Sick of The Last Of Us yet? Remember, it’s the PS3 Exclusive ‘You Won’t Believe’, has something do with ants, zombies, infection and – naturally – Sony, and is set to be revealed tomorrow night during Spike TV’s VGAs.
Which, if we’re lucky, might also feature some awards.
You’ll have seen the initial reveal tease, references to the game on the US Blog and some screens, but more has leaked out overnight via an Italian site (and in particular, a podcast). Translated by good friend of ours and owner of iWaggle3D, the podcast says:
- The game is set in the near future
- Ants are responsible for infecting people – some die, some become zombies.
- The infection hits central US first (Texas, New Mexico)
- It’s due to non-authorised experiments in secret installations in South America, starting on vegetation first, then ants
- Ants see man as a menace/threat.
- It’s first person view.
We can’t verify any of this, of course, but at least it doesn’t sound particularly far fetched given the clues. Pinch of salt, guys.
And whilst we’re here, Uncharted 3 fans might also like this – looks like Naughty Dog were in on the whole ‘nasty fungus’ thing long before Keighley started trolling us all with videos of zombie ants and pictures of foliage.
“Scientists are still struggling to understand deadly fungus,” says the newspaper left in plain sight in the game’s London pub. You can see it in the video above.
We did some digging ourselves yesterday and rather than anything meaningful, came up with some amusing anagrams of The Last Of Us instead.
- Asshole Tuft
- Hateful Toss
- Sofa Shuttle
- A Thefts Soul
- Fat Hose Slut
Slick, huh?
If nothing else, Geoff’s done his job well, and the VGAs have been kept in the public line for a good while, with many tuning in just to see what on earth this game is all about.
JBoo
PLEASE let it be a ‘Naughty Dog’ or ‘Kojima’ PS3 only game :P :P :P
Kennykazey
Thinking slightly out of the box; Is there a chance it could be Respawn Entertainment? They’re bound to EA, and EA and Sony are the best of pals ATM, and I’ve heard Respawn was credited in UC3…? And there’s that concept art picture Respawn let out of a structure in a rainforesty environment -> ants.
colossalblue
hmmmm… Interesting…
DRCD1
That is actually a pretty good theory. Considering most Sony owned companies are working on something at the moment, and respawn were formed from ex-IW employees (who are pretty damn good at making FPSs), that is actually rather likely. Plus, we haven’t seen anything non-blurred from Respawn.
BG
Probably not. Infinity Ward were credited in Uncharted 2’s credits.
Mickey2010
I liked the teaser trailer! and can’t wait to see the VGA’s this year! plus if all what was wrote there is true it literally sounds awesome!
jonny_bolton
Sounds like a terrible plot. Something out of a B movie…then again though so was Just Cause 2 and that was amazing!
Brendan
Zombie ants aren’t anything new.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
Though in reality the zombie ants only infect other ants after they stop moving and fully die.
DR-DAVROS
Maybe it’s that Kojima idea from 2007?
http://m.kotaku.com/237192/kojima-wants-to-make-crazy+assed-zombie-game