Categories Posted inin Business Flamethrowers and super hearing: the gameplay decisions in The Last of Us (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2013 8 min The combat is deliberately more ugly and focused than the spectacular scenes in Naughty Dog's Uncharted series. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business What inspired The Last of Us (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2013 7 min Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann explain what inspired them to create The Last of Us video game. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business The definitive interview with the creators of Sony’s blockbuster The Last of Us (part two) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 6, 2013 16 min Why do the Clickers seem like chickens? And what is so haunting about the beginning and ending of this memorable game? Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Last of Us creators react to critics of game’s female characters (exclusive interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 5, 2013 6 min The Last of Us creators Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley explain how they came up with memorable female characters. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business The definitive interview with the creators of Sony’s blockbuster The Last of Us (part 1) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 5, 2013 10 min The characters. The inspirations. The intentions. The creators tell us what they aimed for. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: What will be the last generation's last hurrah? Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 19, 2013 5 min Grand Theft Auto V seems like a shoe-in, but there's a lot of games coming. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat community writes about The Last of Us Posted byby Mike Minotti July 18, 2013 2 min We put together a spotlight featuring three of our community writers talking about Sony's latest big exclusive. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony ships more than 3.4M copies of The Last of Us Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2013 1 min Naughty Dog's big title is both a critical and commercial success. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Threeview: The Last of Us reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic Posted byby GamesBeat July 1, 2013 4 min The postapocalyptic action-survival game has been a hit with reviewers and consumers. But what does an analyst and a professor of game design think of it? Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for The Last of Us fans Posted byby GamesBeat June 28, 2013 5 min If the game didn't depress you enough, we're here to help with some related material. Continue Reading 5 min