Naughty Dog's highly anticipated The Last of Us Part II has been delayed until further notice due to logistics issues resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The good news is development is nearly done but the bad news is we don't know when the game will actually get released. However, this has not deterred leakers from spoiling the game before it is even made publicly available.

Over the weekend, several YouTube videos were uploaded claiming to contain major spoilers of the game. Despite the original videos being taken down, others are popping up and will likely continue doing so for the foreseeable future in some form or another (this video is working at the time of writing). The leaks appear to come from internal builds dating from February/March of this year. They reveal Ellie's and Joel's roles in the game, its overall plot with a level list and there's what appears to be a divisive ending that has some questioning whether they will buy the game.

Naughty Dog has not yet responded to those leaks, but they seem to be credible to some extent, given the high fidelity and recognizable voices within those leaks.

Did you check out the leaks? What do you think? If not, will you wait for a proper release before indulging into the game?

[UPDATE 1]

Naughty Dog just shared a statement on Twitter, confirming the authenticity of the leaks, sharing their disappointment and asking those who have seen the leaks to not spoil it for others.

A message from the studio: pic.twitter.com/f0TzIZXUIB

— Naughty Dog (@Naughty_Dog) April 27, 2020

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[UPDATE 2]

In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz, Sony confirmed today, May 1st, that they identified those responsible for the leaks and that the matter is still under investigation. They further stated that the leakers "were not affiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment or Naughty Dog", despite rumors claiming otherwise.

[UPDATE 3]

It seems that those responsible for the leaks were hackers who took advantage of a vulnerability in a security patch from Naughty Dog's previous games to access the company's servers. This was claimed by a Twitter user who was in contact with someone who is "a direct source of this compromise" but not the actual leaker, as it seems another party with knowledge of the exploit, possibly from the original hackers, proceeded with the leaks. This claim was corroborated separately by Kotaku and former Kotaku employee Jason Schreier. You can read the full sequence of events as claimed by the Twitter user from their thread.

SOURCE, UPDATE 1, UPDATE 2, UPDATE 3

 

[FGFlann]

I can't believe Snape kills Aeris, tbh.

 

[Rolf12]

for those tht thought the first game was great noone wil giv a cows arse what yr sources think

Haha. What? Guess I'm not as important as I thought.
Well, I do hope people will enjoy the game. And that a little joke here and there won't spoil too much [emoji3]

 

[sarkwalvein]

I can't believe Snape kills Aeris, tbh.

Aeris is not dead. I won't accept it. NOoooo!

 

[FGFlann]

Aeris is not dead. I won't accept it. NOoooo!

MFW she's probably not going to die in the remake anyway.

 

[DANTENDO]

barrett says i fkin luv ff7 but can you go to the appropriate thread

 

[FGFlann]

Nobody wants to talk about FF7 in the FF7 thread though.

 

[sarkwalvein]

barrett says i fkin luv ff7 but can you go to the appropriate thread

Nobody wants to talk about FF7 in the FF7 thread though.

Why don't create a new thread for general talk about FF7 remake then?
Like this: https://gbatemp.net/threads/ff7-remake-general-discussion-thread.564238/

 

[FGFlann]

Why don't create a new thread for general talk about FF7 remake then?
Like this: https://gbatemp.net/threads/ff7-remake-general-discussion-thread.564238/

The issue was not that the thread did not exist, just that people simply stopped posting in the existing one. I'm happy to contribute to your thread though.

 

[wolf-snake]

Idiotic comments like this is why censoring the "spoilers" ruins discussion. It is very obvious that people aren't just upset about the trans character.

Actually... it is pretty clear thats mostly the issue the internet has with the leak. You might not have been around for Last of us 1 but people despised the ending for the first game more or less since day one so people hating the plot of this one is pretty much a given but man how i've seen alot and i mean ALOT in the internet of people shitting on Abby just because she's trans they don't care how the plot might be bad if they always though the plot would be bad the issue for them more or less lies with Abby and for the record i did read the spoilers.

 

[FGFlann]

Is it because the character is trans, or because it is a bad character that happens to be trans? Given the level of hate that is being thrown at ND by the alphabet camp I'm leaning toward the latter.

 

[lordofcombo]

For someone that thinks the last of us is the best game ever created,im sad to see that second part is a feminist crap shoved down our throat plus regrettable scenaristic choices.
It was fun while it lasted.i hope the multiplayer is at least close to the first one.
PS: Anita sarkeesian and her cuck neil writer can choke on a fat one.
If only Lady Amy henning was in charge of it instead of that lame ass overrated tomb raider.

 

[SANIC]

Is it because the character is trans, or because it is a bad character that happens to be trans? Given the level of hate that is being thrown at ND by the alphabet camp I'm leaning toward the latter.

It's more about the execution of it. It's blatantly put in for the sake of being there, and not to give proper representation.

 

[FGFlann]

I'm not super familiar with the leaks, I'm more interested in ND's actions as a company, but I gather this character violently executes a fan favourite character and antagonizes the lead and her love interest and that's the source of everyone's anger. Their sexual characteristics seem rather ancillary.

 

[depaul]

When I see young generations calling multi millions budget game a trash I remember how we used to buy games like Sonic 2 for 60$ in the past and still enjoy every moment of it

 

[RedBlueGreen]

all those dumb enough to think it should be in bargain bin then why play the game at all - yr not worthy of playing it so save yr pennies for something else

Yeah it's totally gonna get game of the year. It's not like there's already been a ton of backlash over what's been revealed in the leaks or anything.

The game's going to be a bland mediocre "female empowerment" revenge fantasy. Stuff like that is garbage that panders to the most brain-dead of snowflakes.

Too bad the people they're trying to pander to probably won't be interested in playing or buying the game. Maybe it's a good thing they don't develop Crash Bandicoot anymore and gave up on Jak and Daxter (hell, they made it bad enough by making Jak II a GTA clone).

I didn't even like the first The Last of Us, but even I think the sequel isn't doing a single thing right. I'm not commenting any spoilers because I don't want to get a temp ban, but let's say a certain outcome for a character is very poorly written and just serves as a catalyst for what's going to be a very mediocre power revenge fantasy by some delusional idiot who thinks that she knows what the fans want.

A certain lead character of TLOU2 shouldn't exist and their background is the kind of sad backstory an edgy middle school kid would give their self insert mary Sue OC, and it's just as poorly written (seriously you can't just take the most miniscule points from the previous story and make it the entire basis for the sequel, that's just poor writing).

I feel bad for the hardworking talent developers who had to waste their time developing something written by people with the prowess of a 12-year-old edgelord on Adderall.

And I'm like 90% certain you're a troll, because almost every post I've seen from you seems to be inflammatory, so I try not to take anything you say too seriously.

 

[Prans]

Post has been updated with new info pointing to hackers who accessed a vulnerability in ND's servers to access the leaked material.

 

[Deleted User]

When I see young generations calling multi millions budget game a trash I remember how we used to buy games like Sonic 2 for 60$ in the past and still enjoy every moment of it

even back in the 16 bit days there were still high profile games that were trash lol, times haven't changed at all in that aspect

 

[Pipistrele]

When I see young generations calling multi millions budget game a trash I remember how we used to buy games like Sonic 2 for 60$ in the past and still enjoy every moment of it

I mean, Sonic 2 is better and more deserving of $60 than Last of Us ever was, so there's that =)

 

[cugel]

I'm so sorry some of you won't be able to get off on your post apocalyptic misery porn properly because women.

 

[eriol33]

as long as the ending is not Ellie turns into a zombie or she killed Joel, I can accept anything.