Something ominous in The Last of Us Part II.
Something ominous in The Last of Us Part II.
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The DeanBeat: Gamers count down the days to The Last of Us Part II

The countdown to the launch of Sony’s The Last of Us Part II has a bunch of gamers spellbound. It surged as a topic of conversation this week as Sony and Naughty Dog revealed more of the exclusive game coming to the PlayStation 4 on June 19.

The signs of fan anticipation are there. More than a million people watched the latest gameplay reveal, even though the full game leaked and anybody who really wants to know the full story can find it out there somewhere on the internet. I have a copy of the game for review purposes, but I am bound not to talk about that yet. But I have found a way to speak about how I’m feeling now.

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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.