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The extensive additions to the PS4 version of The Last of Us have at last been revealed by Sony. The PlayStation Blog says that The Last of Us: Remastered will offer 1080p visuals, higher resolution character models, improvements to shadows and lighting and upgraded textures. Naughty Dog’s creative director Neil …
Read More »Uncharted creative director Amy Hennig heads to Visceral Games
Acclaimed writer heading up new Star Wars title
Read More »EA hires Amy Hennig for Star Wars project
Former Naughty Dog creative director Amy Hennig has joined Visceral Games to develop EA’s new Star Wars title, the studio has confirmed. In a post on EA’s The Beat blog, Visceral general manager Steve Papoutsis announced Hennig’s appointment. She’ll assume the role of creative director on EA’s currently unannounced Star …
Read More »Uncharted 4 game director quits
Justin Richmond heads to Riot Games
Read More »Now Uncharted 4 game director resigns
Another high ranking Naughty Dog employee working on the next Uncharted game has left the studio. Uncharted 4 Game Director Justin Richmond has departed the firm to work for League of Legends developer Riot Games. It follows the departure of creative director Amy Hennig, who was also a veteran of …
Read More »Sony exec claims The Last of Us is being ported to PS4
A PS4 version of The Last of Us has been mentioned by a PlayStation European and Asian brand manager. CVG reports that a number of translations of a video presentation by Turkish PlayStation spokesperson Sercan Sulan point to a port. "There is no information about a new The Last of …
Read More »The Last of Us sells 6m units
Naughty Dog’s PS3-exclusive The Last of Us has surpassed 6m copies sold, Sony has announced. The game sold 3.4m units in just its first three weeks of availability, and has added another 2.6m sales in the seven months since. The announcement came as part of a post on Naughty Dog’s …
Read More »Naughty Dog, Media Molecule and Rockstar clean up at BAFTAs
The Last of Us picks up five prizes, with three each for Tearway and GTA V
Read More »Naughty Dog refutes Hennig departure tension claims
Amy Hennig was in no way forced out” of developer Naughty Dog. The original report revealing the writer’s departure had claimed to have word from sources that Hennig was ‘forced out’ by The Last of Us leads Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley”. These reports have now been strongly denied. Earlier …
Read More »Naughty Dog denies game directors were behind Amy Hennig’s departure
Evan Wells and Chrisophe Balestra issue statement to set the record straight after ‘unprofessional misreporting’
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