Naughty Dog seemed to have confirmed that Ellie will be the only playable character in The Last of Us Part II.

During a behind closed door session which featured multiple developers from the game, when asked if there will be other playable characters other than Ellie, co-lead game designer, Richard Cambier, pitched in with the standard, “We aren’t saying anything about that yet.”

But it was creative director Neil Druckmann who took a moment before saying that, “Ellie is the only playable character in the game.”

Now, this seems like a pretty big revelation to make, and that too so candidly, at such an early stage of the game’s unveiling. Unless this is a misdirection to lead fans into believing something else while surprising us with the final game. Naughty Dog have done it before with The Last of Us, and so such a move might not be out of the question this time.

We will find out for sure when the game releases sometime in the near future. Until then, here’s another excuse to see the brilliant E3 demo once again, and stay tuned as we bring you tons more details from the game!