The Final of Us Remake has formally gone gold as we shut in on the sport’s September 2nd PS5 launch date. A PC model will comply with shortly after, TLOU being the newest PlayStation franchise to drop its console-exclusive standing.
Thrilled to announce The Final of Us Half I has gone gold! 🏅✨
Congratulations to the Canine and our companions @PlayStation who contributed their ardour and expertise to the rising world of #TheLastofUs! pic.twitter.com/PGd9ezWuZC
— Naughty Canine (@Naughty_Dog) July 11, 2022
Studios saying that their sport has “gone gold” is commonplace these days, merely highlighting {that a} title is in a completed state and copies are able to be made. What’s notably newsworthy right here is that The Final of Us Remake didn’t necessitate brutal crunch, according to one developer at least.
“That is the primary time in my 13 12 months profession, throughout a number of studios that I didn’t have to crunch to complete a sport,” stated Anthony Vaccaro, Principal Surroundings Artist at Naughty Canine. “Feels good, actually good. Particularly hitting the identical high quality bar as TLOU2. Extra work to maintain doing however pleased with the massive modifications to date to make the studio more healthy.”
We’re a pair months away from the sport’s launch but we’ve seen no gameplay footage of The Final of Us Half I. Naughty Canine has stated we’ll be getting a a lot deeper take a look at the sport very quickly, the builders having enhanced the unique with gameplay methods from Half II.
Since these first rumours of a TLOU remake, many have questioned why Naughty Canine would revisit the unique sport. It’s not even a decade outdated and when it first launched, it actually pushed the PlayStation 3 to its limits earlier than being remastered on PS4 only a 12 months later. Having lately replayed this model, it holds up remarkably effectively (particularly the multiplayer) and the story is not any much less impactful or gut-punching. So why return and mess with such an all-time nice?
Being such a business and demanding success, this sequence has change into a flagship for the PlayStation model. Not solely is there an incredible-looking HBO tv sequence within the works, Sony and Naughty Canine are constructing their largest multiplayer sport thus far, increasing the TLOU universe even additional. With The Final of Us Half I, they’re offering a great entry level to the sequence for individuals who’ve but to expertise this status, post-apocalyptic journey.