It’s official. The Last of Us Part 2 is coming to PC on April 3, 2025, as we discovered by way of a trailer at The Game Awards 2024.
Yup, that is The Last of Us Part 2! It joins a rising custom of Sony releasing its first-party exclusives on PC a number of years after their launch, which incorporates Horizon: Zero Dawn, Ghost of Tsushima, Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart, and God of War (2018).
Earlier this 12 months, dependable leaker Billbil-kun recommended that The Last of Us Part 2 could be the following PlayStation unique to affix them, and even that improvement on it was wrapped up. However, it was speculated that its launch had been held again to coincide with the 2025 launch of season to of HBO’s The Last of Us present…which appears to have been an correct name as effectively, given the timing.
In a blog post following the announcement, Naughty Dog added some particulars concerning the PC launch. It follows the devoted PS5 launch of The Last of Us Part 2 earlier this 12 months in together with new modes and all different new options added in that model. It will probably be accessible on each the Steam and Epic Games Store at launch.
The Last of Us Parts 1 and a couple of have been launched and re-released in numerous totally different varieties over time. But Naughty Dog studio head Neil Druckmann stated earlier this 12 months that they’d “not be The Last of Us studio eternally” and that the studio was engaged on “a number of” single-player initiatives.
We gave The Last of Us Part 2 a coveted 10/10 upon its launch, saying that whereas it was “an exhilarating journey, it nonetheless makes time for a shocking, nuanced exploration of the power and fragility of the human spirit.”
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