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"The Last of Us has been in development for two years, it has been revealed. Developer Naughty Dog said that it began work on the game alongside Uncharted 3: Drake&amp;#039;s Deception, meaning that the studio was working on two projects for the first time in its history, according to Eurogamer. &amp;quot;We were very serious about keeping it a secret, limiting the people that were exposed to it even internally in Sony,&amp;quot; said co-president Evan Wells.  The project was at risk of being leaked several times, with creative director and writer Neil Druckmann leaving his iPad containing a trailer for it on a plane. However, it was an Easter Egg left in Uncharted 3: Drake&amp;#039;s Deception of a newspaper teasing a fungus virus inside the game&amp;#039;s first level that &amp;quot;ratted&amp;quot; The Last of Us out to players. Wells added that Uncharted 3: Drake&amp;#039;s Deception saw a tough crunch period after it was given a final release date a year from launch, something he said the studio will never do again. The Last of Us, which was announced at the Spike TV VGAs, may not be released until 2013. &amp;gt; Skyrim wins top prize at Spike TV video game awards "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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