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

 

[DANTENDO]

It's ok for people to have their own opinions you know.
Not everyone will like what you do.

When someone calls it trash you kno yr dealing with someone who works for Microsoft

 

[Lazyboss]

Same silly people hating another successful game just for the hate, same silly people in every thread, I always wonder what kind of game they are playing.

 

[8BitWonder]

When someone calls it trash you kno yr dealing with someone who works for Microsoft

Or it's someone that just didn't like it.

 

[shaunj66]

Let's get this thread back on topic, please.

If you don't like the game, fantastic, please leave the people that do alone and stop derailing the thread with asinine remarks. Any further irrelevant comments will result in a warning and anyone posting spoilers will receive an IP ban.

 

[Justinde75]

The game is woke central. I loved the original TLoU but reading all the SJW propaganda in the game made me not care about the game at all. *Snip!*

 

[MikaDubbz]

The game is woke central. I loved the original TLoU but reading all the SJW propaganda in the game made me not care about the game at all. *Snip!*

Yeah the leaks about the story for this sequel definitely are turning he off from wanting to experience this one at all.

 

[Justinde75]

Yeah the leaks about the story for this sequel definitely are turning he off from wanting to experience this one at all.

Im sure there are some people who will enjoy this kinda stuff, but I don't really need politics in everything.

 

[Enryx25]

How can there be spoilers is something so cliche and predictable?

Have you even read the leaks?
The reason why everyone is starting to hate Naughty Dog is precisely because TLOU2 subverts expectations and cliches for the sake of being unpredictable.

 

[yoyoyo69]

The story in The Last of Us was well told and the gameplay was decent, still overrated though.

I agree with your statement on Unchartered, I can't play that game, so monotonous.

Just a bland, linear mess, I still don't understand why it as hyped as it is. Each to there own I suppose, Saints Row was very popular with the kids and that game was a joke.

 

[emigre]

Just read the spokes spoilers. I'm fine with it. Still buying day one. I really don't get why people are so upset about it.

 

[MikaDubbz]

Just read the spokes spoilers. I'm fine with it. Still buying day one. I really don't get why people are so upset about it.

Can't speak for everyone, but for me, it's this simple: I'm not disappointed with it, but I'm really not interested in SJW politics getting shoved into every piece of entertainment, I'm just not looking for that with my games and movies. I'll happily engage in such discourse at an appropriate time and place, but I don't want to be in the middle of a game that's supposed to be an escape from the real world to only then pop up and force someone else's opinion on a current cultural issue down my throat.

 

[Teletron1]

Spoilers coming from within Naughty Dog as staff getting short changed

“Some point to Naughty Dog's treatment of its employees as a reason for the leak, though others say the leak really hurts fans of the game.”

I can careless still need to see the story unfold and can’t wait to see where they go with it considering the HBO series . If done well it will be the early seasons of Walking Dead before it tried to be all Resident Evil movies

 

[MikaDubbz]

Spoilers coming from within Naughty Dog as staff getting short changed

“Some point to Naughty Dog's treatment of its employees as a reason for the leak, though others say the leak really hurts fans of the game.”

I can careless still need to see the story unfold and can’t wait to see where they go with it considering the HBO series . If done well it will be the early seasons of Walking Dead before it tried to be all Resident Evil movies

Hopefully you just mean season 1 of The Walking Dead, because season 2 sucked balls, thanks to AMC slashing the budget and firing the showrunner. It gradually got better, but Walking Dead went from great to terrible as early as the second season.

 

[Enryx25]

Just read the spokes spoilers. I'm fine with it. Still buying day one. I really don't get why people are so upset about it.

Spoiler

You really don't get why people are angry that you play half the game as a random character who comes out of nowhere and the final boss is the protagonist of the first game everyone loves?

 

[Teletron1]

Hopefully you just mean season 1 of The Walking Dead, because season 2 sucked balls, thanks to AMC slashing the budget and firing the showrunner. It gradually got better, but Walking Dead went from great to terrible as early as the second season.

Well it went from horror to action to soap opera pretty fast but as a fan of the comic sometimes you take what you can get until you can’t hold your breath anymore

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

 

[Sansgaming420]

Naughty Dog is hiding replies to their tweet lol. Thank you to whoever leaked this dumpster fire of a "game".

 

[Deleted User]

People in the comments are saying uncharted is bad and that makes me sad

 

[DANTENDO]

People in the comments are saying uncharted is bad and that makes me sad

Think of it like thers mor people tht think the series is great than horseshit - naughty dog hav made ther millions from it and wil go down in history as one of the series tht made playstation

 

[XDel]

From what I hear, that Anita chick with an anti male chip on her shoulder somehow has influence over this game and it's story now and totally botched up all artistic and creative efforts, so in short it's getting the Disney treatment. If true I won't play.