The Last of Us Part II has received a delay. The new release month for the highly anticipated PS4 title will now release in May instead of February. The new official release date for The Last of Us Part II is May 29, 2020. Here is what the games director had to say:
To our fans,
Let me cut to the chase and get the news out of the way. The Last of Us Part II has a new release date of May 29, 2020.
I know. It was just about a month ago when we had our big blowout for the game, letting media play over two hours of it along with debuting our new story trailer and revealing the release date. The positive response we saw from our community was overwhelming. You can feel the energy among the team members. After working on something for so many years, it?s invigorating to get a glimpse of validation for all the hard work. However, it was during the last few weeks, as we were closing out sections of the game, that we realized we simply didn?t have enough time to bring the entire game up to a level of polish we would call Naughty Dog quality. At this point we were faced with two options: compromise parts of the game or get more time. We went with the latter, and this new release date allows us to finish everything to our level of satisfaction while also reducing stress on the team.
While we?re relieved that we won?t have to compromise our vision, we?re disappointed that we weren?t able to avoid this exact situation. We wish we could?ve foreseen the amount of polish we needed, but th...