USA Today had a small preview of Naughty Dog's upcoming game The Last of Us.

• Coming in late 2012 or early 2013
• Third-person perspective
• More realistic, cinematic look
• Lead character Joel finds Ellie
• The two team up
• Joel is “a vicious survivor”

“When he meets this girl, she is his one chance at redemption. That kind of arc has always been intriguing.” – Neil Druckmann, the game’s creative director.

“We’re trying to move the medium of video games into an area elevated in the same manner of respect of film. We want to redefine what our medium is even called. ‘Video game’ is not an accurate name anymore. It is not necessarily a game with rules and a winner and a loser. It’s an experience.” – Naughty Dog co-president Christophe Balestra