The Last of Us: Part 1 headlines Summer Game Fest
James Batchelor
Editor-in-Chief
Thursday 9th June 2022
PlayStation's The Last of Us: Part 1 capped off this year's Summer Game Fest, rounding off two hours of game reveals and previews.
Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann joined host and organiser Geoff Keighley on stage to discuss more about the upcoming TV adaptation of The Last of Us, produced in partnership with HBO, and the upcoming multiplayer title.
Druckmann said the studio is "not quite ready" to show off this game, which began as a multiplayer mode for 2020's The Last of Us: Part 2 and has since become one of the upcoming live service titles Sony is betting heavily on.
Then Druckmann confirmed what has previously been rumoured and, earlier today, leaked: The original The Last of Us has been remade from the ground up for PlayStation 5, and launches on September 2.
The Last of Us: Part 1 is also in development for PC, continuing Sony's expansion beyond its own consoles.
As Keighley had warned earlier this week, the bulk of the showcase was dedicated to titles that had already been announced and/or dated, instead focusing on showing fresh footage or releasing new details ahead of launch.
Big name titles featured included:
There were a handful of brand new game reveals as well:
You can find more of the reveals during Summer Game Fest, and the other showcases this week, in our roundup of all the announcements.
The event ended with Keighley announcing next year's Summer Game Fest will also be an in-person event as well as digital, placing it in direct competition with E3.
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