Coronavirus won’t stop ‘The Last Of Us Part 2’ after all. Did a leak get the game a June release?

Sony's announcement regarding ‘The Last Of Us Part 2’ comes after the game purportedly leaked on YouTube. Not surprisingly, heated arguments about what may or may not be the game’s twists have erupted online. — AFP Relaxnews

The Last Of Us Part 2, a game in which a deadly virus has destroyed humanity, is coming this summer after all. Sony unveiled that the PlayStation 4, game, one of the most anticipated of 2020, would release on June 19.

As release dates on major films continue to be pushed due to the closure of cinemas around the globe, the video game industry has been able to carry on with less publicly pronounced effects. Games, after all, are already geared to a stay-at-home lifestyle, and more appear to be wakening to the medium’s inherent social nature, as evidenced by the ways in which Animal Crossing: New Horizons has become a gathering space and last week’s use of Fortnite by hip-hop superstar Travis Scott to release a new single.