F. Joel & Ellie/Main Cast

XIV. Ellie (Age: 14)

"Ellie, an orphan, is very clever and mature for her age, and will do whatever it takes to keep Joel and herself alive. She takes orders from Joel as well, but at the same time "doesn't need any babysitting at all". She has no knowledge of the world prior to the events of the incident and is obsessed with culture from the past including music and books. Being raised in such an evironment, Ellie is considerably rash, impulsive, and temperamental, and doesn't faze at the notion of using violence as a means to an end or vulgar words as a way of expressing how she feels. At the same time, however, she maintains a particular innocence in how she still has yet to see the darkest sides of human nature and retains a susceptible trust in people that she hasn't yet lost, and serves as the juxtaposition to Joel's weary, morose outlook on life. "

Ellie is voiced and mo-capped by Ashley Johnson:

XV. Joel (Age: 40s)

"Joel has been described as a "violent thug, a brutal killer, and a torturer." He has shown some combat abilities, and also seems to be familiar with many different weapons. Other than Ellie, it seems that he does not care about other survivors. He has revealed to Ellie that he's "been on both sides" in response to knowing about a hunter ambush, and this dark past likely contributed to his experience as a hardened survivalist. The plague began around his late 20s, and before rescuing Ellie he was a man who ran drugs and weapons through the quarantine zone in Boston. Joel is also knowledgeable in surviving the rough post-infected world."

Joel is voiced and mo-capped by Troy Baker:

G. OtherCharacters

XVI. Bill

"Bill is a skilled mechanic that knows how to fix up cars and assemble things from broken items and spare parts and is short tempered. Bill is an extremely paranoid person, often wearing a gas mask to protect himself from the infection, as the disease could kill him with a single breath. He is very cautious and inevitably strict about strangers, always making sure to check whether they are infected or not. Him and Joel have history, as they have met before the events of The Last of Us, and Bill owes him many favors."

Bill is voiced and mo-capped by W. Earl Brown:

XVII. Tess

"Tess is a survivor that at one point had a relationship with Joel. Tess and Joel subscribe to the same dog-eat-dog philosophy. They survive by being willing to do what others cant or wont. Her trust in and loyalty towards Joel runs deep. However, secretly, she questions whether Joel shares the same emotions that she feels for him.

Tess is voiced and mo-capped by Annie Wersching

H. Weapons and Gameplay

XX. Gameplay

"The Last of Us plays from a third-person perspective. The player will have control of Joel as he trying to protect Ellie. However, this is not an escort game. Ellie will have her own AI and try to stay out of sight from the enemy or help Joel in any way possible. Naughty Dog is integrating a new AI system called "Balance of Power" that works very realistic compared to their previous games. Since the setting is post-apocalyptic, the resources are going to be scarce. Joel is not going to be roaming around blasting a machine gun. A single bullet from a pistol can kill an enemy."

"Depending on the weapon Joel is holding is how the human enemies will react. If Joel is holding a handgun, the enemy will be very cautious and try their best not to get shot. If there are multiple enemies, they will try their best to flank Joel and suprise him. They are not going to stay in one place and occasionally peek out to shoot. Joel could be holding a brick and the enemy will still be cautious, but they will not be as alarmed. If the only thing Joel has is a 2x4, the enemy may charge believing they have the advantage."

"Naughty Dog believes the more they humanize and add psychology to the human enemies, the more scary they become. If Joel kills one of the group, they may become very upset and push harder to reach Joel or kill him. They may warn each other of danger and try a different strategy. Also, if Joel achieves the upper hand, they may realize this, become scared and probably run away. Unlike Uncharted, Joel will not be able to just hide and recover health with time. He will will have to apply health packs, but try to find the time to do so because the enemy may see that he is doing so and flank him."

XXI. List of confirmed weapons:

Revolver

9MM

Rifle (Resembles the T-Bolt Sniper from the Uncharted series.)

Bow and Arrow

Machete

Pipe

Switchblade (Commonly found on Ellie)

Shotgun

XXII. Throwable objects

Both Joel and Elliecan throw such improvisational projectiles to stun enemies:

Bricks

Plants

Cinder Blocks

Molotov Cocktails

Empty Bottles

Pipes

H.Enemies

XXIII. Survivors

"Humans not infected by the Cordyceps unilateralis; Most of the survivors you encounter will be enemies wanting to kill you and loot anything useful from your dead bodies."

