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More Than 2,000 People Worked for the Success of The Last of Us 2

The Last of Us: Part II is the result of a real army of developers. According to MobyGames, Naughty Dogas latest game was created thanks to the efforts of over 2 thousand people.

More than 2,000 people have contributed to The Last of Us: Part II.

The players still can't agree on their opinion on The Last of Us: Part II, but no one can deny that the game is a great success for Naughty Dog. A whole legion of developers worked on this one. According to MobyGames, a total of 2332 people, including 2196 developers, contributed to the creation of The Last of Us. Most of them are employees of fourteen external studios that helped Naughty Dog in sound recording, artistic layer etc.

It is no secret that working on high-budget games requires the involvement of almost an army of designers, artists, etc. Nevertheless, even against the background of the competition, the number of The Last of Us :Part II devs is impressive. For comparison: in the case of God of War, Resident Evil 2 Remake and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate MobyGames lists 1759, 1094 and 1287 people respectively. In turn, 1338 developers watched over the original The Last of Us. However, the second game is far from a record. Red Dead Redemption 2 required the involvement of more than seven thousand people (via MobyGames), which is not surprising given the sandbox character, the scope and unusual details of the game.

Jacob Blazewicz

Graduated with a master's degree in Polish Studies from the University of Warsaw with a thesis dedicated to this very subject. Started his adventure with GRYOnline.pl in 2015, writing in the Newsroom and later also in the film and technology sections (also contributed to the Encyclopedia). Interested in video games (and not only video games) for years. He began with platform games and, to this day, remains a big fan of them (including Metroidvania). Also shows interest in card games (including paper), fighting games, soulslikes, and basically everything about games as such. Marvels at pixelated characters from games dating back to the time of the Game Boy (if not older).

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The Last of Us: Part II