'Last of Us 2' Release Date Postponed? Naughty Dog Executive Release Statement!
Rumors have been circulating around the gaming community that The Last of Us 2's release date will be slated for next year. After all, top voice actor Nolan North commented that its developer, Naughty Dog, that they are doing the sequel to the popular action-adventure survival horror game which was published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2013.
In July, Nolan North answered a fan question during the Metrocon 2015 panel if he had more voice acting projects on his plate for after his work in Uncharted 4, which is set to release in 2016. He confirms that there are no projects yet, but he knew that Naughty Dog is working on Last of Us 2's release date as reported by Daily Star UK.
Nolan often works with the said game development company, and he also works as a voice actor for various game characters from major computer game titles. However, it seems that rumors regarding Last of Us 2's release date are now more likely to be confirmed as simply, a rumor. Even the game's lead actor Troy Baker confirmed that he did not know anything about the upcoming sequel.
The Last of Us' creative director Neil Druckman was actually surprised with Nolan's comment, Games Radar reports. He confirmed that the studio is working on new characters for the game as well as ideas for Last of Us 2, however as the team is almost done with their brainstorming progress, they were asked to work on Uncharted 4 instead.
Druckman also confirms that Nolan was right at some point that Naughty Dog is working on Last of Us 2's release date, however he also admitted that they're not sure what comes in the next few months after working on Uncharted 4.
The said interview was originally published at the Official PlayStation Magazine.
