Naughty Dog: Keeping The Last Of Us Secret Wasn't Easy
The Last Of UsEasily the hottest topic taken from this year's Spike TV Video Game Awards was the unveiling of Naughty Dog's new project, The Last Of Us.
But as the developer says, the hardest part was keeping it under wraps for so long. It wasn't until a few days before the Awards when the game started to leak out to major sources, and even then, we had no idea Naughty Dog was behind it. The hint in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - which many found - seemed to be significant only after the fact.
They're not willing to talk about more just yet, and that's understandable. But it's also interesting to note that a "second team" at Naughty Dog has been working on this new IP. Where the heck did that come from...? Well, expansion should be expected from such a successful studio, right? Oh, and note what they say about the "maturation" of Naughty Dog, as this game will very clearly be Mature-rated.
Yep, it's the team's first M-rated game. And we can't wait to see how they approach it...
Related Game(s): The Last Of Us
Tags: the last of us, naughty dog, playstation blog
12/12/2011 8:51:53 PM Ben Dutka
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Lawless SXE
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 1:11:34 AM
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jimmyhandsome
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 10:17:28 AM
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Kevin555
Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 9:35:40 PM
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Naughty Dog can simply do anything. Survival horror, adventure, it doesn't matter. You name it & they will produce it & rip expectations apart in the process. I know this game isn't out yet but that trailer hit me for six.
This game has epic smeared all over it & i cannot wait to see the game in action. Hype levels have reached breaking point already.
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godsman
Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 9:53:57 PM
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I hope we are able to control 2 characters. Where you are able to shoot and the call the girl to do melee attacks.
BTW it'll be awesome if it can release next year 12/12/2012. I think they are on schedule to do so.
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sawao_yamanaka
Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 10:02:40 PM
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Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 11:46:35 PM
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Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 10:19:36 PM
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Fane1024
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 4:55:35 AM
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Metal Head
Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 11:06:40 PM
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Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 11:15:17 PM
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Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 11:18:45 PM
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Buckeyestar
Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 11:56:28 PM
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Rogueagent01
Monday, December 12, 2011 @ 11:23:03 PM
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What an understatement!
It does seem a lot harder in todays day & age to keep these kinds of games under wraps, but as they showed it is possible. Hopefully they kept it under wraps long enough that we can get a release within this next year. That would be what I've wanted from studios over the last decade. I'm tired of studios releasing these kinds of trailers and then taking 5 years to make the game. Just try your best at keeping them secret and release them within a decent time frame from when you first announce them. Otherwise the hype dies down and the games sell poorly.
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Fane1024
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 5:01:39 AM
Or so I've heard.
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Rogueagent01
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 2:59:52 PM
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playSTATION
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 12:39:11 AM
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as for you drake, we shall meet on the next generation console from sony.
however, our vita meeting may take abit longer though.
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DarthSayver21
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 12:50:54 AM
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" This is sorta stuck on my head... I 'think' i read an article somewhere (at 1up maybe) about behind the scenes and creation of uncharted, and ND said that they wanted to make a post apocalyptic game or in that nature but Sony kept pressuring ND to make a 3rd person shooter like Gears to compete with Microsoft. That post apocalyptic game they wanted to make might have been TheLastofUs but uncharted took prioriy first. let me know if any of you know what important talkin about.
Just my speculations ;p"
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Lawless SXE
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 1:17:55 AM
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The Last of Us as a trilogy? Not really sure. I guess I'm sort of hung up on the idea of it being about the survival of these two characters in a world gone mad, rather than them trying to undo the web of the virus and seek a cure or whatever. That idea is overdone. Maybe they could offer up the stories of other characters that intersect with the ones that we know, and who have elected to live in different ways. That'd be rather interesting methinks.
Even so, I like the idea of it being completely alone. We don't see enough of that nowadays. Everything needs to be expanded. I say "Phoo!"
EDIT: Whoops. Responded to the wrong article with this post:/
I bet it would have been difficult to keep a secret. I mean... just about every game is leaked before we can be surprised by it. I suppose a part of the reason is that we were all so enamoured and blinded by Uncharted 3 that we didn't even look into the possibility of ND pulling a swifty and developing a second title alongside it.
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___________
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 2:31:35 AM
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i was wondering why uncharted 3 felt so rushed, unfinished and seriously buggy!
know i know why!
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Snaaaake
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 6:10:04 AM
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 7:52:23 AM
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Lairfan
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 9:11:27 PM
Probably the only reason you think you heard it so much is because you died a lot at that specific part. Not really the game's fault of swearing too much, just you dying a lot.
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Buckeyestar
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 8:12:19 AM
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The story also said they decide to do e split to expand people's roles for fear of potentially losing them.
They also reported that Joel is vicious survivor who finds Ellie and teams up with her, seeing her as his one chance at redemption.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/story/2011-12-12/last-of-us-naughty-dog/51851164/1
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 @ 8:48:17 AM
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