Categories Posted inin BusinessDevelopment Neil Druckmann pulls back from The Last of US show to focus on Naughty Dog games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 2, 2025 2 min Neil Druckmann, the co-creator of The Last of Us show on HBO, is pulling back from the show’s production to focus on Naughty Dog... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment The challenges of translating The Last of Us to the television audience | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 30, 2025 5 min There are many times when I’ve fantasized about being the game director for The Last of Us, the great video game from Naughty Dog,... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Last of Us Season 2 debuts first episode on HBO with the start of the second game Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2025 4 min The first episode of The Last of Us Season 2 kicks off today with a lie. Unlock premium content and VIP community perks with... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Development The remarkable banter of Cory Barlog and Neil Druckmann on the creative process Posted byby GamesBeat February 21, 2025 30 min Cory Barlog, creative director at Sony Santa Monica Studio, and Neil Druckmann, studio head and head of creative of the video game developer Naughty... Continue Reading 30 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Naughty Dog officially cancels The Last of Us Online multiplayer Posted byby Rachel Kaser December 15, 2023 1 min For years, fans of The Last of Us have waited for Naughty Dog to release a promised online multiplayer title, an extension of the... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The Strong announces 2023 finalists for Video Game Hall of Fame Posted byby Rachel Kaser March 15, 2023 1 min The Strong National Museum of Play announced the finalists for the 2023 class of entrants into its Video Game Hall of Fame today. There... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay HBO’s The Last of Us sets new bar for game-to-TV adaptations Posted byby Jordan Fragen March 14, 2023 3 min The season finale for HBO’s The Last of Us (TLOU) aired on Sunday, concluding one of gaming’s most successful game adaptions (for now). Both... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gaming’s renewal of vows with Hollywood and more on UGC/generative AI | The DeanBeat Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2023 4 min I worked a couple of days in Santa Monica, California, this week to get a fresh perspective on games. It was my third visit... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Hi-Fi Rush is the surprise we all needed | Kaser Focus Posted byby Rachel Kaser January 27, 2023 2 min This week’s Xbox Developer Direct show was poised to be precisely as boring as I thought it would be — which, to be fair,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business HBO’s The Last of Us is where film imitates games — but not too much Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2023 7 min I consider The Last of Us series (Parts I and II) to be my favorite video game series of all time. And so I... Continue Reading 7 min