Naughty Dog Pays Tribute to The Last of Us: Part I Dev Who Passed Away During Production

Daniel Kinnard "was a wonderful person".

Naughty Dog has immortalized a Visual Arts developer who sadly passed away whilst they were working on The Last of Us: Part I. Daniel Kinnard, a producer at the studio, can be found posing as a baseball player on a poster located in the farmhouse with Tommy during the sequence where you search for Ellie. Colleague Robert Morrison described Kinnard as a "wonderful person".


Senior character artist Colleen Peck Larson then quote retweeted the post to say her husband was a good friend of Daniel Kinnard, and his passing "was a big shock. It means so much for ND to pay tribute in this way."

This is hard for me to post. But something very special. Daniel was a producer at Visual Arts. He passed away during development of the game. Naughty Dog immortalized him here. He was a wonderful person. Please share so people can know his name. #PS5Share, #TheLastofUsPartI pic.twitter.com/GxoarYNRGe

— Robert Morrison (@RobertAnim8er) September 2, 2022

Daniel Kinnard's hard work hasn't gone unnoticed, with our The Last of Us: Part I PS5 review describing the title as "a better, more beautiful remake of a modern classic". R.I.P Daniel Kinnard.

 

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