"The Hunters are ruthless killers who have rebelled against the martial law. Anyone coming into their city who is not part of their faction is called a 'tourist' and will be killed. One tactic they use is to pretend to be wounded or hurt. Once someone stops to help, the rest of the faction will attack and then steal the tourist's supplies."

"Joel and Ellie are amongst the varied and few other survivors found throughout the game. Unfortunately, not all survivors are friendly and many will take every chance they can seize to hunt down others for their food and weapons."

XXIV. The infected

"The Infected creatures were once human and/or animal, but have since undergone a strange mutation by a specialized strain of Cordyceps unilateralis. The host's physical appearance has completely changed in comparison to how the host typically looked prior to infection, and all ability to think and behave as normal has degraded."

TYPES

Runners

Clickers

Naughty Dog shows an Infected up close:

XXV. Ophiocordyceps unilaterali

"The bulk of humanity has been infected with what seems to be an invasive parasite similar in symptoms and effects to a Cordyceps fungus. Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is a fungus which is evidently evolved from a Cordyceps strain, the prime difference being that this strain infects either only human subjects, or, (as the eptymology would suggest), any living host available. The other main difference is that, instead of directing the host into a convenient place for the fungus to grow and spread spores to new hosts, the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis would direct them into harm's way in a classic, "zombielike" quest to destroy uninfected individuals. As with many other details about the fungus, it is unclear whether this makes infection of new hosts easier, or if it is simply a byproduct of overloading the human brain (or degenerating it into a primal state). It is unknown if the subject can be infected alive or if it requires the host to be dead."

Table of Contents

(For CTRL/COM + F users)

A. General Info

• I. Release Date(s)
• II.Player(s) (Online)
• III. Publisher
• IV.Developer
• V.Platform
• VI.ESRB Rating
• VII.PEGI
• VIII. The Official Standard Boxart/Price; Survival and Post-Pandemic Editions
  

B. Pre-order Bonuses

C. Story and Concept

XI. Story

XII. Concept

D. Environments

E. Locations

XIII. Confirmed Locations

F. Joel & Ellie/Main Cast

XIV. Ellie

XV. Joel

G. Other Characters

XVI. Bill
XVII. Tess

H. Weapons and Gameplay

XX. Gameplay
XXI. List of confirmed weapons
XXII. Throwable objects

I. Enemies

XXIII. Survivors
XXIV. The infected
XXV. Cordyceps unilaterali

J. Ammunition/Resources

K. Gameplay trailers/videos

L. American Dreams Comic

M. Multiplayer

A. GeneralInfo

I. Release Date(s)

NA: June 14, 2013

EU: June 14, 2013

AUS: June 14, 2013

II.Player(s)

Story Mode: 1

Online Multiplayer: (TBA)

III. Publisher

IV. Developer

"We aim to change the f***ing industry with The Last of Us"

V.Platform

PlayStation 3

VI.ESRB Rating

M

VII.PEGI

18

VIII. The Official Standard Boxart and Price

Price: $59.99

Survival Edition

Includes:

Over 170 pages of the incredible artwork and designs that went into making The Last of Us in The Art of The Last of Us

A full-sized hardcover art book by Dark Horse.

The Last of Us: American Dreams #1, the first issue in a series of comic books that dives deeper into Ellies backstory. The version youll get features a variant cover that can only be found in the Survival Edition.

The Steelbook edition of the game showcasing artwork of Ellie on one side and Joel on the other side of the cover.

Ordering the Survival Edition also nets you the Sights & Sounds DLC pack:

Sights & Sounds DLC Pack
- Official Game Soundtrack by Academy Award winning musician Gustavo Santaolalla
- PS3 Dynamic Theme
- PSN Avatars: Winter Joel & Ellie

Price: $79.99

Post-Pandemic Edition (*Only at Gamestop)

Includes:

• The Steelbook edition of the game.
• The Last of Us: American Dreams issue 1 with the variant cover.
• A highly collectible 12 Premium Statue of Joel and Ellie by Project Triforce.

