear that we would now have to wait that bit longer for the full game to be in our hands. However game delays are usually only ever a good thing (with some exceptions). So while we won't get our hands on The Last of Us Part 2 in February, we can take some assurance in the fact that when it does release at the end of May 2020, it will have had that extra time to give it that level of quality we now look for in a Naughty Dog game.