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The Last of Us Part 2 PS5 version spotted in store backend

Naughty Dog’s upcoming release may have been leaked

Marco Wutz

The Last of Us Part 2 PS5 version spotted in store backend
The Last of Us Part 2 PS5 version spotted in store backend /

Update (November 20, 2023): Naughty Dog has confirmed The Last of Us 2 Remastered following the game's appearance in the PlayStation database.

Original (November 17, 2023): The existence of a rumored The Last of Us Part 2 version for PS5 – and, potentially, PC – has been an open secret for a while now. From Naughty Dog job postings and a tease by composer Gustavo Santaolalla to a direct confirmation by someone involved in the development on social media, there were more than enough hints to paint a pretty clear picture.

An even stronger clue is out there now, unearthed by PlayStation Game Size, which specializes in data mining the PlayStation Store for information like the download sizes of upcoming games. They posted the cover from The Last of Us Part 2, connecting it to PS5 and clarifying that the PS5 version would be the game’s “native version,” indicating that it would be a new version of the title, which was released in 2020 for PS4.

The Last of Us Part 2 cover.
The Last of Us Part 2 seems to be getting a PS5 version / Naughty Dog

The original game got a full-on remake for PS5 in 2022 and a PC port in early 2023, but that does not mean that this newly spotted version will be a complete remake as well – with how late in the PS4 lifecycle the game dropped, the amount of technical improvements to be made is probably quite small. It may simply be an upgrade more akin to a remaster or director’s cut, with additions like more accessibility modes, more audio support, support for PS5 DualSense controllers, and small-scale visual improvements. Just like with the first game’s remake, the PC port could follow suit shortly afterwards – with fewer issues, hopefully. All that, of course, is mere speculation at this point.

All we know for certain is that a PS5 version for The Last of Us Part 2 has been spotted in the PlayStation Store’s backend.

It’s been theorized that this game could be dropped alongside the launch of the second season for HBO’s The Last of Us series, but if preparations are already underway behind the scenes, this seems rather unlikely.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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