Youll be getting two DLC packs as well. In addition to the Sights & Sounds DLC Pack, the Post-Pandemic Edition includes a plethora of digital content in the Survival DLC Pack:

Survival DLC Pack
- Multiplayer Bonuses:
· Bonus XP
· Melee booster
· In-game currency
· Customizable character items
- Bonus Joel and Ellie skins available once the single player game is completed

Price: $159.99

B.Pre-order Bonuses

The Sights & Sounds Pack

• • Immerse yourself in a world reclaimed by nature with this pack containing:

• A digital download of the game soundtrack, featuring original music by Academy Award winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla.
• A PS3dynamic theme showing Joel and Ellie on their journey through a ravaged city.
• Two exclusive PlayStation®Network avatars featuring Joel and Ellie in winter survival gear.

The Survival Pack

• • Your best chance of staying alive in brutal multiplayer matches, this pack contains:

• Bonus experience points to give you a head start on your rivals.
• A powerful melee attack booster to pack a heavier punch in hand-to-hand combat.
• In-game currency to buy boosters, customizable parts and other items to bolster your multiplayer characters.
• Special customizable items for your multiplayer character.
• Two bonus skins for Joel and Ellie - available once you've completed the single player game.

C. Story and Concept

XI. Story

"The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven tale about a modern plague decimating mankind. Nature encroaches upon civilization, forcing remaining survivors to kill for food, weapons and whatever they can find. Joel, a ruthless survivor promised a dying friend he would rescue Ellie, a fourteen-year-old orphan, from a nearby boarding house for an unknown reason. Some time after the escape, military authorities find out and begin pursuing them as they commence their journey west across what remains of the United States."

"It has been 20 years since a fungi has been on the loose, killing people and re-animating their corpses. The military has the United States under martial law and is keeping everyone in a quarantine zone to stay away from the infection. The quarantine zone has many checkpoints and gives constant body scans for any signs of fungi, and any of those who do will be executed immediately."

XII. Concept

"The concept for The Last of Us arose after watching BBC nature documentary Planet Earth, which showed the cordyceps fungus infected ants, resulting in taking over its brain and producing growths from its head; the idea that the fungus could infect humans became the initial idea for the game. Major artistic inspirations included the movies No Country for Old Men and The Road, comic The Walking Dead, historical novel City of Thieves, Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend and the films it inspired."

"While the fungus epidemic is the main backdrop of the game, The Last of Us is not a "zombie game", but "a love story about a father-daughter-like relationship", influenced in part by the sequence between Nathan Drake and Tenzin, his Tibetan guide, in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Joel is a survivor and anti-hero, and Ellie is a 14 year-old girl with no experience of the world pre-apocalypse. The composer for the game will be Gustavo Santaolalla. The team wanted to focus on emotion with the soundtrack rather than horror"

"On release of the initial trailer for the game Dead Island, the team was concerned that the two games would be largely similar, both exploring the human or emotional side to an apocalyptic event. However, on release of the aforementioned game, the team realised that the gameplay did not match up to that showed by the trailer; by contrast, lead designer Neil Druckmann feels that the trailer for The Last of Us is "very representative of what we're going for". Druckmann also stated that he wants the story in The Last of Us to raise the bar for other video game developers, as he feels the standard of story-telling is not as good as it should be within the industry."

D. Environments

"Nature's Revenge, nature has began to reclaim the buildings, roads, and other man-made structures our race has erected to keep it at bay. Straying from the dull grays and browns of many games that follow a catastrophic event, Naughty Dog looks to real life ruin photography to capture the haunting beauty of a world reclaimed by the elements."

E.Locations

"Abandoned cities reclaimed by nature. A population decimated by a modern plague. Survivors are killing each other for food, weapons; whatever they can get their hands on."

XIII.Confirmed locations:

Boston, Massachusetts

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Winner of the alt-cover poll has been revealed!

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/and-now-the-winner-of-bioshock-infinites-alt-cover-poll/

My bad if old.

