Naughty Dog's rumored The Last of Us remake for PlayStation 5 will reportedly launch before the end of this year, according to GamesBeat reporter Jeff Grubb.

Word of a PlayStation 5 remake for The Last of Us first surfaced in April 2021, when Bloomberg reported the project had initially been in the works at Sony's San Diego-based Visual Arts Service Group before Naughty Dog was asked to take over. Naughty Dog has yet to announce the game being in development, but leakers and reporters such as Grubb are growing more and more certain that the game is coming late this year.

"I keep hearing that's coming out this year," Grubb said of the remake during the latest episode of Kinda Funny Gamescast, noting that he was "pretty confident" it would be launching this "holiday".

Grubb's claim follows a similar report by leaker Tom Henderson in January, who said he'd "heard from multiple people now" that the PS5 project was "nearly finished and could release during the latter half of 2022".

Naughty Dog confirmed they are still working on the online multiplayer for the original Last of Us installment, as well as being involved in HBO's live-action TV adaptation of the series, which is currently set to launch next year.