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I trust in Naughty Dog. The Last of Us was secretly in development during the making of Uncharted 3, and with Uncharted 4 on its way is it such a stretch to believe that there's not another game coming together in tandem with a fourth Drake and Sully expedition proper? North's reveal, be it accidental or orchestrated, likely has a lot of truth to it, and timing wise there's further reason to be optimistic of a sequel. A Sam Raimi-produced movie based on The Last of Us is in the works, optimistically scheduled for release in 2016, with Game of Thrones's Maisie Williams apparently set for the Ellie role. Does it not make sense, as we're seeing in 2015 with (albeit very different iterations of) Mad Max both in cinemas and released for consoles and PC in September, for a second game to coincide, however loosely, with the film? It's unlikely one will mirror the other when it comes to plot, but both should be visually stunning and (hopefully) present deep stories that question our moral cores.A direct sequel to the events of The Last of Us shouldn't be Naughty Dog's direction. Ellie and Joel can live on through the movie—gamers, however, are ready for something different, a new perspective on the post-Cordyceps world. The studio, maybe deliberately, left a few characters undefined first time around. Now, they've got the opportunity to either return to those roots, or aim for something entirely fresh. Whatever the outcome, I'm totally on board for The Last of Us 2, and the excitement for it officially begins… now.Follow Sean Cleaver on Twitter.On Motherboard: How Video Games Are Exploring Our Fear of Police Militarization