The Last of Us Part 2 gets 20 minutes of new gameplay footage & details - richardsonprisay

As was previously promised, last night's latest State of Play broadcast from PlayStation gave us a huge meaty slash of upcoming sequel The Last of Us Part 2 in action, and a couple of more inside information of what we bum await from the next chapter in Ellie and Joel's story when it releases for PlayStation for in few weeks' clock time.

In the footage, which we've embedded down the stairs, developer Bad Frump's Neil Druckmann talks us done the narration of the subsequence, set several years after the events of the first game (and of track, SPOILERS for the low game follow from this point) with Ellie now living happening her ain in the community of Jackson, Wyoming. A "traumatic event" causes young Ellie to set back unstylish into the dangerous post-apocalyptic world, which promises new North North American nation and Seattle-contiguous locales not explored in the previous spunky – and it seems that the preceding title's seasonal worker structure will return which will manifest in the endure you'll encounter in the environments.

Enemy sassy, information technology looks equivalent you'll be up against two major human factions over the flow from of the game, the American capital Liberation Strawma surgery WLF World Health Organization are a sort of military-esque faction that rose up against the actual military during the outbreak, and are equipped with heavy firepower. The other faction – the Seraphites, also called Scars – are a group of religious zealots who prefer a concealed approach, and round from the shadows. Your human foes will also have raw ways to track you down too, with attack dogs being added to the intermixture that you'll have to either avoid operating room deal with lest they let ou your position – thankfully, your inate ability to see through walls in Listen Mode will as wel show you your scent trail, giving you a encounter to keep moving to avoid sleuthing.

Naturally, you'll also have the Infected to deal with too – and while Runners and the terrific Clickers and Stalkers return from the first halting, new monstrous stages of Putrefactive are besides set to debut therein sequel – with the firstborn shown off the armoured Shamblers, who are not only possess a tough exterior, just also emit a poisonous spore cloud up that put up burn anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in the cloud. More Infected are besides promised, but Naughty Dog are choosing to keep these under wraps for now until you incur to play the game for yourself.

Ellies rising abilities, allies and a minute of hogback riding are all also showcased in the prolonged State of Play broadcast – which you can cheque in full for yourself below – and is belik the most in-depth look we'll get at the game before set in motion; those terrible leaks from few weeks back notwithstanding.

That being aforesaid, don't forget to come back here for our go over on the game in the near future – The Last of United States of America Part with 2 is put away for liberation on PlayStation 4 on June 19.