The classic 2013 horror game The Last of Us is being remade for PlayStation 5 and PC, developer Naughty Dog has announced. Retitled The Last of Us: Part I, the new version will be released on 9 September on PS5 and later on PC. The Last of Us follows widower Joel and teenager Ellie across a ravaged US in the wake of a pandemic that has turned most of its population into zombies, and won acclaim for its unflinching devotion to storytelling as well as the performances of its cast. It was a landmark game of the PlayStation 3 generation, and was remastered for PlayStation 4 in 2014. Announcing the remake on a Summer Games Fest livestream, director Neil Druckmann explained that the character models and animation have been redone to bring them closer to the real-life performances of the game's stars, Troy Baker (Joel) and Ashley Johnson (Ellie).

Electronic Arts' horror classic "Dead Space" is being resurrected. The video game publisher announced Thursday plans to remake the popular survival horror video game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X S and PC. No release date was revealed. The game is being developed by the EA studio Motive, which previous worked on "Star Wars Squadrons." The original "Dead Space" from 2008 starred an engineer named Isaac Clarke sent on a mission to repair a stranded space ship.