The Last of Us Part II finally gets release date

The trailer

The reveal trailer last year provided little context for Ellie’s murderous rampage throughout E3’s lengthy gameplay footage, but last night gave us all some needed clarity on the story.

Five years after the events of The Last of Us a 19-year-old Ellie appears to have found some normality and peace in her life with girlfriend Dina.

As we already know Joel sacrificed the opportunity to trade Ellie for a potential antidote to the virus ravaging mankind, and the world has had to adapt to rediscover some form of normality – functioning villages and holdfasts away from major cities – while the world around them continues to fall at the hands of bandits and monsters.

It looks as though this new story will kickstart with a scarring moment similar to the first… poor Sarah, poor Joel. We’ve gleaned that something clearly happens to Dina early on, and the grief appears to re-ignite a fire inside Ellie that’s grown from a modest flicker into a raging blaze over time.

Heading back into the treacherous streets of NYC Ellie goes on a brutal crusade to ‘make them pay’, we don’t know who they are yet, but we trust El’s judgement and we’re fully down. A ruffled Joel also makes a goose bump inducing appearance at the end to help with the final mission.

Guessing he finally told her the truth about the Fireflies then. Why else would they part ways in the first place?

In conclusion this just looks incredible. I’ve already pre-ordered the game and we’ve yet to even see the multiplayer they’ve been harping on about. Naughty Dog claim they’ve got more to show us this week too, so keep it locked here for any further announcements.