The Last of Us Part II
Ellie and Dina are big characters in The Last of Us Part II.
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How Sony showed us The Last of Us Part II

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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In a press event in a sound stage converted into a giant church for 3,000 journalists and other onlookers, Sony unveiled more details about Naughty Dog’s next big game, The Last of Us Part II, at the 2018 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) today in Los Angeles.

The trailer of gameplay showed Ellie, older than in the first game but still awkward, as both a shy person and a stone-cold killer. You can see that in the trailer. But the weird story here was that Sony made us feel like we — all 3,000 of us — were inside a video game. The church we were standing in resembled the church where Ellie dances with — and kisses — another girl.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.