The Last of Us gets a new multiplayer mode along with a new patch

Written by Brandon Hofer on August 29, 2013

The Last of Us News: Naughty Dog gives us another multiplayer mode in The Last of Us along with issuing a patch to fix some lingering issues.

The Last of Us has been both a commercial and a critical success for Naughty Dog. Since the game’s release they have been hard at work on patches to solve any problems the game might have as well as developing new content for fans. A new patch for The Last of Us has begun rolling out to all territories and includes the following fixes:

Single Player Fixes

- Fixes for “It’s me” and “By any means” cinematics in the Cutscene viewer

Multiplayer Fixes

- Revive range has increased slightly (about 1 meter). It’s more difficult to crawl out of range when a teammate is reviving you now.

- Players can prevent opponents from finishing Executions/Interrogations so that the opponent does not receive Parts for the special Execution/Interrogation. The downed player will still lose their life, but this makes preventing Executions/Interrogations more helpful to your team, as you prevent the other team from gaining Parts.

- Matchmaking update: players should find opponents around their level of experience more often, and teams should be balanced more evenly.

- Item cache locations adjusted for balance on University, High School, Lakeside, and Downtown.

- Starting cameras adjusted so they show your player with greater frequency.

- Item cache disbursement tweaked so additional items are given out more fairly.

- Winning a Survivors match by a count of 4 rounds to 0 now means your team will get more bonus parts for winning the match by that margin. This applies for games with scores of 4-1, 4-2, etc. as well. Rewards are tiered by how dominant your team is. This system is in place for Interrogation mode as well.

In addition to the big patch that was released a new multiplayer mode was also added. This new multiplayer mode is called, “Interrogation.” Interrogation is a 4v4, two-part objective game mode where rival factions vie to find and open the other faction’s lockbox, stealing the supplies inside. Each team must first achieve five interrogations of players on the other team.

Players can get interrogations by shivving an enemy, or getting an enemy into the down state, then pressing triangle while next to them. Once your team collects five interrogations the location of the enemy’s lockbox will be revealed. Your team must attempt to open the lockbox before the other team can collect five interrogations and open your lockbox first. Whichever team opens the opposing team’s lockbox first wins.

Take a look at the trailer below that shows off interrogation and tell us what you think. Are you still playing The Last of Us? If not, will you begin playing again with the inclusion of this new multiplayer mode?