James Delahunty
28 Jun 2013 6:07
Naughty Dog has apologized for an "honest mistake" that led to real-world phone sex numbers being visible in its mega-popular 'The Last of Us' game.
The developer has pledged to remove the numbers as soon as possible. They were spotted by a reader of gaming news site, Kotaku, from the game's virtual Pittsburgh. They appear on a bulletin board in an ad for pest control.
The problem is, the numbers in the real world are for phone sex services. Oops!
"That was an artist's mistake," creative director Neil Druckmann said. "What happened was, they put some phone numbers in the game and then they thought they could just change the area code to 555, then it's invalid because it's what they do in movies. But I guess that doesn't work when you have a 1-800 in front of it."
Actress Ellen Page also accused Naughty Dog of ripping off her likeness in the game, while an artist attacked Naughty Dog for including a redesigned MBTA map he made without permission.
Image Cred: Kotaku