BothThe Last of Us Part IIandGhost of Tsushimahave new release dates due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Naughty Dog’sThe Last of Us Part IIwill now launch on June 19, less than one month after its priorMay 29 release date.Ghost of Tsushimawas expected to release a week later on June 26 but is moved back to July 17. This gives the PlayStation 4 a summer highlighted by two high-profile exclusives before thePlayStation 5launches this holiday season.
The new release date also means that PS4 owners will have to avoidThe Last of Us Part IIspoilersfor two months. Hours of gameplay footage showing key story elements leaked on April 26 before they were taken down on YouTube. Still, summaries and clips remain online.
“I want to personally congratulate and thank both the teams at Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch Productions on their achievements,” Sony Interactive Entertainment Head of Worldwide Studios Hermen Hulst said in a PlayStation Blog post. “We know it’s not an easy feat to reach the finish line under these circumstances. Both teams have worked hard to deliver world-class experiences, and we can’t wait to see what you think of them when they release in just a few short months.”
Sony announcedThe Last of Us Part IIat its PlayStation Experience event in December 2016 with a short trailer showing that both Joel and Ellie would return from the 2013 release. The third-person action game again has players controlling Ellie as she attempts to survive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with dangerous humans and a fungus that takes over bodies.
Ghost ofTsushima is the latest title and a change of pace fromInfamousdeveloper Sucker Punch Productions. Rather than controlling a superhero in a modern city, the open-world game features an outnumbered samurai trying to fend off the Mongol invasion of Japan in the 1270s. It was most recently seen at The Game Awards 2019, where a new trailer was premiered alongside a performance by a live orchestra.
This just leavesIron ManVR, which is indefinitely delayed due to the coronavirus, and Michel Ancel’s open-world survival gameWildas the only Sony-published PS4 games still without launch dates.
