The Last of Us remake is reportedly releasing "this holiday"

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The unannounced game could be coming sooner than we think

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The long-rumoured The Last of Us remake is said to be potentially releasing holiday 2022. 

Talking about the Naughty Dog game on the Kind of Funny Gamescast, GamesBeat reporter Jeff Grubb has said "I keep hearing that’s coming out this year [...] this holiday." Before going on to say: "I think it probably is one of [Naughty Dog’s] big holiday games this year."

Small hints relating to some kind of Naughty Dog remake have since continued to pop up online in the form of a job listing late last year which asked for applicants "with an appetite for high quality, 3rd person, action/adventure games", an employee theorized to be working on the unannounced game dropping hints, a Naughty Dog employee's CV, and just general rumor mill speculation.

Of course, without official word from Naughty Dog, PlayStation, or anyone else involved, we'll just have to settle on speculating when the remake is coming out or if it even exists at all.

A little later on in the podcast, Grubb and the rest of the podcast's hosts discussed what a The Last of Us remake would mean for the upcoming The Last of Us TV show, comparing it to The Witcher. "As long as [the game] is relatively fresh and on shelves, it should see a boost when it comes out," Grubb explains, "and then when the show comes out, another boost. That is [Naughty Dog’s] expectations."

Hope Bellingham
Hope Bellingham
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After studying Film Studies and Creative Writing at university, I was lucky enough to land a job as an intern at Player Two PR where I helped to release a number of indie titles. I then got even luckier when I became a Trainee News Writer at GamesRadar+ before being promoted to a fully-fledged News Writer after a year and a half of training.  My expertise lies in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, cozy indies, and The Last of Us, but especially in the Kingdom Hearts series. I'm also known to write about the odd Korean drama for the Entertainment team every now and then.