We’re heading to PAX Prime! Along with PAX East this is one of the most exciting conventions of the year for us as PAX always features some of the best panels, all the most passionate fans and we’re all there for one thing: GAMING. To that end we’ll be showing off a demo of The Last of Us in these digs: Recognize the room? Probably not but some of you may be able to place it in the world of The Last of Us. If you can’t figure it out watch the announcement trailer and our E3 demo for some clues.   For everyone who stops by to check out the demo we’re giving we’ll have exclusive PAX Prime 2012 t-shirts for you: Over the course of the show we will also be giving away 11x17 posters to hang on your wall or plaster around your town. The poster features custom artwork by Alexander Iaccarino, That Kid who Draws, made specifically for PAX Prime. It’s pretty amazing:  The Last of Us Game Director (The) Bruce Straley will be Read more...

Hello from Gamescom everyone! It’s always a treat to head out to Germany and show our latest project to media and fans from all over Europe. Earlier today we revealed a brand new trailer we edited especially for Gamescom. Set to a fitting and haunting track by Hank Williams, Sr., this new trailer mixes previously seen content along with some brand new cinematic and gameplay footage to provide some more detail of the beautiful environments and dangerous opposition Joel and Ellie face on their journey across the United States. I’ll be here for a couple days with Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, who play Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us, as they reveal more about the acting process to press from all over Europe. If you’re at Gamescom, be sure to hit the convention floor to get your own eyes on our E3 demo. Read more...

  @Naughty_Dog saw this cool #lastofus hood on the outskirts of Moscow. I want one and so do you... twitter.com/rickarabian/st… — Rick Arabian (@rickarabian) July 25, 2012     Read more...

While we’re still processing the awesome and inspiring reception from fans and critics at E3, we’ve been heads down working to make The Last of Us something to get really, really hyped about. To that end we’re excited that our San Diego Comic Con plans afforded us the opportunity to discuss our mocap process and share some new content. It was really just a small glimpse into what we’ve been hard at work developing but we think you’ll enjoy it greatly. Take a look: First shown during our San Diego Comic Con panel, if you listen carefully at the onset of the video you’ll hear the noises and sounds of Infected as they hunt Joel and Ellie. They manage to escape into the house of some guy in a gas mask. Are they safe? The masked man turns out to be a new character named Bill. Bill knows Joel somehow and, as you can see in the cinematic, owes Joel a favor.  What for? Well, we’re not talking about that yet but you’ll Read more...

Of Dogs and Development has been re-named Dogcast. This is the second video podcast of Naughty Dog's development team covering UNCHARTED merchandise, some of our current gaming habits, and other various thoughts and musings. Listen to Naughty Dog Community Strategist, Arne Meyer (@arnemeyer), Naughty Dog Community Strategist, Eric Monacelli (@ermonacelli), and Sony Producer, Sam Thompson (@portablekingpin) as they discuss UNCHARTED merchandise and how licensing, merch creation, and passion projects soar or stall in this two-part video podcast. Check out part 1 and part 2 below or on our new Dogcast video page. You can download or listen to the audio versions of the videos here and here.  PART 1: PART 2: Special thanks to our video editor Jeff Negus (@negusaurusrex) for putting this and all of our podcast videos together. Read more...

I can't tell you enough how excited I am for Comic-Con! It's probably my favorite non-gaming specific convention every year, even when I've been busy working all five days at a booth. There seems to be a larger presence of gaming content every year, as videogames continues to gain more mainstream acceptance as an entertainment medium, and SDCC 2012 is no exception. We're glad to say that Naughty Dog will be back at SDCC again this year, with some fresh The Last of Us content in tow. Top on your list should be our panel on Friday, July 13, at 5:00 PM in room 25ABC on the second floor near the Lobby G escalators. Creative Director Neil Druckmann and Game Director Bruce Straley will be joined by Troy Baker (Joel), Ashley Johnson (Ellie), and a special, still-secret guest to discuss The Last of Us, featuring an exclusive reveal of a new cutscene. Our panel "The Last of Us: Behind the Scenes with Naughty Dog" will be Read more...

Last night video game week on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon continued as Game Director Bruce Straley and Creative Director Neil Druckmann injected some post-pandemic, brutal reality into the late night talkshow world. We were stoked to be able to demo a clip of gameplay first shown at E3 live on the show and happy to confirm the release year for The Last of Us. Jimmy's response to the gameplay speaks volumes and has to be seen. Check out all the action and Jimmy's reactions in this clip: The Last of Us is coming in 2013. More information about The Last of Us and the story of Joel and Ellie is around the corner so keep your eyes open, stay focused, and be ready for anything. We can't wait to dive more deeply into the rugged, lethal world of The Last of Us with you!  Read more...

