The Last of Us (PS3)

[CaptainZombie]

The Last of Us: It's About Brain Fungus?
Viral video for the PS3 exclusive gives us something gross to think about.

Last of Us Official Web site

Yesterday, a teaser trailer for The Last of Us burst on to the scene and really didn't tell us much about the game. Today, we know the PlayStation 3 exclusive is about brain fungus. Maybe.

The Last of Us teaser trailer features riot and disaster footage with a voiceover longing for the simple things we take for granted. Sounds like a post-apocalyptic game to us. What could bring about the end of the world? Brain fungus.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/csubsCk86sw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The Last of Us website features the teaser trailer along with a video snippet of an ant. Eagle-eyed Internet people (like IGN reader Greg Osborne) figured out that the ant video is from an episode of BBC Planet Earth that focuses on cordyceps, a fungus. Seems the cordyceps gets into ants, takes over their brains, and grows from inside them. This kills them; shocking, I know. Here's the clip...

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XuKjBIBBAL8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[CaptainZombie]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

I have a feeling it might be one of the Move enabled titled from GC 2009, look at 1:20 and 1:39 time stamps.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KLIXm_xI3Ho" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[BlackBetty15]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

I hope not...I am really intrigued by this idea and think it has some def potential. I like the idea of the cordyceps fungus and that it has a "28 days later" feel which is muey bueno. We shall see, with the PS3 power this game could do a ton.

[authentic]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

I will follow this game. It's off to a great start. The name of the game is pretty intriguing and probably the only reason I watched the trailer. I hope it's not a Move game that attempts to save the Move from being completely useless.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

I'll go on a limb here and say that it has to be Bungie working on this as they've been MIA.

New Geoff Keighley teaser

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/vga-2011-spike-vgas/724642

• PS3 Exclusive Game No One Would Believe
• Massive Announcement That No-One Would Believe
• Shocked That None Of This Has Leaked Out
• Trailer, Not Teaser At VGA's: Meet The Characters, See The World, All Done In The Game-Engine
• Amazing Developer
• People Will Be Pretty Shocked When They Realize What's Been Going On Behind The Scenes

lastofus.com backgrounds



blog.us.playstation.com background



The site updates again 12/7/11

[LingeringRegime]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

Sounds shocking.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

New screenshots:






The Last of Us: The First Screenshots (Updated)
And another date has been teased, too.

As promised by the date 12.07.11 placed discretely on the website for the upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us, some new content has indeed been posted. It's the very first screenshot of the game. And yes, it looks quite photo-realistic.

Click here for a bigger version of the screenshot.
What does this tell us? Very little, unfortunately. After The Last of Us was revealed, we figured out, thanks to a wily IGN reader, that the initial footage of the game surrounded a fungus called cordyceps that affects ants. This imagery keeps in line with the nature theme shown in the video of the ant, taken straight from BBC Planet Earth.

Additionally, another screen, seen below, shows the front of a newspaper in a disheveled newspaper dispenser. A picture of what appears to be the fictional President of the United States speaking in front of an American flag is on the right, with THE LAST OF US to the left. Underneath, it says "The President addresses a panicked nation as millions more are feared dead or infected."

Click here for a bigger version of the screenshot.
The quote box over the picture says: "Our union remains strong... The military is mounting large guns and securing additional quarantine zones. This is our turning point. We can not and will not become the last of us. Mankind will prevail."

Other stories below that main story are titled "Texas, New Mexico Quarantine Fails" and "England Latest to Declare Martial Law."

Hopefully we'll hear more about The Last of Us in between now and Saturday, when the game will finally be exposed for all to see at the Spike TV Video Game Awards (the next date teased on the website is December 10th, which is this Saturday).

In the meantime, sound-off in the comments below about what you think The Last of Us is about, and what kind of game it will ultimately end up being.

Watch the video now with new audio and the last 5 seconds are interesting.

http://www.lastofus.com/

<object width="640" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KFnYY25nuNc&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&versi on=3"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KFnYY25nuNc&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&versi on=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object>

Update: If you watch the video of the ant here, the one you thought you saw this past weekend, watch it again. It's been updated with some new audio at the end that may interest you...

[authentic]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

Giant ants attack the earth, turning the attacked humans in zombies, and there's you and 4 other people trying to survive and find a cure?

Hmmmmm.....hahaha

[CaptainZombie]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

Holy WTF! We saw something for this game in Uncharted 3 a month ago.....before the patch.

I have this feeling at this point that this game is going to be a team effort by many Sony studios and not just one. Imagine if Naughty Dog offers up the cinematics, story, and motion cap with Sony Santa Monica doing the rest.....we could be in for a treat.


<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jfF9y_Z6Zvg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I guess I can take back the bad things I said about Geoff being all hype and no delivery. LOL!

[authentic]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

Holy WTF! We saw something for this game in Uncharted 3 a month ago.....before the patch.

I have this feeling at this point that this game is going to be a team effort by many Sony studios and not just one. Imagine if Naughty Dog offers up the cinematics, story, and motion cap with Sony Santa Monica doing the rest.....we could be in for a treat.


<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jfF9y_Z6Zvg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I guess I can take back the bad things I said about Geoff being all hype and no delivery. LOL!

Wow. How anyone could see that is unreal. If this really happens, it might have a lot of great things in it.

[BlackBetty15]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

Wow. How anyone could see that is unreal. If this really happens, it might have a lot of great things in it.

I know right? I was thinking about that as well. You must have some serious eye for detail to spelunk like that....especially since it seemed like when I played UC3 I was hauling buns as fast as possible all the time! LOL I managed what? 30+ treasures, most by accident while said hauling. This game looks really interesting for sure. I would like a season one of walking dead feel to it...especially the first episode...that was crazy as all can be. Stuck in atlanta surrounded by infected and "OH NO!" my horse just got eaten! where do I go!? feeling.

[Flawless]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

Developed by Naughty Dog

<div style="background-color:#000000;width:520px;"><div style="padding:4px;"><embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:moses:video:gametrailers.com:724686" width="512" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="." flashVars=""></embed><p style="text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Get More: <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com">GameTrailers.com</a>, <a href="http://www.gametrailers.com/video/vga-2011-the-last-of/724686">The Last of Us - VGA 2011: Exclusive Debut Trailer</a>, <a href="http://pc.gametrailers.com/">PC Games</a>, <a href="http://ps3.gametrailers.com/">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="http://xbox360.gametrailers.com/">Xbox 360</a></p></div></div>

[Flawless]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

I hope you play as the girl.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

[Spongedaddy]

Re: The Last of Us (PS3)

Was that Nolan North as the main character? It looked interesting, but didn't blow me away with the teaser. When they opened the doors and showed us the world it reminded me of Enslaved.