Every week seems to bring new proof that The Last of Us: Part 2 could be released a lot sooner than expected and the latest shred of information from the game’s co-director has strengthened that claim.

Naughty Dog’s Anthony Newman recently tweeted out a recruitment call for animators, programmers and more to join the developer in helping ‘close out’ the game’s development.

This combined with news that filming had wrapped on the game’s cutscenes and the fact it’s listed on the PlayStation site alongside several key 2019 releases including stablemate Days Gone lends to the feeling we won’t be waiting too long to play the next chapter in Ellie’s story.

With the next generation of PlayStation looming on the horizon, it would be fitting for The Last of Us to once again end a generation for a Sony console, hopefully to as much acclaim and adoration as the original game received when it released nearly six years ago at the end of the PS3’s run.

Sony isn’t at E3 this year, but it’s not out of the question to expect the next episode of its State of Play series could feature The Last of Us Part 2. After all, it’s been a while since we saw it in action.