Did you catch the PlayStation press conference livestream? Notice when it went all black? We wanted to set a proper mood, tone, and stage for our debut of The Last of Us gameplay. The venue, as well as the hard work of the press conference production crew, afforded us a fantastic setup. It was an amazing opportunity to showcase our blood, sweat, and pixels on the massive video screen in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena this Monday night. We’re amped by the response we’ve received so far and looking forward to a very busy, very fun E3. Everyone is willing to do whatever it takes to survive.If you didn’t catch the livestream or would like to see unadulterated, pure images of the gameplay watch this video. At this point in the story Joel and Ellie are attempting to get to the bridge and out of the city. They are tourists in an area that’s controlled by hunters. They are hunted and yet they too are hunters. Everyone is willing to do Read more...

It’s been nearly six months since we announced The Last of Us and development has been a beehive of activity. If you picked up the March 2012 issue of Game Informer or have seen any of the online coverage you might have read about Joel and Ellie’s time spent in an abandoned city they have driven to. We are excited to share a very fresh, very provocative video with you today. This video should answer some of the questions you had after reading the stories about what went down inside those city walls. You’ll get a glimpse into the lethality of the world Joel and Ellie are surviving in and what being a survivor in that world truly means.  ...glimpse into the lethality of the world Joel and Ellie are surviving in Joel and Ellie won’t have an easy road ahead on their journey across the U.S. Their path will intersect with other remaining survivors, some of which won’t be so friendly. In this scene Joel and Ellie continue the journey west in a Read more...

Last night on both the PS.Blog US and PS.Blog EU - we posted screenshots from a gameplay demo of The Last of Us that only the staff of Game Informer got to see. Up until now, these screenshots and the overview of what happened in the demo were only available within the pages of the March issue of Game Informer (or the digital version). We've cross-posted the text from the PS.Blog posts below - along with all the screenshots. February has been a month flush with new information about The Last of Us trickling out from a variety of websites, magazines and more that have visited the Naughty Dog studio over the past three months. One of the more in-depth looks at The Last of Us came from the US publication Game Informer, who put together a cover story hub for all the OTHER information they managed to squeeze out of us from a very, very short visit. The most important part of their visit, to me, was that we were able to show a well-polished, nearly Read more...

Naughty Dog has grown into a two team studio for the first time in our 25 year history Before 2012 rushes upon us we wanted to take a moment to say Happy Holidays from everyone here at the Naughty Dog kennel! As you can see from our holiday card we’ve welcomed Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us into our cast of characters to play among with Drake, Sully, Elena, Chloe, and our UNCHARTED personalities. The year has brought about tremendous change as Naughty Dog has grown into a two team studio for the first time in our 25 year history. This shift is terrifically exciting as it signals an expanded talent pool in which we can share ideas, know-how, and techniques. As future projects evolve, we will continue to strive to maintain our high Naughty Dog standards and always endeavor to do whatever it takes to raise the bar for gaming.     2011 was a grand adventure as we shipped Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception in November to widespread critical Read more...

We can't wait to immerse you in a truly genre-defining experience. On the heels of the announcement at the 2011 Spike VGA this past Saturday news about The Last of Us has spread onto the internet and into the PlayStation Store. The reception to the announcement has us all high-fiving and breathing a collective sigh of relief as some of you started to get very close to exposing the truth of just who is behind The Last of Us mere days before the announcement. We're excited to share more details and we can't wait to immerse you in a truly genre-defining experience.  The PS Store has been updated today and will have some The Last of Us content rolling out that includes: - The Last of Us Announcement Trailer - Joel Avatar ($0.49) - The Last of Us Static Theme If you still haven't seen every suspense-filled, emotionally charged second of The Last of Us announcement trailer you'll be able to download it and watch it in glorious 720p on your PS3 via the PS Store today. Be Read more...

"Naughty Dog's mission is to change the way people experience videogames."Evan Wells, Co-President There's been a ton of speculation in the video gaming community over the past week about a couple of videos that were released and also housed on the LastofUs.com website. We're very excited to confirm that The Last of Us is developed by Naughty Dog Inc, the creators behind the UNCHARTED, Jak and Daxter, and Crash Bandicoot series. Neil Druckmann, Creative Director, and Bruce Straley, Game Director, gave us all a very, very brief snippet on what to expect in The Last of Us: The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven tale about a modern plague decimating mankind. Nature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find. Joel, a ruthless survivor, and Ellie, a brave young teenage girl who is wise beyond her years, must work together to survive Read more...