The Last of Us 2 release date confirmed for June

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Here's when you can start playing The Last of Us 2

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The Last of Us 2 release date has once again been confirmed after a period of uncertainty, and it's only a few weeks later than before.

A post on the PlayStation Blog confirmed that The Last of Us 2 release date is now set for June 19. That puts it three weeks after the May 29 release date which Naughty Dog and Sony most recently gave, before delaying the project indefinitely in response to COVID-19 related concerns. The same update also confirmed a new arrival time for Ghost of Tsushima, now set to hit stores on July 17.

The new Last of Us 2 release date arrives just as the internet is grappling with a fresh spate of The Last of Us 2 spoilers, and how to avoid them. It's going to be a tough few months as people try to navigate the minefield of story spoilers, but at least it's not much further away than it was meant to be before the coronavirus response became a concern.

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar.