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"The Last of Us is to receive a tie-in comic miniseries published by Dark Horse Comics. Developer Naughty Dog has teamed up with the publisher to release a four-issue prequel to the game titled The Last of Us: American Dreams, focusing on a younger version of lead female Ellie.   Game designer Neil Druckman and comic writer Faith Erin Hicks will collaborate on the project, which was officially announced at New York Comic Con this weekend. &amp;quot;In Ellie&amp;#039;s world, when you enter into its version of middle school, you can either choose to become a soldier and go out and fight, or you can say no and go out to fend for yourself with the other survivors,&amp;quot; said Druckman. &amp;quot;Those are the two ways a teenager can live in this world. Ellie believes there is a third way. &amp;quot;Ellie is living in a world when she wants to be innocent, but can&amp;#039;t be. She&amp;#039;ll find things like a CD player and other pieces of civilization before the game&amp;#039;s event. She&amp;#039;ll get glimpses of the life she can&amp;#039;t have.&amp;quot; Announced at last year&amp;#039;s Spike TV VGAs, The Last of Us follows two survivors in a world turned upside down by a fungus-like virus. The adventure will be set in a more colourful world than other post-apocalyptic games, using overgrown vegetation in cities to add variety. Both gunplay and melee combat will play an important part in the game, with weapons breaking after continued use, requiring the player to find new items regularly. The Last of Us will be released exclusively on PlayStation 3 in 2013. Watch gameplay footage from The Last of Us below:  Screenshot gallery - The Last of Us:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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