The Last of Us HBO Series Is Massive & Costing A Lot Of Money

The Last of Us series for HBO may be filming currently, but that doesn’t stop news coming in. We have both three casting announcements and a story detailing just how much money HBO is putting into this series to discuss on the show this week.

Dylan also talks about his time playing Arcadegeddon and three easy Platinum trophies he’s picked up recently.

Hosts:
Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil
Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley

Episode Timecodes
INTRO
00:00:00 - Hello
PS GAMING
00:01:46 - Arcadegeddon Impressions
00:11:19 - Easy Platinums: Tower of Balloons, Funny Truck, Spectrewoods
PS NEWS
00:21:09 - Tencent buying Sumo Digital
00:31:11 - Wayward Strand is coming to PS4/PS5
00:34:54 - The Last of Us HBO casting news
00:39:40 - The Last of Us is costing HBO a lot of money
00:43:55 - Netflix & PlayStation teaming up?
OUTRO
00:51:19 - Listener questions
00:56:50 - Goodbye

Resources:
Deadline
‘The Last Of Us’: Jeffrey Pierce, Murray Bartlett, Con O’Neill Join HBO Series Based On Video Game
Forbes
‘The Last Of Us’ Series May Cost HBO More Than ‘Game Of Thrones’
GamesIndustry.Biz
Tencent to buy Crackdown and Sackboy developer Sumo in $1.3bn deal
PS Blog
Wayward Strand – a heartfelt story coming to PS5 and PS4
VG24/7
Netflix datamine seems to hint at Ghost of Tsushima and PlayStation projects

Platinum Explosion Credits
Music by: Dylan Blight
Art by: Cherie Henriques

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