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The city seen in The Last of Us is noticeably dilapidated, which may seem a little unrealistic given that only twenty years have passed since the apocalyptic event which broke down society, but Naughty Dog explained that the highly deteriorated environments are based on research into what would actually happen.

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Shots from Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us have surfaced over on AGB. We’re assuming since Game Informer has month-long coverage of the game, the shots came from the outlet. It’s hard to know, considering AGB doesn’t list the source, and the shots are without a watermark. But they are posted below anyway. If they are actual scans, which is how we’re leaning, we’ll remove the shots if asked and just leave the link. The Last of Us will be released sometime in late 2012 or early 2013 on PS3.

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Sony has announced an update to Uncharted 3, the Fort Co-Op adventure DLC, is available and will allow players to step into the role of the villain for the first time in the series. It has also announced that the long-awaited Jak and Daxter Collection is now available for download as well.

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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception patch 1.04 has been released, and is expected to reach all territories within 24 hours. Naughty Dog advises the patch will prime the game for upcoming DLC, which will be detailed tomorrow. The patch also fixes a bug in co-op adventure mode which made some objectives impossible to complete on higher difficulty settings.

Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells has said the newly-founded second team at the studio was initially throwing around ideas for a new Jak & Daxter on PS3 before starting work on The Last of Us.

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The first details on The Last of Us’s story and gameplay have emerged from the latest Game Informer, as has confirmation there’ll be some sort of online mode.

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Scant details regarding gameplay in Naughty Dog’s upcoming actioner The Last of Us were released yesterday along with new screenshots from the game.

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Game Informer’s March cover will feature The Last of Us, the publication’s confirmed.

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Sony has announced the Jak and Daxter Collection will be in North America on February 7 and in Europe on February 22. The remastered collection will include Jak II, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, and Jak 3 with optional 3D. It will run you $39.99. Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells also provided a list of some of the trophies included in the game, which will number over 100 and include three Platinums. You can get the list through the US PS Blog.

“We’re trying to say something about human beings and how they exist. Now necessarily just in this setting, but in every setting. We try so hard at Naughty Dog to push things and then games come out that are fun and exciting and get visceral things right, but to read in reviews that they have an amazing story is disheartening to us because we work so hard at it. We really hope we can raise the bar.” – Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann, speaking in the latest issue of Edge.

New IP The Last of Us is expected to launch next year for PS3.

Naughty Dog has released four maps for Uncharted 3 today in the US via a download pack. The maps, which were teased previously, include the Cave, Fort, Lost City, and Sanctuary.

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Edge has promised a cover story for The Last of Us as part of its February issue, due next week. The mag, which features new artwork not seen before, will have an “in-depth” preview of the upcoming new Naughty Dog action IP. Also promised are features on Plants vs Zombies, Zen Pinball dev Zen Studios, reviews of Soul Calibur V, Resident Evil: Revelations and previews of Ridge Racer: Unbounded, Binary Domain and The Darkness II.

The issue’s out next Wednesday.

The Writers Guild of America has selected a blockbuster lineup of games for its annual awards.

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As 2011 comes to an end, so too will an unknown celebration. Johnny Cullen charts Naughty Dog’s 25-year journey from school-days to super studio.

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Uncharted developer Naughty Dog isn’t champing at the bit for a new generation of hardware, finding the shift from one machine to another something of a nightmare.

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The Last of Us was meant to be unveiled at E3 earlier this year, not at the Spike Video Game Awards last weekend.

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AllGamesBeta – yup, it’s back – has gone live with what seems to be three pieces of some amazing concept art taken from The Last of Us. The first shows main duo Joel and Ellie travelling on the outskirts of a city – we’re going to guess San Francisco – with the second showing the pair laughing around a campfire. The third piece of art shows them hiding from potential foes. Get the art below the break.

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The Last of Us rollercoaster keeps on going: Naughty Dog’s confirmed it’s bringing two new avatars featuring main characters Joel and Ellie to the PS Store, with a dynamic theme and a HD version of the trailer that aired at the VGAs also set to drop. More details on ND’s website here.

The Last of Us is due to arrive late 2012 or early 2013 for PS3.

Naughty Dog has said the inspiration for the fungus affecting the human population in The Last of Us, was inspired by the Cordyceps fungi showing in BBC’s Planet Earth series, meaning the title is most definitely not a “zombie game.”

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Naughty Dog is aiming to have The Last of Us out by last 2012 or early 2013, a USA Today report has said, while its also been confirmed who will compose the game’s score.

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