Sony and Naughty Dog recently announced a February 2020 release date for the highly-anticipated The Last of Us Part II, but here we are a month later, and the two companies have now been forced to delay the sequel. Though development is nearly complete, it looks like naughty Dog needs just a little bit to bring fans their uncompromised version of the game.
Game Director Neil Druckmann explained the catalyst for this sudden turn of events on the PlayStation Blog:
It was just about a month ago when we had our big blowout for the game, letting media play over two hours of it along with debuting our new story trailer and revealing the release date. The positive response we saw from our community was overwhelming. You can feel the energy among the team members. After working on something for so many years, it’s invigorating to get a glimpse of validation for all the hard work.
However, it was during the last few weeks, as we were closing out sections of the game, that we realized we simply didn’t have enough time to bring the entire game up to a level of polish we would call Naughty Dog quality. At this point we were faced with two options: compromise parts of the game or get more time. We went with the latter, and this new release date allows us to finish everything to our level of satisfaction while also reducing stress on the team.
Barring another delay, The Last of Us Part II will be released exclusively for the PS4 on May 29, 2020.
