<Tr> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Td> Action - adventure, survival horror </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Single - player, multiplayer </Td> </Tr> <P> The Last of Us Part II is an upcoming horror - themed action - adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for PlayStation 4 . It is the sequel to 2013's The Last of Us . It was announced at the PlayStation Experience event in December 2016 . Set five years after the events of The Last of Us, the game will follow an older Ellie as the main protagonist as she continues to survive in the infected world . </P> <P> Development of The Last of Us Part II began in 2014 . Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson reprise their roles as Joel and Ellie, respectively . The story is written by Neil Druckmann and Halley Gross . Gustavo Santaolalla returns to compose and perform the score . Anthony Newman and Kurt Margenau are game directors; Bruce Straley, game director on The Last of Us, left Naughty Dog in 2017 . The game will feature multiplayer . </P>

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