The Last of Us

PlayStation 3 servers for Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, and The Last of Us will be disabled tomorrow. Most players have long since moved on to the PS4, but if you’re eager to enjoy some fun multiplayer modes consider logging in today for one last time.

Video Game Characters Are Terrible At Archery

Video game characters love their bows and arrows, but I hate to be the bearer of bad news—almost all of them are terrible at archery. As an archer myself, I’ve had to spend a lot of time teaching and observing the sport, so I thought it might be appropriate to explain why, in real life,…

Naughty Dog Is Taking Uncharted And The Last Of Us‘ PS3 Multiplayer Servers Offline

On Wednesday, Naughty Dog announced on its developer blog that the company will be shutting down multiplayer servers for their PlayStation 3 games Uncharted, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, The Last of Us, and The Last of Us: Left Behind The shutdown isn’t going to be immediate, though—servers won’t go offline until…

Who wore it better? 2013’s The Last Of Us (left), or 2018’s Some Movie Streaming On Netflix (right)? Thanks @robtrench!

Art house Cook & Becker are trying something a little different with a new line of art books. They’re art notebooks, which leave space for your own sketches and notes while also featuring those from the game they’re featuring (Horizon and Witcher 3 are available now, with The Last Of Us coming soon).

Hands-On With Days Gone: Fun, But Kind Of Generic

Yesterday, I checked out a handful of upcoming PlayStation games and finally got to play Days Gone. Zombie apocalypses seem a dime a dozen these days, and while the setting and characters felt generic, the teeming zombie hordes are some of the most terrifying I’ve ever faced. Days Gone is an upcoming action-survival game by…

Let Queer Characters Be Happy

When The Last Of Us Part II’s new trailer debuted at this year’s E3, protagonist Ellie enjoyed a slow dance and kiss with another woman. My queer friends and I confessed to one another that we were assuming the worst. That happy girl will probably die, because while games allow us to be many things—space…

We Talked To The Last Of Us Part II‘s Director About The Game’s Violence (And More Treacherous Stealth)

LOS ANGELES—Neil Druckmann, creative director on the The Last of Us Part II, was nervous going into E3. “When you’re in it, when you’re working on something for so long you lost the forest from the trees,” he told me as we chatted at Sony’s PlayStation booth here at the LA Convention Center. He’d played…

Everything Sony Showed At E3 2018

Tonight at Sony’s PlayStation E3 press conference, they showed off a handful of games including The Last of Us Part II, some more Spider-Man, and the gorgeous-looking Ghost of Tsushima. They also announced Nioh 2. Good night for samurai games! The show was logistically odd, as attendees were herded through a couple of different locations…

Why The Last of Us‘s Game Director Left Naughty Dog

The Last of Us and Uncharted director Bruce Straley joins today’s episode of Kotaku Splitscreen to talk about burning out, how he feels about not directing The Last of Us 2, and why he left Naughty Dog after 17 years. First, Kirk and I talk about news of the week (5:46) on Quantic Dream’s toxicity,…

Nine More Video Games That Left Us Defenseless And Scared

One moment, you’re on top of the world, the next, completely helpless. Weaponless, defenseless, and pretty much helpless. Last time, we talked about nine games that took away all our weapons. This time, we talk about nine more games that stripped us of all resistance. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild One of…

The Last Of Us Part II Gets A Brutal New Trailer

  Today, Sony showcased The Last of Us Part 2, the second installation of developer Naughty Dog gritty survival horror game released in 2013, with a trailer that is very thrilling but almost made me hurl. Seriously—a woman in a noose props herself up on another woman who gets a hatchet buried in her head.…

Internet Sleuths Think The Last of Us Part II Is Set In Seattle

Is part of the next The Last of Us set in Seattle? Internet detectives believe so, after combing through the game’s concept art and comparing it to real-life Washington. The Last of Us: Part II won’t be out for at least another year or two, but Redditor and artist Voidsby believes they’ve already discovered one of…

Last Of Us Cosplay Went To Chernobyl To Get The Apocalypse Just Right

When Maulisn’t busy being the best damn Witcher cosplayeron the planet, he’s got time to do some stunning Last of Us work. Oh, and head into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone so that the location could look as post-human and apocalyptic as possible. Before you ask, yes, visitors and tourists can be granted brief access to…

Poll: The Most Popular Action-Adventure Games In Japan

Wonder what action-adventure games are most popular in Japan? Let’s find out! There might be some surprises… Then again, there might not. Famitsu already did an action game poll, but this week it published an action-adventure game one. Next week, it will be running its adventure game survey, so now let’s take a look at…

YouTuber Mods The Last Of Us To Play As Tess Instead Of Joel

Ever wondered what The Last of Us would be like if Joel died instead of Tess? One YouTuber has the answer. On May 10th,YouTuber Freako released a video showing off using different NPCs as Joel replacements. While some of them, like Marlene, he couldn’t get to work properly, others, like Tommy and Tess, worked perfectly.…

Here’s Sladkoslava with a damn good Ellie from The Last Of Us

Well, That’s Settled

It’s pretty common for some people to ask for less politics in games. Turns out, that’s not really possible, even if you’re just here to kill some zombies. This tweet from Naughty Dog creative director and The Last of Us Part II writer Neil Druckmann reaches the heart of the matter. It was in reply…

The Last Of Us Remade In Giant LEGO Build

LEGO builder Tim Schwalfenberghas outdone himself here, building a The Last Of Us diorama that covers an entire city block, both indoors and out. Via Brothers Brick, Schwalfenberg says he used over 20,000 bricks, and that it took him over 100 hours to put together. The diorama measures 100cmx60cm and is absolutely loaded with detail,…

Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Ellie And Garfunkel, Winners!

Holy Clickers, Batman! Everyone really went above and beyond this week. You took the a not-obviously exciting ‘Shop proposition and turned out some really rad mash-ups. And a million and one props to people like Orionsangel and others who shared their much better cutouts with the crew. Also, Orionsangel won. Sorry! It was just too…