Summary
The Last of Usdeveloper Naughty Dog and publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment may be gearing up to release a “Special Edition” of the critically acclaimed series. According to a new leak, a Special Edition ofThe Last of Usis coming to the PlayStation 5 in the near future, but details on what exactly is included in this yet-to-be-announced edition remain unclear.
SinceThe Last of Us' inception in 2013, Naughty Dog has released numerous remasters, remakes, and ports. The most recent of the many upgrades is the upcomingPC port forThe Last of Us: Part 2 Remastered, which will launch on April 3 via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Similar to its predecessor, the PC version ofThe Last of Us: Part 2 Remasteredwill include numerous graphical improvements and enhancements, including full PlayStation DualSense controller integration, widescreen and ultrawide support, HDR support, PC display and graphics menu for scalability, performance enhancing technologies including NVIDIA DLSS 3, AMD FSR 3.1, and AMD FSR 4.0 with upscaling and frame generation, and more.
The Last of Us: Special Edition Leaked
There have been an abundance ofThe Last of Usremasters, remakes, and PC ports over the years, but it doesn’t look like Naughty Dog is done just yet. While fanscontinue to plead forThe Last of Us: Part 3, Naughty Dog is supposedly gearing up to release a Special Edition ofThe Last of Us. According to leaker billbil-kun viaDealabs, the new edition is currently in development and will receive a physical release for the PlayStation 5. Unfortunately, the contents of the edition are presently unclear. There’s no word on whether or not this will include bothThe Last of Us: Part 1andPart 2, or if it will be a standalone edition of one of the two titles. However, the leaker did reveal a price point of $109.99 USD, suggesting it will likely include both games.
There’s no release date for the Special Edition, but billbil-kun anticipates the opening of pre-orders “very soon,” with estimates putting an announcement within the next two months. While none of the aforementioned details have been confirmed by Naughty Dog or Sony at the time of writing, HBO is currently gearing up toreleaseThe Last of UsSeason 2, with the first episode of the season set to air on April 13. Given that the second season will be aired in its entirety by the end of May, there’s always the possibility that Sony is intending to capitalize on the show’s popularity by revealing the Special Edition during Season 2.
For fans waiting for a brand new instalment in the series, it could still be quite some time untilThe Last of Us: Part 3is released. Creator Neil Druckmann has gone back and forth on a third instalment, recently suggesting thatthe series ended withThe Last of Us: Part 2. While plans could most certainly change in the future, the studio is currently developingIntergalactic: The Heretic Prophetfor the PlayStation 5. The brand-new IP was revealed earlier this year and takes players into space as Jordan A. Mun, a dangerous bounty hunter who becomes stranded on a distant planet known as Sempiria. The release date for the title has yet to be confirmed.
