Naughty Dog has announced a special streaming event to celebrate The Last of Us Day but it won’t talk about the games or TV show.
At this point it’s beginning to seem as if Sony is trolling its fans. For over a year now they’ve failed to announce anything new of any significance, with State of Play events regularly proving disappointing, but a Last Of Us livestream that refuses to talk about anything to do with the games or TV show is where things start to get really bizarre.
The reasoning, from developer Naughty Dog, is that today is The Last Of Us Day (the in-game date the Cordyceps infection became a pandemic), so they felt compelled to do something for the fans – even though they’re not ready to talk about anything new.
As a result, the livestream will only cover ‘art, merch, and more’. The livestream will take place at 5pm BST and according to Naughty Dog, ‘While we’re honouring the series’ 10-year legacy, we will not be discussing any future game or TV show projects.’ [Update: They weren’t lying, with the PlayStation Blog revealing the new merch and nothing else of note.]
In other words, if you want to buy some overly expensive The Last Of Us T-shirts or statutes, and see some fan artwork, then today’s livestream is for you – otherwise it’s going to prove a disappointment.
The obvious question is why haven’t Naughty Dog got anything to talk about? According to their own comments they’re working on multiple games at the moment, with rumours suggesting a new director’s cut style version of The Last Of Us Part 2 is amongst them.
It’s also months since we’ve heard anything about the planned multiplayer spin-off. The fact that they still won’t talk about it only lends credence to rumours that it’s been put on the backburner, with Destiny developer Bungie supposedly pointing out major problems during an internal review.
The ‘more’ in the tweet is likely to include Universal Studios Halloween attraction that’s already been detailed, but, as you can see, there’ll be no talk of the TV show either.
That also seems surprising as just this week it was announced that production of the second season will begin ‘the second’ the Hollywood strikes end.
There are now hopes that the writer’s strike is ending, although it’s less clear how long the actor’s strike will continue for, and if writers will continue to show solidarity until both have a settlement.
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