A new character will be revealed for The Last of Us during the VGAs next week, according to a tweet from one of the future show's host, Geoff Keighley.
The award show will also mark the first time for fans to get a glimpse of gameplay for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2.
Developed by Uncharted's Naughty Dog, The Last of Us takes 14 year old Ellie and "ruthless" survivor Joel through a post-apocalyptic Pittsburgh (and a few other spots) that's been overtaken by nature with scant bits of civilization left. What's the source of humanity's downfall? Fungus, and it's no Princess Toadstool...
The team cited the real life cordyceps fungus featured BBC's nature documentary "Planet Earth" as the inspiration for not only the cause of humanity's collapse, but the game's mushroom "zombies" as well.
In an interview with Game Informer, Last of Us Creative Director Neil Druckerman and Game Director Bruce Straley said, "When you heard about what this thing actually does, it's like something out of sci-fi...you have this parasite... and it goes into this insect's mind and alters its state of mind, so it changes its behavior to infect other insects from this species...And for us a light bulb went off...what if this thing jumped to humans? How would it alter our state to propagate itself?"
Fungal monsters aren't the only dangers in this new world. Ellie and Joel have other scavengers to worry about as well, and they're none too friendly.
Viewers can watch the award show on Spike TV,Dec. 7, 9PM EST, or on Spike.com. Don't get Spike TV? No problem. You can watch the show on MTV 2, MTV Tr3s, Xbox LIVE, and GameTrailers.com.
Other games to be featured include Gears of War: Judgement, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and more.
The Last of Us comes out for the Playstation 3 in 2013. Check the trailer from E3 below.
