One month ago a new trailer for The Last of Us Part II was released, and with it came the announcement of a February 21, 2020 release date.

But as it turns out, they jumped the gun a little on that release date. It’s now been decided that developer Naughty Dog needs a little bit more time to polish the game, and have pushed back its release a few months. You can read the full announcement below.

Here’s the update director Neil Druckmann shared over at the PlayStation Blog:

To our fans,

Let me cut to the chase and get the news out of the way. The Last of Us Part II has a new release date of May 29, 2020.

I know. It was just about a month ago when we had our big blowout for the game, letting media play over two hours of it along with debuting our new story trailer and revealing the release date. The positive response we saw from our community was overwhelming. You can feel the energy among the team members. After working on something for so many years, it’s invigorating to get a glimpse of validation for all the hard work.

However, it was during the last few weeks, as we were closing out sections of the game, that we realized we simply didn’t have enough time to bring the entire game up to a level of polish we would call Naughty Dog quality. At this point we were faced with two options: compromise parts of the game or get more time. We went with the latter, and this new release date allows us to finish everything to our level of satisfaction while also reducing stress on the team.

While we’re relieved that we won’t have to compromise our vision, we’re disappointed that we weren’t able to avoid this exact situation. We wish we could’ve foreseen the amount of polish we needed, but the size and scope of this game got the better of us. We hate disappointing our fans and for that we’re sorry.

We hope you understand that this additional time ensures that The Last of Us Part II lives up to our collective ambition as well as our commitment to the highest level of quality. We know the extra few months will add to what may already be an excruciating wait for all of us. We are grateful for your patience and continued support. Come next May, you will finally rejoin Ellie in The Last of Us Part II.

-Neil

Having to wait even longer for something we’re all so excited about always sucks, but you’re not likely going to find many folks complaining about the decision. As always, when it comes to video games fans are more than happy to wait a little longer if it means the final product will be that much better.

While we continue to wait, the game is still available to pre-order in a Standard Edition. A Special Edition, a Collector’s Edition, and an Ellie Edition will also be available at some point.

Be sure to click right here for The Last of Us Part II trailers and gameplay, if interested.

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