Naughty Dog Confirms The Last of Us Delay

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on February 13, 2013 AT 11:55am

Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us has been delayed until June 14, Sony officially announced today.

Posting on the PlayStation Blog, The Last of Us lead game designer Neil Druckmann said:

As we entered the final phase of development for The Last of Us, we came to realize just how massive Joel and Ellie’s journey is. But instead of cutting corners or compromising our vision, we came to the tough decision that the game deserved a few extra weeks to ensure every detail of The Last of Us was up to Naughty Dog’s internal high standards.

As a team we pride ourselves on setting a very high quality bar for every aspect of our games – gameplay, story, art, design, technology and more. We want to make sure The Last of Us raises that bar even further – for ourselves, and most importantly, for you, our fans.

The Last of Us was originally slated for release on May 7. The move to June 14—a worldwide release date—only adds five additional weeks.

Source: PlayStation Blog

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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