The Last of Us: Remastered began PS4 development last year

Development on the PS4 version of The Last of Us began last year, Naughty Dog has admitted. According to studio co-president Evan Wells, the team "started working on it pretty much as soon as we finished the PlayStation 3 [version]" last year.

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Development on the PS4 version of The Last of Us began last year, Naughty Dog has admitted. According to studio co-president Evan Wells, the team "started working on it pretty much as soon as we finished the PlayStation 3 [version]" last year.

"We had a lot of people on the forums saying ‘can I play this on PlayStation 4?’ We had actually been anticipating that," he told IGN. Undoubtedly, that'll miff people who wanted to avoid double-dipping, especially after the studio repeatedly denied that a PS4 version was in the works.

"We weren't sure if it was going to go anywhere, but when we saw the fans clamoring for it we doubled-down, and put more effort behind it," Wells added.

Of course, given the lengthy development of the "Remastered" edition, it will be more than a mere port. Naughty Dog is promising 1080p, 60fps, and "higher resolution character models, better lighting, better shadows."

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    April 10, 2014 8:30 AM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, The Last of Us: Remastered began PS4 development last year.

    Development on the PS4 version of The Last of Us began last year, Naughty Dog has admitted. According to studio co-president Evan Wells, the team "started working on it pretty much as soon as we finished the PlayStation 3 [version]" last year.

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      April 10, 2014 9:05 AM

      People bought a new console knowing there wasn't going to be many great games for the first year or two. Charge $29.99 and they will be fine with buying a second copy.

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      April 10, 2014 9:30 AM

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      April 10, 2014 9:43 AM

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      April 10, 2014 9:44 AM

      all of this is meaningless to me, i want a release date!

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      April 10, 2014 10:06 AM

      Unless there is a cheap 3 to 4 upgrade version, I think I'm going to skip Depression HD.

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      April 10, 2014 10:13 AM

      When they say the fans wanted it..who are they talking about?
      When was this up for vote?
      The game was just released for Christ sake. I still remember lines of dialog and what I was wearing when I played.
      For this to make sense time would have had to pass, 5 years or more then bless us with this remastered game. Not a year (or less) later.
      This is retarded with a capital R.
      I'm just astonished as to how much of a pass is given to Sony and MS for having no games to sell, remastering last years game and selling them as new...but WiiU and Nintendo got raked over the coals for doing less than this.
      They had backwards compatibility, you could use your old hardware with the new, and they had a steadier stream of new games coming out for their new system and NOTHING!
      Just hate.
      $40 demos and remasters of year old games (at full price) and we love them.
      This is bad comedy.

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        April 10, 2014 10:28 AM

        no, this is the right move releasing a game for CURRENT TECH instead of LAST GEN

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        April 10, 2014 10:36 AM

        It's not for people like you, it's for owners of a 360 who never bought a PS3 but are considering switching to a PS4.

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        April 10, 2014 10:38 AM

        Yeah but you forgot to capitalise the r in retarded.

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        April 10, 2014 11:42 AM

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        April 10, 2014 12:05 PM

        They're making it because they believe there is a market for it. They're probably right as companies like this don't often do things like this without researching it first.

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          April 10, 2014 12:58 PM

          Heh yeah right like sony knows their market better than this guy. Sure dude.

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      April 10, 2014 10:40 AM

      I'm gonna be honest. This is a large part of why I bought a PS4

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      April 10, 2014 11:35 AM

      Finally a reason to buy a PS4. Certain friends will be happy.

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      April 10, 2014 11:56 AM

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      April 10, 2014 11:59 AM

      Nice, didn't get around to this for the PS3.

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      April 10, 2014 3:25 PM

      Sounds rad, good thing I did not finish the game on the PS3.

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