The Last of Us Part II Brings Joel and Ellie Back for More Heartache

<p>PlayStation Experience 2016 was filled with a ton of announcements&comma; but they saved the best for last this year&period; A sequel to <em>The Last of Us <&sol;em>was confirmed today with a new trailer&period; Running on an updated engine&comma; Naughty Dog unveiled the latest footage of <em>The Last of Us Part II<&sol;em>&comma; confirming that both Joel and Ellie are still together and still going through the hellish landscape of post-apocalypse America&period; No release window was given&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"UzdNECcio54" title&equals;"The Last of Us Part II - Teaser Trailer &num;2 &vert; PS4"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;UzdNECcio54"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;UzdNECcio54&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The Last of Us Part II - Teaser Trailer &num;2 &vert; PS4"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shawn Layden prefaced the reveal with the notion that the game was very early in development&period; Which makes sense&comma; as Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley are presumably working on the game after just wrapping up <em>Uncharted 4<&sol;em>&period; The trailer begins with a beautiful shot of the exterior of a building that is overrun by vegetation&period; It then cuts to Ellie&comma; who is definitely older and is playing the guitar and singing while over a dead body&period; Joel walks in and they have a discussion which ends with a very vengeful sounding Ellie&comma; ready to kill some people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Last of Us <&sol;em>is a really great character study&comma; in my opinion&comma; and I think that it would have been foolish to explore the world further without delving more into the relationship between Ellie and Joel after the last encounter we saw from them&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s probably a little bit surprising that Naughty Dog revealed anything from the game today and not wait until E3 when the game was further along&comma; but it was a hell of a way to end a conference&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Obviously stay tuned as we&&num;8217&semi;ll update with more information about the game as we discover it&period; Let us know in the comments below if you&&num;8217&semi;re excited for another chapter in <em>The Last of Us<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; PlayStation Experience 2016<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;