The Last of Us 2 arcade real life counterpart is closing down - matoslauted

The arcade from The Last of Us 2 is closing down in real life

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The Seattle-settled colonnade that featured in The Last of Us 2 is sadly closing its doors permanently.

Clean below, you can realize a twirp from a Seattle-based artist and writer, bemoaning the loss of Gameworks, a John Roy Major arcade of the Pacific Northwest city. This colonnade is in reality one featured in The Last of Us 2, during Ellie's adventures in Seattle, where she ventures through the lost urban center by boat during Chapter 4 of Naughty Dog's sequel.

Gameworks is closing, apparently. This is the Clarence Day I've dreaded for years. Seattle close to to lose significant cool points pic.twitter.com/L6NxD7lEz6December 22, 2021

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The replies to the artist/writer's original twirp are filled with people similarly saddened by the loss of Gameworks in Seattle. It would appear that the arcade, which is actually part of a U.S.-based Chain, had a reputation among the Seattle play community for organism one of the very outdo arcades to sojourn in the whole city.

For those that don't know, Ellie visits the ruins of Gameworks in The Last of USA 2 for an take on with a Bloater. You can control a brief clip of the fight in this YouTube video, where you can clearly see the middle walkway of the big arcade extending above Ellie's fight with the Bloater among boatloads of arcade machines.

The Parting of Us 2 primarily takes place around Seattle, where Naughty Andiron unified various else landmarks of City of London into the game, just like Gameworks. For example, the large Ferris wheel hind end be seen while exploring the city as Ellie, and both Ellie and Abby's adventures carry them to the Seattle marine museum numerous times. Here's hoping Gameworks is the last Seattle watershed seen in The Last of U.S.A 2 to shut its doors.

Hirun Cryer is a freelance newsperson and writer with Gamesradar+ founded out of U.K. After earning a academic degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus connected shooters, independent games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with different outlets around the diligence, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.