Boxart:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/12/09/the-last-of-us-on-ps3-may-7th-2013-pre-order-bonuses-new-trailer-revealed/

Participating retailers will offer the Sights and Sounds Pack, which includes:

• The official soundtrack of the game
• A PS3 dynamic theme featuring the cover art
• Two avatars for your PSN profile Winter Joel and Winter Ellie

We've also worked with GameStop to provide exclusive bonus content in addition to the Sights and Sounds Pack. Pre-ordering at GameStop also nets you the Survival Pack, which includes:

• Bonus experience points for multiplayer
• A multiplayer melee attack booster
• Some extra starting in-game cash
• Special customizable character items for multiplayer
• Two special bonus skins for Joel and Ellie which will be unlocked after your complete the single player campaign

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Premium and Songbird Editions announced

Irrational Games has announced that Premium and Ultimate Songbird Editions of Bioshock Infinite are now available to pre-order.

Both versions are available in limited quantities, the Premium Edition will set you back $79.99 and the Ultimate Songbird Edition $149.99. The increased price tag is for a 9.75 inch Songbird statue (below) which is exclusive to the Songbird Edition of the game.

The Ultimate Songbird Edition includes:

• 9.75 inch Songbird statue
• A 3-inch baby version keychain of the sold-out Murder of Crows vigor bottle replica.
• A 5 x 7-inch lithograph by Jorge Lacera.
• A 25 millimeter, resin-cast Handyman miniature from the upcoming BioShock Infinite board game by Plaid Hat Games, makers of Summoner Wars.
• A mini art book, full of BioShock Infinite concept art and commentary, with a hand-distressed cover.
• Various digital goodies: exclusive in-game gear, a digital soundtrack, and platform specific downloadable content (Avatar costumes for Xbox 360, and Themes for PC and PlayStation 3)

The Premium Edition of the game includes all the above content minus the Songbird statue. You can pre-order both editions here. Bioshock Infinite is due to release February 26, 2013 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

Which edition will you pre-order? Let us know in the comments below.

EGM

My bad if old.

Source:Nowgamer

The Last of Us, Naughty Dog's post-Uncharted, post-apocalyptic action game has not had any multiplayer details revealed thus far, but that doesn't mean the Sony studio isn't working on it - and it could well be a co-op mode according to a new Naughty Dog vacancy.

Creative director Neil Druckmann confirmed multiplayer for the game back in June, with the stipulation that "it is not co-op within the main campaign."

It could well be a variation on co-op action though, with the developer hiring for a co-op Game Designer.

Among the requirements are the following:

- Co-op AI & encounter design - designing and scripting co-op combat encounters, AI behavior design, and difficulty balancing.

- Co-op system design - creating mechanics, game modes, progression systems, reward structures, social features, etc. to serve the co-op experience.

- Creating and iterating gameplay designs with the team, and working in script to implement and/or tune them.

- Experience designing levels for single player for co-op console games

- Strong understanding of co-op level design and encounter design

- Strong understanding of co-op gameplay mechanics

- A strong passion to innovate in the area of co-op design

Nowgamer

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Confirmed to release on October 23, 2012.

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I"ll leave you with one last update: PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will be launching on October 23rd, 2012! We"ll have plenty more details on the game, including pricing for both the PS3 and PS Vita versions, soon enough, but we wanted to give you a date to mark on your calendars. Be sure to head over to a participating retailer to reserve your copy today!

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Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut Details:

"Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut will feature new cinematics and epilogue scenes that will expand upon Mass Effect 3's original ending by providing more closure to Commander Shepard's story.The endings will vary, depending on the choices made in the trilogy by the player."

Sony PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal Stage Demo (PSVITA version, Nathan Drake, and Big Daddy Announced)

Beyond: Two Souls Announcement trailer

PlayStation Plus members will now get 12 new titles for free download.

200 new PSN titles over the coming year.

PSVITA will now support PSOne classics.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified announced for PSVITA.

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation announced for PlayStation VITA. (New PSVITA bundle announced)

Assassin's Creed III Stage Demo (Naval Gameplay revealed)

Far Cry 3 Stage Demo (4 player co op revealed)

Wonderbook for PSMOVE announcement trailer

PlayStation Suite is now called PlayStation Mobile.

More PlayStation phones coming this year, HTC will be manufacturing them.

God of War: Acension E3 2012 Stage Demo

The Last of Us E3 2012 Stage Demo